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<dc:date>1884</dc:date>
<dc:date>1885</dc:date>
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<preface>
<coverText class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">THE</coverText>
<coverText class="centered" style="font-size:normal;"><b>STATUTES AT LARGE</b></coverText>
<coverText class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">OF THE</coverText>
<coverText class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,</coverText>
<note>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">FROM</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">DECEMBER 1883, TO MARCH 1885,</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">AND</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;"><b>RECENT TREATIES, POSTAL CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATIONS.</b></p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">AN ACT OF CONGRESS, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.</p>
</note>
<volume class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">VOL. XXIII.</volume>
<organizationNote>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">WASHINGTON:</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">1885.</p>
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<page />
<page>iii</page>
<listOfPublicLaws>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<heading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of</inline></heading>
<heading class="centered">THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS</heading>
<heading class="centered">OF CONGRESS</heading>
<heading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</heading>
<subheading><inline class="smallCaps">Acts of the Forty-Eighth Congress of the United States.</inline></subheading>
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<label class="centered">STATUTES I.—1883–’84.</label>
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<target>Page.</target>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Maine, terms of court.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the time for holding the District Court in the District of Maine, at Bangor.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 18, 1884</label> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act making au appropriation for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 19, 1884</label> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 29, 1884</label> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward O. C. Ord.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the removal of the re mains of the late Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army, from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, D. C.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1884</label> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deficiency appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies on account of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, in regard to rebate of tax on tobacco, and to provide for the expenses of the meeting of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1884</label> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the name of “The National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce” to that of “The National La Fayette Bank.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1884</label> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iowa, terms of court.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the times for holding the terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the Northern District ot Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 23, 1884</label> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post routes.</i></designator> <label>An act waking all public roads and highways post routes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 1, 1884</label> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bear-Admiral Samael Francis Du Font.</i></designator> <label>An act to complete a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1884</label> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel of South Pass of Mississippi River, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 12, 1884</label> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Standard of time, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a standard of time, in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 13, 1884</label> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Sweet National Bank.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the name of the James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 22, 1884</label> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West Waterville National Bank.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the, name of the West Waterville National Bank of Oakland, in the State of Maine, to that of the Messalonskee National Bank.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 24, 1884</label> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. McQuin and J. Warren Wonson.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the issuing of a register to John S. McQuin and J. Warren Wonson for the schooner Druid.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1884</label> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Record.</i></designator> <label>An act to limit the cost of indexing the Congressional Record.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 31, 1884</label> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Academy.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 31, 1884</label> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado.</i></designator> <label>An act to enable the State of Colorado to take lands in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty sixth sections found to be mineral lands and to secure to the State of Colorado the benefit of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 2, 1884</label> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eulogies, Thomas Allen, deceased.</i></designator> <label>An act to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 10, 1884</label> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<page>iv</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Greely expedition.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to offer a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars for rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the Greely expedition.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1884</label> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Guano Islands.</i></designator> <label>An act to further suspend the operation of section fifty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title seventy-two, in relation to guano islands.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 18, 1884</label> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rockport, port of delivery.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating to the district of Gloucester.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 13, 1884</label> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Felony, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act making it a felony for a person to falsely and frandulently assume or pretend to be an officer or employee acting under authority of the United States or any Department or any officer thereof, and prescribing a penalty therefor.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 18, 1884</label> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>University of Alabama.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from the public lands in said State.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1884</label> <target>12</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1884</label> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Saint Croix River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Saint Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>14</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Spanish ferryboat Nuestra Señora de Regia.</i></designator> <label>An act to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York in the case of the Spanish ferryboat Nuestra Senora de Regia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1884</label> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deficiencies, urgent.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1884</label> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama, Northern judicial district of.</i></designator> <label>An act to add certain counties in Alabama to the Northern District therein, and to divide the said Northern District after the addition of said counties into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 2, 1884</label> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marsh National Bank.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, to that, of the Capitol National Bank of Lincoln, mid to increase the capital stock of the First National Bank of Nashville Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1884</label> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Smith Military Reservation, Arkansas,</i></designator> <label>An act donating a part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the city of Fort Smith, for the use and benefit of the free public schools thereof, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 13, 1884</label> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithsonian Institution.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the appointment of an Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 13, 1884</label> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Baptist Home Mission Society.</i></designator> <label>An act to release the American Baptist Home Mission Society from the conditions of the sale of the Marine hospital building and grounds at Natchez Mississippi.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1834</label> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Official oaths.</i></designator> <label>An act amending the Revised Statutes of the United States in respect of official oaths, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ute Indian Reservation.</i></designator> <label>An act to repeal section eight of an act entitled “An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1884</label> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Counterfeiting.</i></designator> <label>An act to prevent, and punish the counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities of foreign Governments.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 16, 1884</label> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska.</i></designator> <label>An act providing a civil government for Alaska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1884</label> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.</i></designator> <label>An act to make a loan to aid in the celebration of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 21, 1884</label> <target>23</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Rio Grande River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedra Negras. Mexico.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>29</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Rio Grande River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nueva Laredo, Mexico.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>30</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi River, wagon bridge across.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled, “An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Animal Industry.</i></designator> <label>An act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volunteers, muster and pay.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Texas, judicial districts.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved February twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places for holding courts in said districts”, and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alley, square</i> 234, <i>D. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to vacate an alley in square two hundred and thirty-four, in the city of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agricultural Department, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 5, 1884</label> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<page>v</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cantilever Bridge.</i></designator> <label>An act to declare the Cantilever Bridge constructed, by the Niagara River Bridge Company acmes the Niagara River a Post Route.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1884</label> <target>39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postage, rate of, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act fixing the rate of postage to he paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent By persons other than the publisher or news agent.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 9, 1884</label> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Hays Military Reservation.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the sale of a certain portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation, Kansas, to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drugs, examination of.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes concerning the examination of drugs.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>School lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter thirty-three, to authorize the legislatures of certain States to sell certain lands appropriated for school purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dakota.</i></designator> <label>An act in relation to the legislature of Dakota Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridges, Wisconsin.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected between the north and the south line of the county of Douglas, State of Nebraska, and to make the same a post-route.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Saville.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Assistant Engineer John W. Saville a passed assistant engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1884</label> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rulo, in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1884</label> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Cumberland River.</i></designator> <label>An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a free bridge by the mayor and city council of Nashville, Tennessee, over the Cumberland River, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Texas, terms of courts.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix and render certain the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dutiable goods.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rancho de Napa, California.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing claimants to the Rancho do Napa, in Napa County, California, to prove up their title.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Lake Champlain.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part, of the waters of Lake Champlain lying between the towns of North Hero and Alburgh, in the State of Vermont.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georgia, terms of court.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the times of bolding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Academy of Sciences.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the National Academy of Sciences to receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of science, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Telegraph cable.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend an act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, Io encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1884</label> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1884</label> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Willamette River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in the State of Oregon, and to establish them as post-roads.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1884</label> <target>52</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American merchant marine.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>53</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Graduates, Naval Academy.</i></designator> <label>An act to equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy upon their assignment to the various corps.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oaths.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the administration of oaths to witnesses in matters depending in either House of Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Letter-carriers’ leave of absence.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant letter-carriers at free-delivery offices fifteen days’ leave of absence in each year.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Labor.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a Bureau of Labor.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iron Mountain Railroad.</i></designator> <label>An act to repeal section one of the act entitled “An act making a grant ot lands in alternate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1884</label> <target>61</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Bank, Middletown, Pennsylvania.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the National Bank of Middletown, Pennsylvania, to change its location and name.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1884</label> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sewerage, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act-making an appropriation for the completion of the sewerage system of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1884</label> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dutiable goods.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1884</label> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mechanic liens, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend chapter twenty of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, concerning mechanics’ liens.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1884</label> <target>64</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Three months extra pay, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the benefits of section four of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Anny for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>66</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to point on the military lands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Sibley, in the State of Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<page>vi</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, sale of real estate.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing and directing the sale of the Page real estate and riparian rights now owned by the United States at Harner’s Ferry, in the State of West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>69</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, right of way.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant to the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for the other purposes ”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>69</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water supply, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington and for other purposes.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Southern Kansas Railway Company, right of way.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railway Company and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>73</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian service appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act mailing appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>76</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, appropriations for.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>98</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dakota, Washington, associate justices supreme court.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for two additional associate justices of supreme court of the Territory of Dakota, one additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military reservations.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>103</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridges, Mississippi River,</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Tonawanda, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act respecting a bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>107</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Military Justice.</i></designator> <label>An act to consolidate the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of Judge advocates of the Army, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act for a bridge across the Missouri River at White Cloud,’in Doniphan County, Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chinese immigration.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese approved May sixth eighteen hundred and eighty-two.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>115</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Navigation.</i></designator> <label>An act to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Desertion, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to relieve certain soldiers from the charge of desertion.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>119</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Homes, disabled volunteer soldiers.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the location of a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in either the State of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri or Nebraska, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Article 72 of Rules of War.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend article Seventy two of the Rules and articles of War.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Violation internal revenue laws</i></designator> <label>An act to limit the time within against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Territory.</i></designator> <label>An act to validate and cure defects in certain acts of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to provide for the expense’s of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vessels masters of, fees.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend sections forty-three hundred and eighty-one and forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to fees levied collected from the owners and musters of vessels in domestic commerce.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rivers and harbors, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steamship Kent.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi River, dam across.</i></designator> <label>An act granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Cloud Water Power and Mill Company to construct a dam across the Mississippi River at Saint Cloud Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis Bourne, Massachusetts, Port of delivery.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend paragraph seven of section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mutual Five Insurance Company, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <label>An act supplemental to and amendatory of incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>156</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fortifications, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>158</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act sinking appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sundry civil expenses, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular and diplomatic appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>227</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deficiency appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for prior years, and for those certified as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid front permanent appropriations, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval service appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making temporary provision for the naval service.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>262</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">RESOLUTIONS.</label>
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<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Employés, House and Senate, compensation.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution extending the time fixed for the joint commission appointed to consider the number and salaries of officers and employés of the two Houses to submit their report.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 12, 1883</label> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Salaries employés of Congress.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the payment of the salaries of the employés of the two Houses of Congress on the twenty-second instant.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 21, 1883</label> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>General George Washington.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution relating to the surrender by George Washington of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 26, 1883</label> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Detail of clerks to House committees.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail from that Department two clerks to act as assistant clerks to certain House committees.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 1, 1884</label> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Antonio Barrios, José Victor Zavala.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Antonio Barrios of Guatemala, and José Victor Zavala of Nicaragua.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1884</label> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. J. McElhome.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to correct an error in the enrollment of an act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eliding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other years, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1884</label> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Time for paying clerks to committees.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees and other employés oft he House of Representatives shall begin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1884</label> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destitute Indians, appropriation.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution appropriating one hundred thousand dollars for the support of certain destitute Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 8, 1884</label> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers, overflow of Ohio River.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1884</label> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. W. Grisly, relief of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution making an appropriation for the relief of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and Ids party composing what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic Regions.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1884</label> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Health officer, District of Columbia, report of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1884</label> <target>268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers, overflow of Ohio River.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution making further appropriations for the relief of destitute persons in the districts overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1884</label> <target>268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indians, education of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing an expenditure of money for Indian educational purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1884</label> <target>268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithsonian Institution.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1884</label> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dudley C. Haskell, eulogies.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Dudley C. Haskell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 13, 1884</label> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers, floods of Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution reappropriating the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars not expended for the relief of sufferers by the foods of the Mississippi River.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 27, 1884</label> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contingent fund, Senate.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the addition of ten thousand dollars to the contingent fund of the Senate.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 31, 1884</label> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs revenues.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for printing certain documents relating to customs revenues and domestic exports for the use of Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1884</label> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cincinnati law library.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting certain publications to the Cincinnati law library.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief Justice Marshall, statue.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution relative to the ceremonies of the unveiling of the Statue of Chief Justice Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1884</label> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of flags.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, a certain amount of flags and bunting for use at a fair.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1884</label> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of flags.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan two hundred flags to the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1884</label> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. Herndon, eulogies.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of eulogies on Thomas H. Herndon, late a Representative in Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1884</label> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithsonian Institution.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution tilling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Monument.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution in relation to ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Globe.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the Congressional Globe.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 16, 1884</label> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Board of Managers, Soldiers’ Home.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to fill vacancies existing in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 10, 1884</label> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of flags.</i></designator> <label>Joint insolation authorizing the loan of certain flags to the Portland Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers, overflow of Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution appropriating an unexpended balance for the relief of the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and tributaries.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1884</label> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief Justice John Marshall.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing the proceedings relative to unveiling the statue of John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appointments from Signal Corps.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States to appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps two second lieutenants.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public documents, printing additional a pies.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to print additional copies of certain publications.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Education, printing report of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the printing of the last annual report of the Commissioner of Education.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bartholdi Stafne of Liberty, model, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting permission to exhibitor the Capitol a model of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1884</label> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michigan, lease of lands, etc.,</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to lease certain lands to the board of fish commissioners of the State of Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Ethnology, printing reports of.</i></designator> <label>Joint, resolution for printing the annual reports of the Bureau of Ethnology.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Geological Survey, printing reports of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for printing the annual reports of the United States Geological Survey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Codified land laws.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to amend a resolution approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, providing for the publication of report of Public Land Commissioner, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Temporary expenditures of the Government, appropriations.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1884</label> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Agriculture, printing report of.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing the annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Board of Health.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the printing and binding of additional copies of the reports of the National Board of Health.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Animal Industry,</i></designator> <label>Joint résolution providing for the printing of fifty thousand copies of the first annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. G. Cowie, G. A. Hall, et al.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the payment of certain persons therein named for clerical services rendered the District of Columbia in making numerical and “assess” books.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immediate payment of employés of Congress.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the immediate payment of the officers and employés of the Senate and of the House for the mouth of July.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">STATUTES II.—1884–’85.</label>
<headingItem>
<designator />
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saratoga Monument, Schuylerville, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide statuary and historical tablets for the Saratoga monument.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French and American medals.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of State to procure duplicates of certain French and American medals.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hillsborough National Bank, Hillsborough, Ohio.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Hillsborough National Bank to change its name to that of the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way.</i></designator> <label>An act granting the right of way to the city of Newport, Rhode Island, over the breakwater at Goat Island.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 20, 1884</label> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grundy County, Tennessee.</i></designator> <label>An act detaching Grundy County, Tennessee, from the southern division of the district of East Tennessee and attaching it to the middle district of said State, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1884</label> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stater National Bank, North Providence, R. I.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the name of the Stater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1885</label> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Omaha, Nebr.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lighter or barge Finite.</i></designator> <label>An act to issue American papers to the lighter or barge Pirate, now at New York.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1885</label> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Carson City, Nev.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the United States courts, post, office, and other Government offices in the city of Carson City, in the State of Nevada.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1885</label> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Waco, Tex.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the erection of a public building at Waco, Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1885</label> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Metropolitan police, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 17, 1885</label> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Special Messengers to Iowa and Oregon.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the expenses and compensation of Special Messengers to be sent by the Secretary of State to the States respectively of Iowa and Oregon for the certificates of the electoral vote of eighteen hundred and eighty-four for President and Vice-President of the United States, in pursuance of the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 17, 1885</label> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French Spoliation claims.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 20, 1885</label> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way.</i></designator> <label>An act granting right of way to the Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company across the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 20, 1885</label> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Camp Douglas Military Reservation, Utah.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department certain parts of the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of Utah.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 21, 1885</label> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridges across the Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Mississippi River, one within the State of Minnesota and one between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 21, 1885</label> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Bank, Bloomington, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the National Bank of Bloomington, Illinois, to change its name to the First, National Bank of Bloomington.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1885</label> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justices of the peace, Wyoming Territory.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Wyoming Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 28, 1885</label> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1885</label> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Certain lands, Detroit, Mich.</i></designator> <label>An act to release the reversionary right of the Government of the United States to certain lands in the city of Detroit and State of Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1885</label> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forfeiture of certain lands, Oregon.</i></designator> <label>An act to declare forfeiture of certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad in Oregon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1885</label> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory and Texas.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to run and mark the boundary lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1885</label> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.</i></designator> <label>An act relative to the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1885</label> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States court-house and post-office, Springfield, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the purchase of additional grounds for the United States court-house and post-office building at Springfield, Illinois.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1885</label> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised Statutes, section</i> 4434 <i>amended</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning commerce and navigation and the regulation of steam-vessels.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1885</label> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Academy appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for t he fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for ether purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1885</label> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Protection of children, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act for the protection of children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioners, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order during the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Augusta, Me.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Augusta, Maine.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Troy, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Troy, New York.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Pittsburgh, Pa.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Retired-list for officers of United States Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize a retired-list for privates and non-commissioned officers of the United States Army who have served for a period of thirty years or upward.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Tyler, Tex.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duplicate checks.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the issue of duplicate checks.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 16, 1885</label> <target>306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Erie, Pa.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit and district courts of the United States, the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices at Erie, Pennsylvania,” and making an additional appropriation therefor.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wickliffe Cooper, deceased.</i></designator> <label>An act correcting the military record of Wickliffe Cooper, deceased, late major Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suits for damages, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize suits for damages where death results from the wrongful act or neglect of any person or corporation in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Purchase of wharf, Wilmington, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the purchase of a wharf for the use of the Government in Wilmington, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Purchase of land, New Bedford, Mass.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the purchase of additional land for the uses of the public building in the city of New Bedford, State of Massachusetts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>308</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Manufacturers National Bank, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the name of the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York to the Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn, New York.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge across the Saint Croix River, Minn.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River at the most accessible point between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Settlement of account for arms.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and settle the account for arms between the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Keokuk, Iowa.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Keokuk Iowa</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Unlawful occupancy of public lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to prevent unlawful occupancy of the public lands.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular and diplomatic appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land to be conveyed, Providence, R. I.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey land in Providence, Rhode Island, for highway purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Macon, Ga.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a Public building at Macon, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States custom-house, Richmond, Pa.</i></designator> <label>An act to enlarge the United States customhouse at Richmond, Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water-supply, Washington, D. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor.</i></designator> <label>An act to prohibit the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge across the Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Report of Health Officer of District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the printing of two thousand live hundred extra copies of the Annual Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, La Crosse, Wis.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at La Crosse, Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Key West, Fla.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to erect a public building in the city of Key West, Florida.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Sacramento, Cal.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Sacramento California.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Fort Wayne, Ind.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress entitled “An act to provide for public building at the city of Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana,”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commercial National Bank, Chicago.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Texas Pacific Railroad Company.</i></designator> <label>An act to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Detroit, Mich.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Building for museum, &amp;c., of Medical Department, United States Army.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the erection of a building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish, Potomac River, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District at Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appointment of passed assistant engineer, United States Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint one passed assistant engineer now on the retired-list of the Navy a chief engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1985</label> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Claims of Indian traders,</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the amounts due to citizens of the United States for supplies furnished to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota subsequent to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one and prior to the massacre of August, eighteed hundred and sixty-two, and providing for the payment thereof</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eulogies, Henry B. Anthony, deceased.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Henry B. Anthony.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Monument.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the printing of the report and proceeding’s of the commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington Monument</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Council Bluffs, Iowa.</i></designator> <label>An act for the completion of a public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cemetery, Kirwin, Kans.</i></designator> <label>An act to donate a cemetery site on the public lands to the city of Kirwin in the State of Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Aberdeen, Miss.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Aberdeen Mississippi, for use as a post-office, United States court, and for United States internal-revenue officials, and for other Government purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Reading, Pa.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Beading, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Court-house and post-office, Clarksburg, W. Va.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide, for the construction of a court-house and post-office at Clarksburg, West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public banning, Wichita, Kans.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Fort Townsend, Wash. Ter.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend, Washington Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised Statutes, section</i> 1883 <i>amended.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine of chapter oue, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to general incorporation acts of Territories.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Auburn, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erect ion of a public building in the city of Auburn, New York.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Chicago, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a public building at Chicago, Illinois.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Louisville, Ky.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the limit of appropriation for the public building at Louisville, Kentucky.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luther Statue Association.</i></designator> <label>An act to incorporate the Luther Statue Association, to erect and maintain a monument or statue in memory of Martin Luther in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Claims of officers and enlisted men, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Rational Bank, Larned, Kans.</i></designator> <label>An act. to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Larned, Kansas, not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations, Nebraska and Kansas.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the sale of the Sue and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agricultural Department appropriation.</i></designator> <label>An act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, appropriations for.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Department appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post Office Department appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fortifications, appropriations for.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Retired-list, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize an additional appointment on the retired-list of the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horse-railway over Rock Island, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse-railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States, connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peru, Dubuque County, Iowa.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the appraisement and sale of lots in the town of Peru, Dubuque County, Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chinese indemnity fund.</i></designator> <label>An act relative to the Chinese indemnity fund.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised Statutes, section</i> 1556 <i>amended.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section fifteen bundled and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, giving longevity pay to certain officers of the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Outerbridge Horsey, assignee.</i></designator> <label>An act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to examine the claim of, and providing for the payment of, Outerbridge Horsey, assignee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Regulating pensions of soldiers and sailors of United States.</i></designator> <label>An act for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised Statutes, section</i> 764 <i>amended.</i></designator> <label>An act amending section seven hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.</i></designator> <label>An act to adopt the “Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.”</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>438</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Supreme courts of District of Columbia and the Territories.</i></designator> <label>An act regulating appeals from the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the supreme courts of the several Territories.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge across the Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a postroute.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the salary of the clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>444</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railroad bridge over Cumberland and Cancy Fork River.</i></designator> <label>An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle, Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deficiency appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sundry civil appropriations.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Signal Service, Army.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution extending the time fixed for the joint commission appointed under the sundry civil act, approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to submit their report.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Monument.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution in relation to the ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Officers and employé, Senate and House.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to pay the officers and employés of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, on the twentieth day of said month.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tenth Census.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of the Census to continue the work on the Tenth Census.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1884</label> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pay of per diem employés of the Government,</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the payment of laborers in Government employ for certain holidays.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 6, 1885</label> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destitute Indians.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the support of certain destitute Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1885</label> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Descriptive Catalogue, Government Publications.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of the Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1885</label> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eulogies, William A. Duncan.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William A. Duncan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1885</label> <target>517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eulogits, John H. Evins.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John H. Evins, late a Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of South Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1885</label> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maj. William Ludlow, extension of leave.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution extending the permission granted Major William Ludlow by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to accept a civil position.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association the regimental colors which belonged to said artillery, and which are now in the custody of the Secretary of War.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lieut. P. H. Ray’s report of International Polar Expedition.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to print two thousand additional copies of Lieutenant P. H. Ray’s report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Report of Commissioner of Education.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing additional copies of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monograph two of United States Geological Survey.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for printing Monograph two of the publications of the United States Geological Survey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval and military reports.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the printing of certain naval and military reports.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reports of Smithsonian Institution.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for printing the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Report of Bureau of Animal Industry.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of the second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Report of Commissioner of Agriculture.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to authorize the printing of three hundred and ten thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reports of Committee on Military Affairs.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for the printing of additional copies of the report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the investigation of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>521</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
</listOfPublicLaws>
<page>xiii</page>
<listOfPrivateLaws>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<heading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of</inline></heading>
<heading class="centered">THE PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS</heading>
<heading class="centered">OF CONGRESS</heading>
<heading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</heading>
<subheading>Acts of the Forty-eighth Congress of the United States.</subheading>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">STATUTES I.—1883–’84.</label>
<headingItem>
<designator />
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel H. Luckett.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of Samuel H. Lockett, of Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1884</label> <target>525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa Boddy.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Louisa Boddy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1884</label> <target>525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Carroll.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the devisees of the late Daniel Carroll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 22, 1884</label> <target>525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Woodard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of James H. Woodard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 10, 1884</label> <target>526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sallie J. Spence.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sallie A. Spence.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1884</label> <target>526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Millie E. Hays.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Millie E. Hays, widow of John Have, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 26, 1884</label> <target>526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. G. Schwatka and wife.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of F. G. Schwatka and wife.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline M. McDougal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline M. McDougal, widow of Rear-Admiral David S. McDougal.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Bullard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting it pension to Catharine Bullard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laurena C. P. Haskins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laurena C. P. Haskins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1884</label> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1884</label> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1884</label> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Monteith.</i></designator> <label>An act to adjust the accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1884</label> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William L. White.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William L. White.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Vance and William Vance.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the estates of James Vance and William Vance.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>T. J. Boyles.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of T. J. Boyles, administrator of the estate of Marcus Radich, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1884</label> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. P. Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of M.P. Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1884</label> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Katharina T. Wunsh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Katharina T. Wunsh.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 20, 1884</label> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel C. Wriht.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 21, 1884</label> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Barbour.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Barbour.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maj. D. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of Major D. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Nancy Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Francis Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo B. Chatfield.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Alonzo B. Chatfield.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>N. C. Ridenour.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of N. C. Ridenour.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1884</label> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Algoe.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of John Algoe.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Connolly.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Connolly.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Mulvihill.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to reconvey to Thomas Mulvihill certain lands erroneously conveyed by hint to the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 11, 1884</label> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen Call Long and Mary E. Brevard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santiago de Leon.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Santiago de Leon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Horan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Patrick Horan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Z. Blinn.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the muster-in and discharge of Henry Z. Blinn.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George F. Dresser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George F. Dresser.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Lauffer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline Lautier.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Overmire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George Overmire.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>I. L. Burchard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of I. L. Burchard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>George J. Stannard,</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of George J. Stannard, late a major-general of volunteers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen M. Flagg.</i></designator> <label>An act graining a pension to Mrs. Ellen M. Flagg.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert M. Flack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert M. Flack.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theodore C. Hawkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Theodore C. Hawkins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Reed.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Isaac Reed.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte Day.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charlotte Day.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia A. Ross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia A. Ross.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza W. Patterson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1884</label> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Z. M. Pettigrew.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Z. M. Pettigrew.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marg J. Vaughan.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary J. Vaughan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert Jehle.</i></designator> <label>An acting granting a pension to Albert Jehle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Patton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Patton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin Kelly.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Martin Kelly.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sally Mallory.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sally Mallory</label> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Prince.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George Prince.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Parker.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the disabilities of William H. Parker, of Virginia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1884</label> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to A. M. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1884</label> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Newman.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove certain disabilities of Henry Newman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert D. Thorburn.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the disabilities of Robert D. Thorburn, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1884</label> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram M. Howard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Hiram M. Howard, of Richland, Kansas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Murray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Murray.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Salome Ann Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Salome Ann Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1884</label> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O. Hamlins.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the sureties of the late J. O. Rawlins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1884</label> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Redmond.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sarah A. Redmond.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1884</label> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1884</label> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miles B. Farlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Miles B. Farlin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judith Lauter.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Judith Lauter.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary P. MacBlair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Miss Mary P. MacBlair.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa V. de Kilpatrick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louisa V. de Kilpatrick, widow of Major General Judson Kilpatrick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella J. Ramsdell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella J. Ramsdell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1884</label> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Atlantic Alcohol Company.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1884</label> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. T. Pickett.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief J. T. Pickett.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1884</label> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriett S. Brisbine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet t S. Brisbine.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1884</label> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth H. Lawler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Lawler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James King.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Cummins.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John W. Cummins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Dayton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Davton, widow of Erastus G. Dayton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solomon K. Ruggles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Solomon K. Rugglus.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Gesner.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Alonzo Gesner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Eliza Dickson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Eliza Dickson, widow of Dr. Thomas Dickson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha B. McCullach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha B. McCullach, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mathew O. Began.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Mathew O. Regan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Browne.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William R. Browne.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria L. Hammer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Maria L. Hammer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Sawyer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William J. Sawyer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christopher P. Davidson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Christopher P. Davidson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Allee.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of John Allee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Terry.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Catherine Terry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Hoden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Roden.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Printz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Printz.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas E. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Thomas E. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma A. Porch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma A. Porch.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet P. Dame.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet P. Dame.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann McCarney.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Ann McCamey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Price.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah E. Price.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Cassidy.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Margaret Cassidy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca J. Pierce.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Rebecca J. Pierce.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Ellery.</i></designator> <label>An act gran ring a pension to Mary Ellery.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Kane.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Kane.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1884</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act g muting a pension to Mrs. Mary C. Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph B. Sellers.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Joseph B. Sellers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph T. Caldwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph T. Caldwell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Reinhardt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Reinhardt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Droney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting pension to Patrick Droney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Wilhelm.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frederick Wilhelm, late a sergeant of Company L, Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank F. Fitkin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frank F. Fitkin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter Dickson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Walter Dickson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary McLaughlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary McLaughlin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Nutt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert Nutt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Henry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine Henry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Mack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Mack.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Bryan Leet.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Bryan Leet.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Cutter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amanda Cutter.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ira McNair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ira McNair.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen Horgan.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Ellen Horgan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Day.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William W. Day.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Bostater.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Bostater.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Swearer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Swearer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Sheward.</i></designator> <label>An act fertile relief of Caroline Sheward.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Saint Bernard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alexander Saint Bernard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rose Ann Galbraith.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Rose Ann Galbraith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Seymour.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Seymour, widow of Charles J. Seymour, a deceased soldier.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Temple Golden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Temple Golden.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Chesire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Chesire.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allicia Durrant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Allicia Durrant.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eugene L. Townsend.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eugene L. Townsend.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah J. Chipman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah J. Chipman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Morris Husband.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Morris Husband.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Fluke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting additional pension to George H. Fluke.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noah E. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Noah E. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1884</label> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Steedman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to the widow of Maj. Gen. James B. Steedman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Claims reported by Treasury Department, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theresa Crosby Watson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Theresa Crosby Watson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Betsey A. Mower.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Betsey A. Mower.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Robbins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Robbins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelius Fitzgerald.</i></designator> <label>An act to reinstate Cornelius Fitzgerald on the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary G. Hawk.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary G. Hawk.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram C. Henderson.</i></designator> <label>Act act granting a pension to Hiram C. Henderson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Galloup.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Galloup.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. E. Van Trees.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to H. E. Van Trees.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act graining a pension to Reuben Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. H. Clements.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to M. H. Clements.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert L. Willey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert L. Willey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie S. Beaumont.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fannie S. Beaumont.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Merritt Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Merritt Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Fenscke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John C. Fenseke.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben J. Chewning.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Reuben J. Chowning.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Barnard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel Barnard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Honora Kelley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Honora Kelley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William J. Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Miner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Miner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary T. Barnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary T. Barnes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Schnetberg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry Sohnetberg, of Indiana, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William T. McCoy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William T. McCoy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary M. Ord.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary M. Ord, widow of Major-General E. O. C. Ord.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Clark Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Nicoll Crane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Nicoll Crane.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Crozier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Crozier.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice T. Shirwood.</i></designator> <label>act for tbs relief of Mrs. Alice T. Sherwood.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Melvin Fierce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Melvin Pierce.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Decatur Hamlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Decatur Hamlin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Wiggins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Wiggins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Rebecca Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Shuckers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Shuckers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza A. Shealey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza A. Shealey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almira B. Kaier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Almira B. Kaler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Hawkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Hawkins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arthur I. McConnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting n pension to Arthur I. McConnell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellida I. Middleton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Ellida I. Middleton, widow of the late Rear Admiral Edward Middleton, United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha T. Stribling.</i></designator> <label>An act for increase of pension of Martha T. Stribling, widow of Cornelius K. Stribling, late a rear-admiral in the United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Apolline A. Blair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting additional pension to Apolline A. Blair, widow of the late Gen. oral Francis P. Blair, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ella Stolz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ella Stolz.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Shields.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Shields.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Hunter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann Hunter.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Becktel.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sarah Becktel.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irene Baker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Irene Baker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann McLaughlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann McLaughlin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Wickwire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Wickwire.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marg Anna Egan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Anna Egan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Aaron.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Aaron.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dr. Samuel Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An set granting a pension to John R. Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. G. Crawford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to J. G. Crawford.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pauline E. Milliken.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Pauline E. Milliken.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Corbin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Ann Corbin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Foley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Foley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Konkle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Andrew J. Konkle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simon E. Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Simon E. Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. llinry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Henry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy Biser.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Nancy Biser.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. E. Selye.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah E. E. Seelye, alias Franklin Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samantha Harriman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Samantha Harriman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura J. Goddard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Laura J. Goddard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otto Leisering.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Otto Leissring.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan J. McKenney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Susan J. McKenney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella Bertha Weaver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella Bertha Weaver.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solon L. Simonds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Solon L. Simonds.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Fuller.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of Charles A. Fuller.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susannah Barr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Susannah Barr.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Cooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alonzo Cooper.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Meis.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Catherine Meis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Hassell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Hassell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. D. F. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Captain H. D. F. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia M. Reynolds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia M. Reynolds.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine H. Glick.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Catherine H. Glick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asa Dye.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Asa Dye.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Irving.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of William Irving.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna J. Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna J. Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Virginia Zeilin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Virginia Zeilin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rivers Banks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rivers Banks.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Y. Attwater,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan Y. Attwater.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>P. W. Bradbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to P. W. Bradbury.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Sinfield.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Sinfield.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria L. Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Maria L. Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Hunter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine Hunter.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rosella Pegg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rosella Pegg.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy Ellis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy Ellis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rowland Ward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rowland Ward.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Magdalena Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Magdalena Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella Balmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella Palmer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen O’Brian.</i></designator> <label>An act graining a pension to Ellen O’Brian.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard Jobes.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Richard Jobes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 5, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth J. Colbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Colbert.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henrietta M. Sands.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Henrietta M. Sands.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wesley Morford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Wesley Morford.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry J. Seward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry J. Seward.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. Wright and C. Fahnestock.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. S. A. Wright and Mrs. C. Fahnestock.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Cassidy.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Margaret Cassidy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas B. Shannon.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Thomas B. Shannon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson W. Brown et al.</i></designator> <label>An act granting pensions to Wilson W. Brown and others.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren Croan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Warren Croan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. F. Toby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James P. F. Toby.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silas Q. Howe.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of William T. Pate and Company.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. F. Beyland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John C. F. Beyland, of New York.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>N. J. Ingersoll.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to N. J. Ingersoll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kady Brownell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Kady Brownell</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry A. Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry A. Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Hopperton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Maty Hopperton, widow of Edward Hopperton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel Sough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Capt, Israel Stough.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>008</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank Gray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frank Gray.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank S. Hillard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frank S. Hillard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Bolar</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Bolar.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah C. Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah C. Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Hess.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension William J. Hess.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Bastin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha Bastin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884.</label> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flavia A. Haskell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Flavia A. Haskell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward M. Wilkins.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the widow of Edward M. Wilkins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asahel D. Whitcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Asahel D. Whitcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James King.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John L. Cowardin.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove certain disabilities of John L. Cowardin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elisa-Howard Potters.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Eliza Howard Powers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">July 7, 1884</label> <target>611</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered">RESOLUTIONS.</label>
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<target>Page.</target>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>E. H. George and H. W. Walker.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the relief of E. H. George and H. W. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1884</label> <target>613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank Galt.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the relief of Frank Galt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1884</label> <target>613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>L. K. Reynolds.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting permission to Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph from the Government of Austria.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1884</label> <target>613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles L. Jones,</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Charles L. Jones the sum of four hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-five cents, for services as messenger under the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">June 12, 1884</label> <target>614</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered">STATUTES II.—1884–’85.</label>
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<target>Page.</target>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Venable.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Jane Venable.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 23, 1884</label> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Juliet H. Palmer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Juliet H. Palmer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">December 25, 1884</label> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Corfe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frederick Corfe.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Usebus Sweet.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Usebus Sweet.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Paris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles F. Paris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Hoerth.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Jacob Hoerth.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert Brant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Albert Brant.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Alden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry Ahlen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Daily.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Daily.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1885</label> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. R. Waddy.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of J. R. Waddy, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1885</label> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Franklin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John W. Franklin, executor of the last will of John Armfield, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 14, 1885</label> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy Le G. Jeffers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy Le G. Jeffers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 17, 1885</label> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Madison R. Calvert.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Madison R. Gilbert.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 20, 1885</label> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Bowen.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William Bowen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 20, 1885</label> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles M. Blake.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles M. Blake, a chaplain in the United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1885</label> <target>618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O. W. Streeter.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to examine and adjust the claim of O. W. Streeter for moneys expended and services performed in taking the census of Dakota in eighteen hundred and sixty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1885</label> <target>618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastern Presbyterian Church.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the Eastern Presbyterian Church in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1885</label> <target>618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Carson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Elizabeth Carson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 26, 1885</label> <target>619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abby P. Arnold.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abby P. Arnold.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 26, 1885</label> <target>619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Uriel Crocker.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Uriel Crocker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 26, 1885</label> <target>619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Treekell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline Treckell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 26, 1885</label> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gabriel H. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of Gabriel H. Hill, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1885</label> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. Pembroke Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of J. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1885</label> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vost Harbaugh.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Yost Harbaugh.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 28, 1885</label> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. H. Ward.</i></designator> <label>Ai: act to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Ward, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1885</label> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Sweeney,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Sweeney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1885</label> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1885</label> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elisabeth Comstock.</i></designator> <label>An act to reimburse Elizabeth Comstock customs dues paid by her on articles donated for the relief of colored emigrants.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1885</label> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marg K. S. Eaton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary K. S. Eaton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1885</label> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sally Rodman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increased pension to Sally Rodman, widow of General Isaac P. Rodman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1885</label> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>R. G. P. White, Peter Hanger, and L. T. Green.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of R. G. P. White, Peter Hunger, and L. T. Green.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1885</label> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily Agnel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting arrears of pensions to Emily Agnel.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Schools,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine Schools.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ebenezer K. Marden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ebenezer K. Marden.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ayers P. Merrill.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the executrix of Ayers P. Merrill.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1885</label> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Simpson Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Simpson Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Knawber.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Knawber.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watson S. Bentley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an additional pension to Watson S. Bentley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dorathea Bothner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dorathea Bothner. .</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabell Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabell Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ben Morgan.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of Ben Morgan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milla Staples.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Millia Staples.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie E. Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Jennie E. Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh Dougherty.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Hugh Dougherty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John D. Richards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John D. Rickards.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clarissa McKee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Clarissa McKee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Young.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Jane Young.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank S. Marsh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frank S. Marsh.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Kennedy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Kennedy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James McManus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James McManus.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the. relief of John Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Walcott.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring Rebecca Walcott to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George A. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Eurele.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Eurele.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hayden Reynolds.</i></designator> <label>Au act granting a pension to Hayden Reynolds.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John T. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John T. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Drown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James W. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zelica T. Dunlap.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring the name of Zelica T. Dunlap to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Demaranville.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isaac Demaranville.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sallie Ingham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sallie Ingham.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Harbison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Harbeson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. W. Frybarger.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Major W. W. Frybarger.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1885</label> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Herring.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Herring.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William B. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William B. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Amos.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Benjamin F. Amos.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theo. Ahrens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Theo. Ahrens.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Rugg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Rugg.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah J. Bremner.</i></designator> <label>An granting a pension to Sarah J. Bremmer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louis D. Petty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louis D. Petty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen A. Vance.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen A. Vance.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruth Stratton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ruth Stratton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Maloney.</i></designator> <label>An act, granting a pension to John Maloney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georye Ziefle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George Ziefle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter H. Crow.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore the name of Walter H. Crow to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>R. W. Duncan.</i></designator> <label>An act to place the name of R. W. Dunean on the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah S. Sampson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah S. Sampson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson Gammons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nelson Gammons.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret G. Halpine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret G. Halpine.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Russell F. Dimmick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Russell F. Dimmick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Stack.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of James Stack.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Maguire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Maguire.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Otis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Otis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Merit M. Oakley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Merit M. Oakley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. J. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann J. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria H. Sargent.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Maria H. Sargent.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Cornwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alonzo Cornwell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel W. Aaams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Daniel W. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert D. Simmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Albert D. Simmons.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1885</label> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chester Ashley.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the estate of Chester Ashley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John V. B. Bleecker.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of the late John V. B. Bleecker, a paymaster in the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred Iverson.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of Alfred Iverson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>E. P. Alexander.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of E. P. Alexander, of Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1885</label> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Denny Ripley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Denny Ripley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte Hackett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Charlotte Hackett.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orin R. McDaniel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Orin R. McDaniel.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse S. Harrold.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse S. Harrold.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1865</label> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate A. Drummond,</i></designator> <label>An act granting n pension to Mrs. Kate A. Drummond.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrus Reeser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cyrus Reeser.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1885</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eugene O’Sullivan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting mi increase of pension to Eugene O’Sullivan, late a sergeant of Company K. Eighteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James McCallin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James McCallen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances L. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Frances L. Thomas, widow of Major-General George H. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella Higgins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella Higgins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1885</label> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas T. Stratton.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W. B. Waldran.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. Don Cameron.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the sufferers by loss of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. C. Marsh.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of W. C. Marsh.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove, the disabilities of James D. Johnston, of Georgia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander W. Stark.</i></designator> <label>Act act to remove the political disabilities of Alexander W. Stark.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathan J. Sharp.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Nathan J. Sharp.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wehrle, Werk and Son.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Wehrte, Werk and Son.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. B. Montgomery.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of A. B. Montgomery.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Gardner.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William M. Gardner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1885</label> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller, and William McRoberts.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller, and William McRoberts</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jamees Bedell, sr.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of James Bedell, senior.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Weddingfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Weddingfield.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Griffin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Grillin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elinor Stough.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore to the pension-roll the name Elenor Stough.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Rlobinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Nelson, T. Caine, and Henry C. Sanders.</i></designator> <label>An act granting pensions to Frederick Nelson, T. Caine, and Henry C. Sanders.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Patterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rotiert Patterson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert M. McKinlay.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert M. McKinlay.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. lleid.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James H. Reid.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Merlin C. Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Merlin C. Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Angell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha Angell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adolph Weach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Adolph Weach.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth-Fowler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Fowler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen M. Harrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Helen M. Harrison.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh Ryan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hugh Ryan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Kiser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Kiser.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Scott, widow of John D. Scott, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company H, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Kodenback.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry Rodenback.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William R. Miller for pension.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jasper J. Henry.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant a pension to Jasper J. Henry on account of wounds received while acting its guide for the First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers to the war of the rebellion.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren Sams.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore the name of Warren Stuns to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob J. Morningstar.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Jacob J. Morningstar.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Sloan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza Sloan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William L. Sloan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William L. Sloan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Bradford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Bradford.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles P. Mahan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles P. Mahan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Bolwork.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Bulwark.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ohre W. Parker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Olive W. Parker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. H. Bowman.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William C. H. Bowman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D Kirk.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James D. Kirk.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Gibbons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Gibbons.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Van Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline Van Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Ringwalt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Ringwalt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia A. Chambers.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of Julia A. Chambers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cordelia Gale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cordelia Gale.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa Earle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louisa Earle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Phillips.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles H. Phillips.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Stotts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary J. Stotts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Hilton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jane Hilton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Z. Cooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel Z. Cooper.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adalbert Stickney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Adalbert Stickney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac R. H. Caldwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isaac R. H. Caldwell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Frazier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Frazier.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Lumphrey.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Ann Lumphrey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachel Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rachel Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abigail Honey.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Abigail Honey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederic S. Rich.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of Frederic S. Rich.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Springsteed.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Elizabeth A. Springsteed.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Tapp.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of George Tapp</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Pigeon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza Pigeon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>R. D. Lawrence.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to H. D. Lawrence.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine S. Edmondson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine S. Edmondson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza J. Norris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza J. Norris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin P. Lowell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin P. Lowell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Axline.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary C. Axline.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of Caroline Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Kupp.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca Kupp.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bernard Donohue.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Bernard Donohue.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David T. Dudley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to David T. Dudley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wealthy H. Seavey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Wealthy H. Seavey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anthony Beyer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Anthony Beyer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel M. Bartlett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel M. Bartlett.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James O. McKenna.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James O. McKenna.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Vanderhoff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Vanderhoff.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elmina P. Spencer.</i></designator> <label>An act increasing the pension of Elmina P. Spencer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Fried.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of David Fried.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlee W. Baldwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles W. Baldwin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick P. Dearth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frederick P. Dearth.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>T. A. Morton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to T. A. Morton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chloe A. Whipple.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Chloe A. Whipple.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza M. Byers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza M. Byers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis J. Blair.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore the name of Lewis J. Blair to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Larisa Heth.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Lavisa Heth.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George F. West.</i></designator> <label>An act to allow a pension to George F. West.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelia V. Blackman.</i></designator> <label>An act graining a pension to Cornelia V. Blackman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet M. Baily.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant a pension to Harriet M. Baily.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elbert Hewitt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elbert. Hewitt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adeline E. Chadbourne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Adeline E. Chadbourne.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Holden Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act to pension Holden Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa A. Esles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louisa A. Estes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almira K. Parker,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Almira K. Parker.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lydia Welherbee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lydia Wetherbee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lois B. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lois B. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward P. Quinn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward P. Quinn.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William E. Ayers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William E. Ayers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mark Spencer Van Loan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mark Spencer Van Loan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia Hartley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Julia Hartley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet A. B. Corts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet A. B. Corts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George S. Hawley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George S. Hawley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas McGill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas McGill.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Lockhart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Lockhart.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia T. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension of fifty dollars per month, to be paid out of the naval pension fund, to Julia T. Scott, widow of Gustavus H. Scott, late a rear-admiral in the United States Navy, and for forty-six years in the active service.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh O’Neil.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hugh O’Neil.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sydney L. Skaggs.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sydney L. Skaggs.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newton J. Burris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Newton J. Burris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leonora A. Boyden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Leonora A. Boyden.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edgar L. Dutton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edgar L. Dutton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Washburn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George A. Washburn.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clarinda Hunt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Clarinda Hunt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Franklin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna Ginn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anna Ginn.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1883</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David T. Hoover.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to David T. Hoover.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel M. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Colonel Samuel M. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. H. Gilley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William H. H. Gilley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Furlong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Patrick Furlong.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marg A. Land.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Land.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben J. Ebberman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Reuben J. Ebberman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Hendrix.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles Hendrix.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Hurlburt.</i></designator> <label>An act graining a pension to John R. Hurlburt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Melissa G. Polar.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Melissa G. Polar.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann W. Mulvey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christiana Almier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christiana Almier.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Priscilla J. Small</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Priscilla J. Small.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noah Caton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Noah Caton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sherman C. Perry.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sherman C. Perry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Mulholland.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief Mary Mulholland.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis Curran.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Francis Curran.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Strickland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Strickland.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna Maria Ressler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting n pension to Anna Maria Ressler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Hood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Hood.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morris Geld.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Morris Geld.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Brannwald.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frederick Brannwald.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Phillip Wiggins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Phillip Wiggins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Berry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Berry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John H. Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hazlewood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Hazlewood.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lloyd W. Hixon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lloyd W. Hixon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leonard King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Leonard King.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Eagles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Engles.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet L. Stevens.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Harriet L. Stevens.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeremiah P. Swatzell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jeremiah P. Swatzell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Wiener.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension to Jacob Wiener.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Burchfield.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sarah A. Burchfield.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas D. Fitch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas D. Fitch.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph R. Dodds.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant a pension to Joseph H. Dodds.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emeline L. Fitch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emelina L. Fitch.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia A. Marcum.</i></designator> <label>An act to pension Julia A. Marcum.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1885</label> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Getman; E. W. Rathbun and Company; Kinyon, Wright and Company; Bond and Jenkins; and Page, Fairchild and Company.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the payment by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to Charles H. Getman, the firm of E. W. Rathbun and Company, the firm of Kinyon, Wright and Company, the firm of Bond and Jenkins, and the firm of Page, Fairchild and Company certain duties paid by them on imported lumber accidentally burned while in custody of officers of customs, and before the same bad entered into consumption.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elijah W. Penny.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elijah W. Penny.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann E. Manchester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann E. Manchester.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bryson R. McCartney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Bryson R. McCartney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Bond.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Bond.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byram Pitney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to the widow and children of the late Byram Pitney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anne T. Dicks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anne T. Dicks.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Hague.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Hague.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duncan L. Clinch.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Duncan L. Clinch, of the State of Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Jane Prince.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Jane Prince.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Brockett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin F. Brockett.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William N. Morrie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William N. Morris.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sedate P. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sedate P. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert J. Ballort.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Robert J. Ballort.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis L. Canady.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lewis L. Canady.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1883</label> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Lowe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Lowe.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cordelia Brainerd Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Cordelia Brainerd Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah A. White.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Gordon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Gordon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Polly Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Polly Young.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Sheridan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert Sheridan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte C. B. Hatch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charlotte C. B. Hatch.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary B. Holmes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Macha Hughes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Murtha Hughes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. Boaz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas H. Boaz.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis B. Van Hamen.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Francis B. Van Haesen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Jane Veazie.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the heirs of Mary Jane Veazie, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Dorsey and William F. Shephard.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William F. Shephard.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sophia A. Morgan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sophia A. Morgan, widow of the late Charles H. Morgan, a brevet brigadier-general in the United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. Washington Brank.</i></designator> <label>An act to place J. Washington Brank on the muster-rolls of Company B, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander D. Schenck.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Alexander D. Schenck.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O. L. Cochran.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of O. L. Cochran, late postmaster at Houston, Texas, reimbursing him for money erroneously collected from him by the Post-Office Department.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Cornelia Lawman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann Cornelia Lanman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Herndon.</i></designator> <label>An act for the benefit of John C. Herndon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rosa Vertner Jeffrey and others.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey and others.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Severance.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John F. Severance.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Martha Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Settlers on Duck Valley Indian Reservation.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of certain settlers on the Dock Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha C. Breese,</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Martha C. Breese.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William H. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fendall Carpenter.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Fendall Carpenter.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Whitcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William H. Whitcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John W. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David M. Nagle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to David M. Nagle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John E. Denham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John E. Denham.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Cary.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Cary.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeremiah McCarthy.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Jeremiah McCarty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moses F. Carleton,</i></designator> <label>An act for the, relief of Moses F. Carleton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah M. Bissell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah M. Bissell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann E. Gridley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Ann E. Gridley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza W. Thornburgh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to the widow of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, late of the United states Army.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily L. Alvord.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mis. Emily L. Alvord.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Greene.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to the willow of the late Commander S. Dana Greene, United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh and Byrd Douglas.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the estates of Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Jeffries.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Jeffries.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Creel H. Dougherty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Creel H. Dougherty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Boyle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Boyle.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Connor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Connor.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lemuel J. Bennett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lemuel J. Bennett.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachel Nickell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting ii pension to Rachel Nickell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Brannin, Summers and Company.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Brannin, Summers and Company.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John B. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William W. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathan H. Dunphe.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Nathan H. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lydia S. Huggins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Lydia S. Huggins.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelly Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nelly Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Taylor and Son.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Taylor and Son.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie E. Bailey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie E. Bailey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. H. Hammond.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of J. H. Hammond.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Bean</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Bean.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calvin L. Knick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Calvin L. Knick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eduard Kraemer.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Edward Kraemer.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison Mitchell.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Harrison Mitchell, late of Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph McIntosh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph McIntosh.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Allen,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the State National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Stackton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James Stockton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard Dillon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Richard Dillon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Funkhouser.</i></designator> <label>An act grant mg a pension to Jacob Funkhouser.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marion D. Egbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Marion D. Egbert.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathaniel Johnson Coffin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Lieutenant Nathaniel Johnson Coffin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathaniel Pond, Jr.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Nathunie Pond, jr.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Webster.</i></designator> <label>An act fur the relief of Sarah E. Webster, administratrix.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Citizens of Marion County Tennessee.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of certain citizens of Marion County, Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth W. Creighton.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Elizabeth W. Creighton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Royal.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary Royal.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Milk.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles Milk.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grigsby Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Grigsby Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rose Dougherty.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Rose Dougherty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John P. Peterson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John P. Peterson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Doctor Thomas J. Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Chase.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John F. Chase.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles L. Alden.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles L. Alden.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark G. Maine.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Clark G. Maine.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Hatten</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Frederick Hutten.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel McAlpin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Daniel McAlpin.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph F. Hilson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Joseph F. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pardon H. Morey.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Pardon H. Morey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida P. Belcher.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Ida P. Belcher.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christian Arndt.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Christian Arndt.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Stansberry.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William Stausberry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Addison M. Copen.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Addison M. Copen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William D. Farnsworth.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William D. Farnsworth.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eugene B. Rail and others.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Eugene B. Hail and others.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Millon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John M. Milton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Tod.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Captain John G. Tod, of the Texas navy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Randall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Randall, widow of Captain Fernando Randall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Langley B. Culley,</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the heirs of the late Langley B. Culley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. J. Guthrie.</i></designator> <label>An act for the benefit of the legal representatives of A. J. Guthrie, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Esther Hudson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Esther Hudson, mother of William H. Hudson, deceased, late of Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Company E, Ono hundred and ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Pike.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James M. Tike.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucretia G. Ripley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Lucretia G. Ripley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Grennon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Grennon.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Raible.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph Raible.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abraham Cover.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abraham Cover.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Tyler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Tyler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David N. Bryan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to David N. Bryan.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harlan Jackson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harlan Jackson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen Edmiston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen Edmiston.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>C. A. Cilley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Brevet Colonel C. A. Cilley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma O. Zeigler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma O. Zeigler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joshua F. Justice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joshua F. Justice.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse C. Buck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jesse C. Buck.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Lafferty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jacob Lafferty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augustus Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augustus Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Octavia A. Newhall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Octavia A. Newhall.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Milkey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry Milkey.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Parry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Parry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna Beck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anna Beck.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jonathan C. Harrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonathan C. Harrison.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christian Bauman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christian Bauman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Wilcox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Edward Wilcox.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. H. H. Coleman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to W. H. H. Coleman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Patrick Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Kaler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Kaler.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Kinman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William H. Kinman.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John O. Gardner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John O. Gardner.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane D. Brent.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Jane D. Brent.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judson Bostwick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Judson Bostwick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Sparr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Sparr.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sylvester Greenough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sylvester Greenough.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sebert Toney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sebert Toney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Weide.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alexander Weide.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard W. Barnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Richard W. Barnes.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amos McDowell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amos McDowell.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harry H. G., Walter F., Wheeler Schofield, and Douglas E. L. Kislingbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harry H. G. Kislingbury, Walter F. Kislingbury, Wheeler Schofield Kislingbury, and Douglas E. L. Kislingbury, respectively, children of the late Frederick F. Kislingbury, a lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Snyder.</i></designator> <label>An act restoring John Snyder to the pension-roll.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>L. W. Pitts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to L. W. Pitts.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vincent Phelps.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Captain Vincent Phelps.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rosanna Riley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a peusion to Rosanna Riley.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Flaherty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Flaherty.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas M. McChesney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas M. McChesney.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda Cody.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matilda Cody.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Bierderhick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Heury Bierderhick.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amanda Alien.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a peusion to Amanda Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amanda Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Sansom.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph Sansom.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ferdinand Hercher.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of ferdinand Hercher.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Helton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine Helton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lina J. Stearns.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lina J. Steams.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albeit Harper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Albert Harper.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Sears.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to David Sears.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachael A. Queen.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Rachael A. Queen.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy Parr,</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. Lucy Parr.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Addie L. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Addie L. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. H. Murdaugh.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Murdaugh, of Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chancy G. Darrah.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Chancy G. Darrah.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. M. Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mrs. F. M. Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Dye.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant a pension Jo James Dye.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Dickson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Dickson.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<page>xxiv</page>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered">RESOLUTIONS.</label>
<headingItem>
<designator />
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of flags.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the loan of certain flags and hunting to the committee on inauguration ceremonies.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1885</label> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. B. Van Hensen.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the collector of the port at New York to deliver, free of duty, a silver cup won by Sergeant A. B. Van Hensen, as a member of the American Rifle Team, at Wimbledon, in July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of hospital tents, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan twelve hospital tents and outfits to the American Society of the Red Cross, for use in New Orleans.</label> <label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1885</label> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
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<page>xxv</page>
<toc role="listOfTreaties">
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<heading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></heading>
<heading class="centered">TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, AND CONVENTIONS</heading>
<heading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</heading>
<headingItem>
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Roumania.</i> Convention between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Roumania, defining the rights, immunities, and privileges of consular officers. Concluded June 5/17, 1881; ratification advised by the Senate April 3, 1882; ratified by the President April 6, 1882; ratified by the King of Roumania March 4, 1883; ratifications exchanged at Bucarest June 13, 1883; proclaimed July 9, 1883</label> <target>711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Spain.</i> Protocol of a conference between the Honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Excellency Francisco Barca, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Spain, held at the Department of State in Washington on the 6th day of May, 1882</label> <target>717</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Corea.</i> Treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Corea or Chosen. Concluded at Yin-Chuen May 22, 1882; ratification, advised by the Senate January 9, 1883; ratified by the President February 13, 1883; ratifications exchanged at Séoul May 19, 1883; proclaimed June 4, 1883</label> <target>720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Italy.</i> Declaration between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Italy, for the reciprocal protection of marks of manufacture and trade. Concluded June 1, 1882; ratification advised by the Senate February 25, 1884; proclaimed March 19, 1884</label> <target>726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>France.</i> Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic for the further extension of the term of the Claims Commission established under the Convention of January 15, 1880. Concluded February 8, 1883; ratification advised by the Senate, with an amendment.	February 21, 1883; ratified by the President of the United States April 3, 1883; ratified by the President of the French Republic June —, 1883; ratifications exchanged at Washington June 25, 1883; proclaimed June 25, 1883</label> <target>728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Spain.</i> Protocol of an agreement concluded between the acting Secretary of State and the Spanish minister in reference to the termination of the American and Spanish Claims Commission, signed at Washington June 2, 1883</label> <target>732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Mexico.</i> Memorandum of an agreement between P. H. Morgan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and José Fernandez, Official Mayor of the Department for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, for the prolongation of agreement signed at Washington July 29, 1882. Signed and exchanged at the city of Mexico June 29, 1883</label> <target>734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Hawaii.</i> Convention between the Post-Office Department of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Post Office Department of the United States of America, concerning the exchange of money-orders</label> <target>736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Argentine Republic.</i> Agreement between the United States and the Argentine Republic, for increasing the limits of weight and the dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged through the post between the two countries</label> <target>748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Spain.</i> Agreement between the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Madrid and the Minister of State of Spain, for the reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties in the ports of the United States and in Cuba and Porto Rico. Executed and signed at Madrid February 13, 1884</label> <target>750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Queensland.</i> Convention between the Post-Office Department of the United States of America and the Post and Telegraph Department of the Colony of Queensland, Australia, concerning the exchange of money-orders</label> <target>754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Belgium.</i> Convention between the United States of America and Belgium concerning trademarks. Concluded at Washington April 7, 1884; ratification advised by the Senate June 12, 1884; ratified by the President July 7, 1884; ratified by the King of the Belgians June 6, 1884; ratifications exchanged July 7, 1884; proclaimed July 9, 1884</label> <target>766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Cape of Good Hope.</i> Convention between the governor of the colony of the Cape, of Good Hope and the President of the United States of America concerning the exchange of money-orders</label> <target>768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Congo.</i> Declaration by the International Association of the Congo</label> <label /><target>781</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Siam.</i> Agreement between the United States of America and Siam for the regulation of the liquor traffic in Siam. Concluded at Washington May 14, 1884; ratification advised by the Senate June 28, 1884; ratified by the President June 30, 1884; ratified by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Siam at Washington June 30, 1884; ratifications exchanged at Washington June 30, 1884; proclaimed July 5, 1884</label> <target>781</target></referenceItem>
<page>xxvi</page>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Hayti.</i> Protocol of and agreement between the Secretary of State of the United States and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hayti, for submission to an arbitrator of the claims of Antonio Pelletier, and A. H. Lazare against Hayti; signed May 24, 1884</label> <target>785</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Russia.</i> Declaration by and between the United States of America and the Empire of Russia concerning the admeasurement of vessels in their respective ports. Signed May 25/June 6, 1884</label> <target>789</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Windward Islands.</i> Convention between the Post-Office Department of the United States of America and the Post-offices of the several islands at present constituting the Government-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, consisting of the Islands of Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago, and St. Lucia, concerning an exchange of money-orders</label> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Mexico.</i> Protocol of an agreement between the United States and Mexico. Renewing stipulation in former agreements as to pursuit of hostile Indians across boundary. Signed and exchanged at the city of Mexico, October, 31, 1884</label> <target>806</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Luxemburg.</i> Treaty between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, concerning extradition of criminals. Concluded October 29, 1883; ratification advised by the Senate July 4, 1884; ratified by the President July 5, 1884; ratified by the King of the Netherlands February 25, 1884; ratifications exchanged at Berlin July 14, 1884; proclaimed August 12, 1884</label> <target>808</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right"><i>Sweden.</i> Convention for an exchange of money-orders between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of the United States of America. Signed at Stockholm December 27, 1884, and at Washington February 17, 1885</label> <target>815</target></referenceItem>
</toc>
<page>xxvii</page>
<listOfProclamations>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<heading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></heading>
<heading class="centered">PROCLAMATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT</heading>
<subheading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</subheading>
<headingItem>
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">World’s Industrial and Cotton Exposition at New Orleans</label> <target>833</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Thanksgiving Day</label> <target>834</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Washington’s surrender of his commission</label> <target>834</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Abolishing certain customs duties</label> <target>835</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Indian Territory, warning to invaders of</label> <target>835</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Sanitary measures advised against pestilence</label> <target>836</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Thanksgiving Day</label> <target>837</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Terminating certain articles of treaty with Great Britain relating to fisheries</label> <target>837</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Remission of tonnage duty as to vessels arriving from certain ports</label> <target>841, 842, 844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Oklahoma lands, Indian Territory, warning to invaders of</label> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label leaderChar="." leaderAlign="right">Winnebago and Sioux or Crow Creek Reservation, Dakota, warning to invaders of</label> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
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<coverTitle class="centered">PUBLIC LAWS<br/><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline><br/>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,<br/><inline class="smallCaps">passed by</inline><br/>THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS,<br/>1883–’85.</coverTitle>
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<coverText>
<p class="centered">PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS</p>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></p>
<p class="centered">UNITED STATES,</p>
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<enrolledDateline class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December</i>, 1883, <i>and was adjourned without day on Monday, the seventh day of July</i>, 1884.</enrolledDateline>
<explanationNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Chester A. Arthur</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">George F. Edmunds</inline> was elected President of the Senate <i>pro tempore</i> on the fourteenth day of January, 1884; <inline class="smallCaps">John G. Carlisle</inline> was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the third day of December, 1883, and acted as such until the fifth day of July, 1884, when <inline class="smallCaps">Joseph C. S. Blackburn</inline> was elected Speaker <i>pro tempore</i> and acted as such until the termination of the session.</explanationNote>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1: to fix the time for holding the District Court in the District of Maine at Bangor.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>1.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to fix the time for holding the District Court in the District of Maine at Bangor.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-01-18">Jan. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maine; term of district court for district of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the regular term of the District Court of the District of Maine now held at Bangor on the Fourth Tuesday shall hereafter be held on the First Tuesday of June.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 18th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 2: making an appropriation for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>2</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 1</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-01-19</dc:date>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>2.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making an appropriation for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-01-19">Jan. 19, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation, continuing improvement of Mississippi River.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the sum of one million dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the improvement of the Mississippi River, which said sum shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, estimates, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission created by an act entitled “<quotedText>An act to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission for the improvement of said river from the Head of the Passes, near its mouth, to its headwaters</quotedText>”, approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the money hereby appropriated shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> be used solely for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River and no part thereof shall be expended with the view to the improvement of private property.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 19, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 3: to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Fort Worth Texas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 1</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-01-29</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>3.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Fort Worth Texas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-01-29">Jan. 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas; increase of capital stock of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the First National Bank of Fort Worth, located in the city of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, in accordance with
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existing laws, to any sum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, notwithstanding the limit heretofore fixed in its original articles of association and determined by the Comptroller of the Currency; and the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized to fix the limit of increase of the capital stock of the First. National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, at the amount of five hundred thousand dollars.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 29th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 4: providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major General Edward O. C. Ord, United Stales Army from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>4</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 2</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-01-31</dc:date>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major General Edward O. C. Ord, United Stales Army from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-01-31">Jan. 31, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Major-General Edward O. C. Ord; removal of remains of the late.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the remains of the late Major General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army to be transported from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, District of Columbia and to pay the necessary expense of said transportation and of interment of the remains out of the appropriation for contingencies of the Army.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 31st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 6: making appropriations to supply deficiencies on account of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in regard to rebate of tax on tobacco, and to provide for the expenses of the meeting of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>6</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-02-14</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>6.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations to supply deficiencies on account of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in regard to rebate of tax on tobacco, and to provide for the expenses of the meeting of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-14">Feb. 14, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter stated, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebate claims on tobacco, snuff, cigars, tec., 22 Stat., 489.</p></sidenote>For the purpose of paying the rebate claims as provided by section four of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled “<quotedText>An act to reduce internal-revenue taxation, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” three million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of employés in Bureau of Internal Revenue, etc.</p></sidenote>For the purpose of reimbursing to the appropriation for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the sum of eight thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty-two cents, expended by said Bureau in payment of persons employed in the Bureau of Internal Revenue in and about the work of counting, canceling and redeeming internal revenue checks and proprietary stamps, during the mouths of July, August, September, October and November, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for the payment of such persons as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall necessarily employ in his office in and about the work of counting, canceling, and redeeming internal-revenue checks and proprietary stamps, the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, at rates not exceeding the rates usually paid for such work, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the whole sum appropriated by this paragraph shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico; payment of legislative expenses of.</p></sidenote>For the legislative expenses of the Territory of New Mexico, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">For per diem of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage of members, printing, incidental expenses, including secretary’s office, and eight hundred dollars for translating bills, laws, and journals of the legislative assembly, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>sixty-five dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the legislative proceedings, records, and laws of said Territory shall be printed in the English language.</proviso></p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/3">3</page>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That the members elected to the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial legislature of New Mexico, term of, for 1884 and for 1886.</p></sidenote> in November anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and all vacancies legally tilled since that time, if any, are hereby declared to be the legal members of the legislature hereby authorized, subject to all valid contests. The said Territorial Legislature shall convene on the third Monday in February, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and shall not continue in session exceeding forty legislative days. The next Territorial Legislature of New Mexico shall convene in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at such time as may be fixed by the Legislature at the session hereby authorized.</p>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 7: to change the name of “The National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce” to that of “The National La Fayette Bank.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 3</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-21</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>7.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to change the name of “The National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce” to that of “The National La Fayette Bank.”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-21">Feb. 21, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the name of “The National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce,” a corporation transacting business in the city of Cincinnati, County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, shall be changed to “<quotedText>The National La Fayette Bank,</quotedText>” whenever the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New name.</p></sidenote> board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolution of said board, and cause a copy of said resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> acceptance be made within six mouths after the passage of this act, and that all the expenses incident to such change, including engraving, shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the debts, liabilities, lights, privileges, and powers of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., to follow change.</p></sidenote> the said National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce shall devolve upon and inure to the said National La Fayette Bank whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to release liability.</p></sidenote> any manner to release the said bank from any liability, or affect any action or proceeding in law in which said bank may be or become a party or interested.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 21st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 8: to fix the times for holding the terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the Northern District of Iowa</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>8</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 3</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-23</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>8.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to fix the times for holding the terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the Northern District of Iowa</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-23">Feb. 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa; terms of circuit and district courts for northern district of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the sessions of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the Northern District of Iowa shall begin and be held as follows: At Dubuque, on the First Tuesday in April and Third Tuesday in November of each year; at Fort Dodge, on the Third Tuesdays in January and June of each year; and at Sioux City, on the Second Tuesday of May and First Tuesday in October of each year.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February twenty third, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 9: making all public roads and highways post routes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>9</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 3</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>9.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making all public roads and highways post routes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-01">Mar. 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public roads, etc., declared poet routes.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That all public roads and highways while kept up and maintained as such are hereby declared to be post routes.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 1st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 10: to complete a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 4</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/4">4</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>10.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to complete a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-03">Mar. 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rear-Admiral Samuel FrancisDn Pout; appropriation for completion of statue of the late, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 4.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, being the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated under an act entitled “An act making an appropriation for the base and pedestal of a monument to the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United Slates Navy”, approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, together with the further sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection and completion of a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy, to be placed in Du Pont Circle, in the city of Washington; and all money hereby appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 11: making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred anti seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel of .South Pass of Mississippi River, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>11</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 4</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>11.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred anti seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel of .South Pass of Mississippi River, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-12">Mar. 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency appropriations, South Pass of the Mississippi River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 465.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 169.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to wit:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">To supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for examinations and surveys required by the acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain the depth of water and width of channel secured and maintained from time to time by James B. Eads at South Pass of the Mississippi River, and to enable the Secretary of War, to report to Congress during the maintenance of the work, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gauging waters of the Mississippi River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 598.</p></sidenote>To supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for gauging waters of lower Mississippi River and its tributaries: For annual expense of gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, con tinning observations of the rise and fall of the river and its chief tributaries, as required by Joint Resolution of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the moneys hereby appropriated shall be immediately available.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 12, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 12: to establish a standard of time in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 4</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>12.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to establish a standard of time in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-13">Mar. 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Standard of time in District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the legal standard of time in the District of Columbia shall hereafter be the mean time of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall not be so construed as to affect existing contracts.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 14: to change the name of the James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City, Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>14</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 5</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-22</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>14.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to change the name of the James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City, Nebraska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-22">Mar. 22, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Sweet National Bank, Nebraska City, Nebr.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the name of the James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City, a corporation transacting business in Nebraska City, Otoe County, and State of Nebraska, shall be changed to the Merchants’ National Bank of Nebraska City, whenever<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New name.</p></sidenote> the board of directors of said James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City shall accept the new name by resolution of the said board, and cause a copy of said resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance be made<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> within six months after the passage of this act, and that all the expenses incident to such change, including engraving shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the debts, dividends, liabilities, rights, privileges, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., to follow change.</p></sidenote> powers of the said James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City shall devolve upon and inure to the said Merchants’ National Bunk of Nebraska City whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall so be construed as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to release liability.</p></sidenote> in manner to release the said James Sweet National Bank from any liability, or affect any action or proceeding in law in which said bank may be or become a party or interested.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 22d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 16: to change the name of the West Waterville National Batik of Oakland, in the State of Maine, to that of the Missaukee National Bank.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 5</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-24</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>16.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to change the name of the West Waterville National Batik of Oakland, in the State of Maine, to that of the Missaukee National Bank.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-24">Mar. 24, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Waterville National Bank, Oakland, Maine.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the name of the West Waterville National Bank, located and transacting business at Oakland, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, shall be changed to that of the Messalouskee National Bank, whenever the board of directors of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New name.</p></sidenote> said bank shall accept the aforesaid new name by a resolution of the said board adopted by a majority of the members of said board at a meeting duly called for the purpose of making said change of name, and shall cause a copy of said resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> be made within six months after the passage of this act, and that all the expenses incident to such change, including engraving, shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the debts, dividends, liabilities, rights, privileges, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., to follow change.</p></sidenote> powers of the said West Waterville National Bank shall devolve upon and inure to the said Messalouskee National Bank whenever such change of name shall be effected.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to release liability.</p></sidenote> in any manner to release the said West Waterville Bank from any liability or affect any action or proceeding in law in which said bank may be or become a party or interested.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 24, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 17: to authorize the issuing of a register to John S. McQuin and J. Warren Won son for the schooner Druid.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>17</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 5</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>17.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the issuing of a register to John S. McQuin and J. Warren Won son for the schooner Druid.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-28">Mar. 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner Druid; issue of register to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register for the schooner Druid, built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, but now owned by John S. McQuin and J. Warren Wonson, citizens of the United States, and lying
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/6">6</page>
in the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, whenever the said McQuin and Wonson shall furnish the Secretary of the Treasury with satisfactory proof that the said schooner has been repaired in the United States, and that the cost of repairing her by her present owners is equal to double the cost of the said vessel to them when purchased.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 28, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 18: to limit the cost, of indexing the Congressional Record.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>18</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 6</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-31</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>18.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to limit the cost, of indexing the Congressional Record.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-31">Mar. 31, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Index to Congressional Record limiting coat of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That, the Joint Committee on Printing be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to make the necessary provisions and arrangements for issuing the index of the Congressional Record semi-monthly during the sessions of Congress; that the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, directed to print and distribute the same number of copies of said semi-monthly index as be prints and distributes of the daily issue of the Record, and to the same persons and in the same manner; that the Public Printer shall employ such person to prepare said index as shall be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing who shall also fix and regulate the compensation Jo be paid by the Public Printer for the said work, and direct the form and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>manner of its publication: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That the rate of compensation allowed for preparing the said semi-monthly indexes, including also their compilation into a complete session index, shall not exceed, for each page of the printed Congressional Record, the average that it cost per page of the Congressional Record for compiling the session <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>index of the Forty sixth Congress:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That there may be employed and paid on said work, at times not interfering with their ordinary employment, persons who are also employed and paid in any other office or employment under the Government.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat,, 516.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the joint resolution approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, entitled “<quotedText>Joint resolution to provide for printing and distributing the index of the Congressional Record semi-monthly</quotedText>”, is hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 31st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 19: making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>19</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 6</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-31</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>19.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-31">Mar. 31, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations, Military Academy.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors and others.</p></sidenote>For pay of eight professors, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For one commandant of cadets, in addition to pay of captain in the line, one thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of three instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry <page identifier="/us/stat/23/7">7</page>tactics, commanding companies, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand tour hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum paid to said officer shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.</proviso></p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of cadets, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; and no cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter any cadet dismissed for hazing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>; hazing.</p></sidenote> shall not be eligible to reappointment.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of the teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars; which shall be in full for the pay of the said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For additional pay of professors for length of service, eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Professors, additional pay of.</p></sidenote> eight hundred and ninety eight dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For current expenses, as follows: .</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall-strips,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvement.</p></sidenote> laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting-powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics and labor employed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> upon repairs and improvements that cannot be done by enlisted men, eleven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p></sidenote> and fixtures, fire-bricks, clay, sand, and repairs of steam-heating apparatus. grates, ranges, furnaces, and stoves, twelve thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For gas-pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts, and annual<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas-pipes, etc.</p></sidenote> repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel for cadets’ mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage, telegrams.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel-pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, pen-holders, tape, blotting-pads, and rubber bands, six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For printing: For type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing, etc.</p></sidenote> annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents, one thousand dollars. ,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For-clerk to adjutant, in charge of cadet records, one thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For clerk to treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of mathematics.</p></sidenote> and materials for preservation of models and instruments, fifty dollars; text books, books of reference, and stationery for instructors, one hundred dollars; binding books of reference, fifty dollars; in all, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of civil and military engineering.</p></sidenote> purchase and repairs of instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; for continuing preparation of text-books for special instruction of cadets, five hundred dollars; extra pay of enlisted man employed <page identifier="/us/stat/23/8">8</page>as draughtsman, one hundred dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department chemistry, etc.</p></sidenote>For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals, chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, Sheetmetal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars: rough specimens, fossils, files, alcohol, lamps, blow pipes, pencils, and paper for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, four hundred dollars; repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and apparatus illustrating optical properties of substances, seven hundred and fifty dollars; pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in lecture-rooms, one thousand dollars; models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; contingencies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of philosophy.</p></sidenote>For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to apparatus to illustrate the laws of acconstics, optics, and mechanics, one thousand dollars; books of reference, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; construction of quarters near the new observatory for the mechanic assistant, three thousand eight hundred dollars; necessary additions to the astronomical transit circle for-the new observatory, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of languages.</p></sidenote>For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books, books of reference for the use of instructors, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of geography, etc.</p></sidenote>For department of geography, history, and ethics: For maps, globes, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for use of instructors, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of drawing.</p></sidenote>For department of drawing: For fifteen new desks one hundred and fifty dollars; photographic slides for use in lectures, repairs and construction of racks, models, stretchers, stools and desks, stationery, drawing materials, cardboard for mounting drawings, tacks, hammers, and contingencies, books of reference (mechanical, architectural, surveying, geometry, and art), periodicals on act and technology, models for topographical, free hand, and constructive drawing, hectograph, rules and triangles, and for shades, rollers, and contingencies for enlargement of drawing academy, eight hundred and ten dollars; in all, nine hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of law.</p></sidenote>For department of law: For text-books and stationery and books of reference for the use of instructors, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of artillery, etc.</p></sidenote>For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely: For tan-bark for riding hall, three hundred dollars; repairing campstools and camp-furniture, one hundred dollars; furniture for offices and reception-room, one hundred dollars; plumes for cadet officers, to be accounted for as other public property, one hundred and eighty dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; books and maps, seventy-five dollars; supply of fixtures for gymnasium, and repairs, two hundred dollars; foils, fencing-gloves, jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of ordnance and gunnery.</p></sidenote>For department of ordnance and gunnery: For addition to models and apparatus illustrating course of instruction, repairs of electroballistic machines and galvanic batteries and models, and for addition to firing-houses, and practical instruction room, for books of reference, text-books, and stationery for instructors, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of military engineering.</p></sidenote>For department of practical military engineering: For postponing and materials for mining and profiling, telegraphing and signaling materials, stationery and text-books, books of reference, and purchase and repairs of instruments, nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/9">9</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Visitors.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous and contingent expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> lanterns, matches, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stable and riding-hall, and sidewalks and wharves, three thousand five hundred dollars; water pipes, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; cleaning public buildings (not quarters), five hundred dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and clothes, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayon, sponge, slate, and rubbers for recitation rooms, three hundred dollars; compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Librarian’s assistant.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, binding, new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For additional tables and chairs, and repairing same, two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tables, chairs.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, cadet hospital.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of bedding and necessary articles for the use of candidates<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bedding.</p></sidenote> previous to their admission into the Academy, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For contingencies for superintendent of the Academy, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies for superintendent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For renewing furniture in sect ion-rooms, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For continuing breast-height wall south toward guard-house five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breast-height wall.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For completing new twelve-inch water-main to sally-port of cadet<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water-main.</p></sidenote> barracks, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For completion of new hospital for cadets, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Now hospital, completion of.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For reflooring academic building, including fencing Academy, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reflooring, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For reflooring cadet barracks and piazza, two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. .</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For new skylights for drawing academy, three hundred and fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Skylights.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For water-works: Renewal of material in filter-beds; improving ventilation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water-works.</p></sidenote> of filter-house and water-house; hose for use in cleaning filter beds and water-house, and for use in fire-service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and tor repairs of siphon house, filter-house, and of four and one-half miles of supply-pipes; for shed for tools, and storage of fuel for keeper at Round Pond, and for tool-house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For additional bath-tubs, and repairs to bath-tubs, in cadet barracks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bath-tubs.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For cadet laundry: One number four washer, connections, and fixtures,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laundry.</p></sidenote> three hundred and sixty dollars, to be immediately available.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For cadet mess One bake-oven in cadet mess, that is, for brick,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadet mess.</p></sidenote> fire brick, cement, mortar, grates, doors, and labor, the same to be built by skilled labor, and to replace old over long in use, six hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be immediately available.</listContent></listItem>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 31, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 20: to enable the State of Colorado to take lands in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections found to be mineral lands, and to secure to the State of Colorado the Irene fit of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>20</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-04-02</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/10">10</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>20.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to enable the State of Colorado to take lands in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections found to be mineral lands, and to secure to the State of Colorado the Irene fit of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-02">Apr. 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 503.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 474.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State of Colorado, authorized to select certain lands other than mineral lands.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That an act entitled “An act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States”, approved March third eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall be construed as giving 10 the State of Colorado the right to select for school purposes other lands in lieu of such sixteenth and thirty sixth section as may have been or shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>found to be mineral lands: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such selections shall be made from lands returned as agricultural, and upon which at the date of selection no valuable mineral discoveries have been made; and all such selections shall be reported to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall, if ‘he is satisfied such lands so selected are not mineral, so certify, and thereupon the right of said State to such selected lands shall finally attach; and the Secretary of the Interior shall also ascertain whether any of such sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections are mineral lands, and shall certify their character, which certificate shall determine the matter.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy surveyor, duty of.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the deputy surveyor, at. the time of executing the survey of any township, to make a critical examination of the character of sections sixteen and thirty-six, and to embrace in his field notes a full report of any and all mineral discoveries found to the surveyor-general, who shall report to the Secretary of the Interior whether the whole or any part of either of said sections is mineral in character.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 208.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the State of Colorado, in selecting lands for agricultural-college purposes under the acts of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, may select an amount of land equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative which said State is entitled to in Congress, from any public land in said State not double-minimum priced land; or selections may be made from said double-minimum lands, but in the latter case the lands are to be computed at the maximum price and the number of acres proportionally diminished; but no mineral lands shall be selected.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 2d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 21: to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas Allen.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>21</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 10</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>21.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas Allen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-10">Apr. 10, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas Allen, deceased; eulogies of late, with portrait, authorized to be printed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas Allen, a member of the Forty-seventh Congress from the State of Missouri, twelve thousand copies, of which four thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of said Thomas Allen to accompany said eulogies; and for engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 10, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 23: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to offer a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars for rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the Greely expedition.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>23</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 11</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-17</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/11">11</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>23.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to offer a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars for rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the Greely expedition.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-17">Apr. 17, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greely expedition, reward for discovery and rescue of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Navy he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make proclamation immediately. and cause said proclamation to be published and distributed as thoroughly as may be in such foreign ports as are interested in navigation and traffic in the Arctic seas, that the Government of the United States will pay a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be equitably paid or distributed, to such ship or ships, person or persons, not in the military or naval service of the United States, as shall discover and rescue or satisfactorily ascertain the fate of the Greely expedition; but such proclamation shall not be made in terms that will involve the United States in any future liability or responsibility beyond said reward, or will induce unprepared vessels to incur extraordinary peril or risk. And the determination of the Secretary of the Navy as to the right of any person to said reward or a share thereof, shall be conclusive upon all persons.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 17, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 24: to further suspend the operation of section fifty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title seventy-two, in relation to guano islands.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>24</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 11</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-18</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>24.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to further suspend the operation of section fifty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title seventy-two, in relation to guano islands.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-18">Apr. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guano Islands, R. S. 5574, 1080; suspended, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That section fifty-five hundred and seventy-four, title seventy-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be and the same is hereby, further suspended, as therein set forth, for the period of five years next from and after the passage of this act.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 18, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 25: to amend section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating to the district of Gloucester.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>25</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 11</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>25.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating to the district of Gloucester.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-18">Apr. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2527, 495.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rockport created a port of delivery.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the second clause of section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, describing the district of Gloucester, is hereby amended by making the town of Rockport a port of delivery therein.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 18, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 26: making it a felony for a person to falsely and fraudulently assume or pretend to be an officer or employee acting under authority of the United States or any Department or any officer thereof, and prescribing a penalty therefor.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>26</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 11</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>26.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making it a felony for a person to falsely and fraudulently assume or pretend to be an officer or employee acting under authority of the United States or any Department or any officer thereof, and prescribing a penalty therefor.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-18">April 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons assuming or pretending to act under authority of the U. S.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That every person who, with intent to defraud either the United States or any person, falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States, or any Department, or any officer of the Government thereof, and who shall take upon himself to act as such, or who shall in such pretended character demand or obtain from any person or from the United States, or any Department, or any officer of the Government thereof, any money, paper, document, or other valuable thing, shall be
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/12">12</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote>deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, he punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not longer than three years, or both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 18, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 27: to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from the public lands in said State.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>27</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 12</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-23</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>27.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from the public lands in said State.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-23">April 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">University of Alabama.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That forty-six thousand and eighty acres of the public lands in Alabama are hereby granted to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of endowment from public lands, etc.</p></sidenote>State of Alabama, in addition to the lands reserved to said State by the acts approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, for the benefit of the University of Alabama, to be applied, as far as may be necessary, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">6 Stat., 350.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">6 Stat., 383.</p></sidenote>to the erection of suitable buildings for said university and to the restoration of the library and scientific apparatus heretofore destroyed by tire, such application to be made in such manner as the legislature of said State may direct or may empower the trustees of said university <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>to direct: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the State of Alabama shall pay the expenses of agents appointed by the governor thereof to select such lands, to be reimbursed out of the proceeds of the sales thereof.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents to select lands, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the governor of Alabama may appoint one or more agents to select the lands granted in this aid from any public lands within said State not included in some subsisting grant made by the United States; and such agent shall make report of such selections to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead entries, etc., a prior claim.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any legal subdivision of land to which the right of homestead entry or preemption shall have attached in favor of any person who is entitled to such homestead and pre-emption entries and who is occupying and claiming such subdivision of the public lands in Alabama at the time when such selections are approved by the Secretary of the Interior. And in cases where it is found that such claims are superior to the rights of the State <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stare to select other lands.</p></sidenote>of Alabama herein granted, the said State may select other lands in lieu thereof, and in like quantity, elsewhere in the said State, from the public lands of the United States, so as to make up, as nearly as may be, the total number of acres of land granted in this act to said State.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title to vest in State, when, for benefit of University of Alabama.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That when the selection of said lands are so made, and are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the title to the same shall vest in t he State of Alabama, to and for the use and benefit of said University of Alabama, to be applied first to the uses and purposes declared in the first section of this act and then to the endowment of said university, and to no other purpose whatever; and patents shall issue to said State for the lands so selected and approved. And the State of Alabama shall by law direct the sale of such lands, and the money arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the State of Alabama; but no expenses that may he incurred in making such sales, after the selections of lands made under this act are confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior and are entered on the township maps of the proper land-offices, shall be paid by the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to carry provisions of act into effect.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is empowered to make all needful and proper regulations and rules for carrying this act into effect, and for the decision of all questions that may arise as to tire right of the State of Alabama to any lands that may be claimed under the provisions of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 28: to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>28</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 13</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-23</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/13">13</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>28.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-23">April 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America relating to the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, amended in the following manner, that is to say:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Section five hundred and forty-five, by striking out the words “<quotedText>not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C. 645, 66.</p></sidenote> exceeding twenty years;</quotedText>” so that the same shall read:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="545">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 545. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">Any three or more persons of full age, citizens of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Societies; how formed.</p></sidenote> United States, a majority of whom shall be citizens of the District, who desire to associate themselves for benevolent, charitable, educational, literary, musical, scientific, religions, or missionary purposes, including societies formed for mutual improvement, or for the promotion of the arts, may make, sign and acknowledge, before any officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the District and file in the office of the recorder of deeds, to be recorded by him, a certificate in writing in which shall be stated—</chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">“First. </num>
<content class="inline">The name or title by which such society shall be known in law.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">“Second. </num>
<content class="inline">The term for which it is organized.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">“Third. </num>
<content class="inline">The particular business and objects of the society.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“Fourth. </num>
<content class="inline">The number of its trustees, directors, or managers for the first year of its existence.”</content>
</level>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Section five hundred and forty-six, by adding at the end thereof the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C. 546, 66.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>and other real and personal property the clear annual income from which shall not exceed in value twenty-five thousand dollars;</quotedText>” so that the same shall read:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="546">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 546. </num>
<content class="inline">Upon filing their certificate the persons who shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corporate powers.</p></sidenote> signed and acknowledged the same, and their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name stated in such certificate; and by that name they and their successors may have and use a common seal, and may alter and change the same at pleasure, and may make by-laws and elect officers and agents, and may take, receive, hold, and convey real and personal estate necessary for the purposes of the society as stated in their certificate, and other real and personal property the clear annual income from which shall not exceed in value twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>Provided, however, That this section<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> shall not be construed to exempt any property from taxation in addition to that now specifically exempted by law.</proviso>”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Section five hundred and forty-seven, by striking out the words “<quotedText>annually,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C. 547, 66.</p></sidenote> or oftener, elect from its members,</quotedText>” and inserting the word “<quotedText>elect</quotedText>” after the word “may,” in the first line; so that the same shall read:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="547">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 547. </num>
<content class="inline">Such incorporated society may elect its trustees, directors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Election of officers; vacancies, how filled.</p></sidenote> or managers at such time and place and in such manner as may be specified in its by-laws, who shall have the control and management of the affairs and funds of the society, and a majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business; and whenever any vacancy shall happen in such board of trustees, directors, or managers, the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as shall be provided by the by laws of the society.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That, section five hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes relating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C. 549, 66.</p></sidenote> to the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and in lieu of said section the following is enacted:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="549">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 549. </num>
<content class="inline">Any property of the corporation may be leased, encumbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of real estate, etc.</p></sidenote> by mortgage or deed of trust in the nature of a mortgage, or sold and conveyed absolutely, when authorized by a vote of a majority of the shares of stock of the corporation, or by a vote of a majority of the directors, managers, or trustees of the corporation, at a meeting called for the purpose, and the proceedings of which meeting shall be duly entered in the records of the corporation; and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be applied or invested for the use and benefit of such corporation.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/14">14</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C. 551, 67.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repealed.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section five hundred and fifty-one of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing corporations may avail themselves of provisions of act, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any corporation heretofore formed under sections five hundred and forty-five to five hundred and fifty-two, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia may avail itself of the provisions of this act by complying with its requirements, and those that this act is intended to amend; but the right to repeal this act, and to alter, amend, or abolish any charter of incorporation granted under it, is expressly reserved to Congress.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 31: to authorize the construction of railroad bridge across the Saint Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>31</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 14</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>31.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of railroad bridge across the Saint Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa Falls and western Railway Company to construct railroad bridge across St. Croix River.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Chippewa Fulls and Western Railway Company, created and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, is hereby granted the right to construct an iron or steel bridge, with masonry piers, to be used by it, its successors or assigns, for railroad purposes, or for railroad and highway purposes, and as a public highway, with continuous span, across the Saint Croix River, from such point in the State of Wisconsin in township numbered thirty north, of range numbered twenty west of the fourth principal meridian, in the county of Saint Croix, which said corporation may select, to such point in the county of Washington, in the State of Minnesota, opposite <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>thereto, as said corporation may select: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the bridge to be constructed under the authority hereby granted shall not interfere with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation of river to be maintained.</p></sidenote>the free navigation of said stream beyond what is necessary in order to carry into full effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and that said piers shall be built at right angles with the current of the stream where said bridge may be erected, and that each span shall be not less <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legal structure; and a post-road.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>than one hundred and twenty-five feet:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said bridge shall be and be considered a legal structure, and shall be a post-road for the transmission of the United States mails:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the bridge shall be built with one span of not less than one hundred and fifty feet in the clear over the navigable channel, with a height of not less than sixty feet in the clear above low-water mark.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building and location subject to regulations of Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall from time to time prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge, and a map of the proposed location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan, etc., to approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and the Secretary of War shall determine the proper length of the spans of said bridge, and the height thereof above highwater mark, and as to the plan of the bridge in all respects; and if it be found at any time that such bridge unnecessarily or materially obstructs navigation, he shall require the necessary changes to be made therein, in the interest of such navigation, at the expense of said company; and said company <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote>shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/15">15</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said railroad company shall have the right to construct<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passage-ways.</p></sidenote> passageways on said bridge for foot-passengers and vehicles of every description, and to charge a reasonable toll therefor; but the rates of toll shall be submitted to the Secretary of War and shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls.</p></sidenote> subject to this approval and to any change he may think proper from time to time.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That such alterations or changes as may be required by the Secretary of War or Congress in any bridge constructed under the provisions of this act shall be made by the said railroad company at their own expense; and it is hereby expressly provided that Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 36: to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York in the case of the Spanish ferry-boat Nuestra Señora de Regla.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>36</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>36.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York in the case of the Spanish ferry-boat Nuestra Señora de Regla.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-01">May 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish ferry-boat Nuestra Senoña de Regia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for payment of decree, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to make proper payment to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, bearing date December tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, in the case of the Spanish ferry-boat Nuestra Señora de Regla, her tackle, and so forth, illegally seized by forces of the United States in eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to the claimant and appellee therein named, or its legal representative, with interest from the date of said decree.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 1st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 37: to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>37</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-05-01</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>37.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-01">May 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiency appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><chapeau class="inline">That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and prior years, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.</heading>
<content>That from the appropriations for public printing and binding for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding.</p></sidenote> fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation to Treasury, Navy, War, and Post-Office Departments.</p></sidenote> Public Printer is hereby authorized to transfer to the allotment of the Treasury Department an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to the allotment of the Navy Department an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to the allotment of the War Department fifteen thousand dollars, and .to the allotment of the Post Office Department an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars; but the aggregate amount appropriated for the public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, shall not be exceeded because of the transfers hereby authorized.</content>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of subsidiary silver coin.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">For the transportation of subsidiary silver coin as authorized by law, five thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/16">16</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, etc., for public buildings under control of.</p></sidenote>For fuel, lights, water, required by the janitors and firemen in the proper care of the buildings, furniture, and heating apparatus, exclusive of personal services, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, one hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and repairs of, and carpet for building at Boston;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, O.;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montgomery, Ala.;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">St. Louis,</p></sidenote>For furniture and repairs of furniture, and carpets, for the following public buildings, namely: For post-office and subtreasury at Boston, thirty thousand dollars; for custom-house at Cleveland, Ohio, five thousand dollars; fur court house and post-office at Montgomery, Alabama, ten thousand dollars; for post-office and court-house at Philadelphia, fifteen thousand dollars; and for custom-house and post-office at Saint Louis, Missouri, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventy thousand dollars; and each of said amounts shall be so expended as to complete the furnishing of said buildings; and all furniture now owned by the United States in other buildings in said cities, respectively, shall be used as far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plans for furniture or not.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of janitors,</p></sidenote>For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, fifty-six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For completion of public-building at Philadelphia;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">St. Louis;</p></sidenote>For post-office and court-house at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For completion of the building, sixty-one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For custom-house at Saint Louis, Missouri: For completion and furnishing of the building, twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albany;</p></sidenote>For custom-house and post-office at Albany, New York: For completion of the building, fifty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cincinnati;</p></sidenote>For custom-house and post-office at Cincinnati, Ohio: For continuation of the building, one hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine-hospital at Memphis.</p></sidenote>For marine-hospital buildings at Memphis, Tennessee: For completion of approaches, fencing, terracing lot, heating and laundry apparatus, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>expenses of the tenth census.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenth census.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For current expenses, twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For outstanding liabilities, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>stationery.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 344.</p></sidenote>
<content>For stationery for the use of the Department of the Interior in wrapping and mailing the reports of the tenth census ordered by Congress to be distributed by this Department by the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighteen cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>expenses of band-offices.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of land offices.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental expenses of the several land-offices, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of depositing public moneys, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>pensions.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of expanding surgeons.</p></sidenote>For fees and expenses of expanding surgeons, five hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For fees and expenses of expanding surgeons, two hundred and fifty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventeen cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem pay for special expanders, etc.</p></sidenote>For per diem, when absent from home on duty, for special expanders or other persons employed in the Pension Office detailed for the pur-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/17">17</page>pose of waking special investigation of matters pertaining to the Pension Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts of disbursing clerks of Interior Department for disbursements for Freedman’s Hospital and Asylum; transfer of unexpended balances.</p></sidenote> settle and allow, if found correct, the accounts of the disbursing clerks of the Interior Department for the fiscal years, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty four, for disbursements made on account of support of the Freedman’s Hospital and Asylum by transfer of any unexpended balance and apply the same to purposes for which the subdivisions of the appropriations for said institution for the years above mentioned are exhausted. And the payments made to clerks, watchmen, laborers, laundresses and teamsters of said hospital for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty two, eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four, may be allowed and chargeable to the appropriation for clothing, bedding, forage, transportation and miscellaneous expenses for said fiscal years respectively; but the aggregate amounts appropriated for the expenses of the Hospital and Asylum for the above fiscal years shall not be exceeded because of the transfer herein authorized. The amount of said transfers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four shall not exceed one thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>indian office.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Office.</p></sidenote>
<content>To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the employees temporarily<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary employees; payment of.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Voluntary service for the Government, or employment of personal service other than that authorized by law, prohibited; exceptions.</p></sidenote> employed and rendering service in the Indian Office from January first up to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand one hundred dollars, and hereafter no Department or officer of the United States shall accept voluntary service for the Government or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction of property.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>bureau of equipment and recruiting.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting; transportation of enlisted men and boys.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of recruiting, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">Fer contingent expenses of the Bureau, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>bureau of construction and repair.</heading>
<content>For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of tools; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and Repair.</p></sidenote> and incidental expenses, namely, advertising and foreign postage, two hundred and thirty four thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That one thousand two hundred dollars of the sum appropriated by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 46S.</p></sidenote> the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be, and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation; schools.</p></sidenote> same are hereby, transferred from the second to the third school division, without increasing the aggregate expenditure therein provided.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">For janitors and care of the several school-buildings, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors; repairs of school buildings.</p></sidenote> nine hundred dollars; for current repairs to school-buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; one-half of said amounts to be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/18">18</page>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary E. Herndon, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay Mary E. Herndon, widow of the late Honorable T. H. Herndon, the amount of salary and allowances for stationery for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hon. W. F. Pool, payment to mother of.</p></sidenote>To pay the mother of the late Honorable W. F. Tool the amount of salary and allowances for stationery for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, payment to widow of.</p></sidenote>To pay the widow of the late Honorable E. W. M. Mackey the amount of salary and allowances for stationery for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, five thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hon. D. C. Haskell, payment to widow of.</p></sidenote>To pay the widow of the late Honorable D, C. Haskell the amount of salary and allowances for mileage and stationery for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, six thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hon. E.M. Cutts, payment to widow of.</p></sidenote>To pay the widow of the late Honorable M. E. Cutts the amount of salary and allowances for stationery for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, seven thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexander B. Thomas, Wilson Grice, payment to.</p></sidenote>To enable the Clerk of the House to pay-Alexander B. Thomas and Wilson Grice for services rendered under resolution of the House from March fourth to December third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at sixty dollars per month each, one thousand and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 1st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 38: to add certain counties in Alabama to the Northern District therein, and to divide the said Northern District after the addition of said counties into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>38</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 18</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-02</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>38.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to add certain counties in Alabama to the Northern District therein, and to divide the said Northern District after the addition of said counties into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-02">May 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama, counties added to the northern district.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the counties of Sumter, Greene, Hale, and Pickens, included in the southern district of Alabama, and the counties of Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Shelby, and Talladega, included in the middle district of Alabama, shall be hereafter included in and constitute part of the northern district of said State.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern and southern divisions of northern district.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the. said northern district is hereby divided into two divisions, which shall be known as the northern and southern divisions of the northern district of Alabama. The southern division of said northern district shall include the counties of Sumter, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Blount, Bibb, Shelby, Saint Clair, Etowah, Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term, held at Birmingham, when.</p></sidenote>Cherokee, and De Kalb; and a term of the district court and circuit court of the United States for said northern district shall be held for said southern division at the city of Birmingham, in the said county of Jefferson, twice in each year, on the first Mondays in March and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties comprising the northern division; terms.</p></sidenote>September. The remaining counties in said northern district shall constitute the northern division thereof; and the terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States for said northern division shall be held therein at the times and place now prescribed by law.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offenses cognizable and indictable in division where committed.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all offenses hereafter committed in either of said divisions shall be cognizable and indictable within the division where committed; and all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each division shall be inhabitants thereof; and all offenses committed within <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p></sidenote>either of said districts prior to the time this act goes into operation shall be prosecuted and tried as if this act had not been passed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4, </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil suits, not local in character.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all civil suits, not of a local character, which shall be hereafter brought in the circuit or district court of United States for the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/19">19</page>
northern district of Alabama, in either of said divisions, against a single defendant, or where all the defendants reside in the same division of said district, shall be brought in the division in which the defendant or defendants reside; but if there are two or more defendants, residing in different divisions, such suit may be brought in either division; and all mesne and final process, subject to the provisions of this act, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or both of the divisions.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That all civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil suits pending.</p></sidenote> or district courts in said State shall not be affected by this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be in force from the first day of January,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act to take effect Jan. 1, 1885.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-five; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May second, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 39: to change the name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, to that of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln, and to increase the capital stock of the First National Bank of Nashville Tennessee.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>39</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 19</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>39.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to change the name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, to that of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln, and to increase the capital stock of the First National Bank of Nashville Tennessee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-03">May 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marsh National Bank, Lincoln , Nebr.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, a corporation transacting business in Lincoln, Lancaster County, and State of Nebraska, shall be changed to the Capital National Bank of Lincoln, whenever the board of directors of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln shall accept the new name by resolution of the said board, and cause a copy of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New name.</p></sidenote> resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance be made within six months<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> after the passage of this act, and that all the expenses incident to such change, including engraving, shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the debts, dividends, liabilities, rights, privileges, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., to follow change.</p></sidenote> powers of the said Marsh National Bank of Lincoln shall devolve upon and inure to the said Capital National Bank of Lincoln whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to release liability.</p></sidenote> in any manner to release the Marsh National Bank from any liability, or affect any action or proceeding in law in which said bank may be or become a party or interested.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline"><i>Be it further enacted</i> That the First National Bank of Nashville<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First National Bank, Nashville, Tenn., authorized to increase its capital stock.</p></sidenote> located in the city of Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, in accordance with existing laws to any sum not exceeding one million of dollars notwithstanding the limits heretofore fixed in its original articles of association and determined by the Comptroller of the Currency; and the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized to fix the limit of increase of the capital<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of increase.</p></sidenote> stock of the Fust National Bank of Nashville Tennessee at one million of dollars.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 3d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 43: donating a part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the city of Fort Smith, for the use and benefit of the free public schools thereof, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>43</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>43.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">donating a part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the city of Fort Smith, for the use and benefit of the free public schools thereof, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Donation of portion of Fort Smith military reservation, Ark., to city of Fort Smith.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Avenue and wharf.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That so much of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, as is occupied by Garrison avenue of the city of Fort Smith, and by the wharf of said city, be, and the same is hereby, donated to said city, to be used by it for the purposes of an avenue and wharf. That an amount of said reservation not
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exceeding nine acres, to be selected by the city on such part of said reservation as is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings, park.</p></sidenote>hereby granted as it may desire, be, and the same is hereby, granted to said city, to be used by it for the erection of public buildings and county court-house for the Fort Smith district of Sebastian County, Arkansas, thereon, and for a public park. That all the remainder of said military reservation, except the streets, alleys, and avenues hereinafter mentioned, and except the national cemetery and one hundred feet around the walls of the same, and except, further, all the ground included within the exterior line of the walls of the fort, together with all of said walls and thirty feet around said walls, and except, further, so much ground as may be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury for public buildings, be, and the same is hereby, granted to said city of Fort Smith, to be held in trust by said city tor the use and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free public schools.</p></sidenote>benefit of the free public schools of the single school-district of Fort Smith and to be applied to the benefit of all children of school age without distinction of race.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands, how divided.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said city shall, as soon as may be after the passage of this act, cause the said reservation hereby granted to be divided into lots and blocks corresponding as near as possible with the plat of said city; that all streets, alleys, and avenues laid out on such part of said reservation as is hereby granted.be, and the same are hereby, granted to said city, to be held by it as streets, alleys, and avenues for the use <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>of the public: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the said city shall lay off, and for all time keep in repair, a street or avenue sixty feet in width leading to the front gate of the national cemetery, and a street or avenue from Garrison avenue, of such width as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, to the entrance of said fort fronting on said Garrison avenue; and if the said city shall fail to so lay off and keep in repair the said streets or avenues, the nine acres of ground hereby granted to her shall revert to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of land authorized.</p></sidenote>the United States.</proviso> That the said city shall, within ten years from the date of the passage of this act, cause all that part of said reservation granted by this act to it in trust for the use of the free public schools of the single school-district of Fort Smith to be sold in single lots, at public sale, for cash, to the highest bidder, the city, when such sale is made and the purchase price paid, to make a deed to the purchaser for the same; and as soon, and from time to time, as the purchase price is paid, the same shall be paid to the treasurer of the school board of the single school-district of Fort Smith, to be used by said board in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of school houses, pay of teachers, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Owners of lots grunted the right to purchase, etc.</p></sidenote>erection of school-houses and for the pay of teachers and the maintenance of the free public schools in said district.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That all persons having fractional lots fronting on Garrison avenue, in said city of Fort Smith, and extending back to the north-eastern boundary-line of said military reservation, shall have the right to purchase, at private sale, of said city, within two years from the date of the passage of this act, so much of said reservation as shall be necessary to extend their respective fractional lots back to a distance of one hundred and forty feet, so that said lots will be one hundred and forty feet in depth, at the rate per square foot that the lot on the reservation nearest to each respective lot may sell for; and the said city, on the payment of the purchase-money, shall make the purchasers a deed therefor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to issue patents, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as possible after the passage of this act, issue to the city of Fort Smith a patent for all said reservation hereby granted to it for its own use and benefit, and also a separate patent for all of said reservation hereby granted to it in trust for the use and benefit of the free public schools of the single school-district of Fort Smith; and said last-named patent shall recite that the lands so granted are held in trust by said city for the use and benefit of said school-district.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 44: to provide for the appointment of an Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>44</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 21</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>44.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the appointment of an Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acting Secretary of Smithsonian Institution; appointment of, authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution may, by an instrument in writing filed in the office of the Secretary thereof, designate and appoint a suitable person Io act as Secretary of the Institution when there shall be a vacancy in said office, and whenever the Secretary shall be unable from illness, absence, or other cause to perform the duties of his office; and in such case the person so appointed may perform all the duties imposed on the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> Secretary by law until the vacancy shall be filled or such inability shall cease. The said Chancellor may change such designation and appointment from time to time as the interests of the Institution may in his judgment require.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 45: to release the American Baptist Home Mission Society from the conditions of the sale of the Marine hospital building and grounds at Natchez Mississippi.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>45</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 21</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>45.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to release the American Baptist Home Mission Society from the conditions of the sale of the Marine hospital building and grounds at Natchez Mississippi.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas, the Marine hospital building and grounds at Natchez, Mississippi<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> were sold under and in pursuance of Jaw, at public auction, on the fifteenth of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to the American Baptist Home Mission Society for the sum of five thousand dollars it being the highest bidder at said sale: and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas, pursuant to act of Congress approved August fifteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">19 Stat., 202.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and seventy-six, said sale was authorized and confirmed and by deed dated January fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, said building and grounds were conveyed by the Secretary of the Treasury to said society, for and in consideration of the sum of five thousand dollars, upon the express condition and covenant nevertheless in said deed contained that the building on said grounds should be reconstructed and devoted, under responsible auspices, to purposes of instruction for the benefit, of the colored people of the United States in accordance with said act authorizing and confirming said conveyance; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas the said society has faithfully fulfilled the conditions and covenants in said deed contained, and now desires to sell said buildings and grounds to the city of Natchez tor the purposes of a city hospital, and to devote the proceeds of such sale to the construction of a school-building at Jackson, Mississippi, to be used for the purposes of education for the, benefit of the colored people Therefore.</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American Baptist Homo Society released from conditions of sale of Marine hospital building at Natchez, Miss.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to quit claim and release the said Marine-hospital building and grounds to the said American Baptist Home Mission Society, free and clear of the aforesaid conditions and covenants in said died contained. <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That by proper covenant, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, such society secures the appropriation of the proceeds of such sale to the construction of a school building at Jackson, Mississippi, to be used for the purposes of education for the benefit of the colored people.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 46: amending the Revised Statutes of the United States in respect of official oaths, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>46</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 21</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>46.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">amending the Revised Statutes of the United States in respect of official oaths, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 1218, 215.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That section twelve hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
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<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1218">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1218. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, etc., disqualified for appointments Army or Navy.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No person who held a commission in the Army or Navy of the United States at the beginning of the late rebellion, and afterward served in any capacity in the military, naval, or civil service of the so-called Confederate States, or of either of the States in insurrection during the late rebellion, shall be appointed to any position in the Army or Navy of the United States.”</content>
</section>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 1756, 312.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repealed.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section seventeen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and hereafter the oath <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official oaths.</p></sidenote>to be taken by any person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit either in the civil, military, or naval service, except the President of the United States, shall be as prescribed in section seventeen hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes. But this repeal shall not affect the oaths prescribed by existing statutes in relation to the performance of duties in special or particular subordinate offices and employments.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to affect existing rights, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of this act shall in no manner affect any right, duty, claim, obligation, or penalty now existing or already incurred; and all and every such right, duty, claim, obligation, and penalty shall be heard, tried, and determined, and effect shall be given thereto, in the same manner as if this act bad not been passed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 820, 152.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 821, 153.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repealed.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section eight hundred and twenty of the Revised Statutes, imposing certain disqualifications on grand and petit jurors in the courts of the United States, and section eight hundred and twenty one of the Revised Statutes, prescribing an oath for grand and petit jurors in the courts of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 50: to repeal section eight of an act entitled “Au act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>50</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 22</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>50.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to repeal section eight of an act entitled “Au act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-14">May 14, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 204.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoration of lands, etc., on Ute Indian reservation, Colorado, to public domain.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That, section eight of an act entitled “An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the lands referred to in said section are hereby restored to the public domain.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 14, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 52: to prevent and punish the counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities of foreign Governments.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>52</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 22</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-16</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>52.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to prevent and punish the counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities of foreign Governments.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-16">May 16, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forging or counterfeiting within the U. S., notes, bonds or other securities of foreign Governments.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That every person who, within the United States or any Territory thereof, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security in imitation of, or purporting to be an imitation of, any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security of any foreign Government, issued or put forth under the authority of such foreign Government, or any treasury note, bill, or promise to pay issued by such foreign Government, and intended to circulate as money, either by law, order, or decree of such foreign Government, and any person who causes or procures to be so falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or who knowingly aids or assists in making, altering, forging,
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or counterfeiting, any such bond, certificate, obligation, or other security, or any such treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, intended as aforesaid to circulate as money, shall, upon conviction thereof in any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties.</p></sidenote> circuit or district court of the United States, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That every person who knowingly, and with intent to defraud,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passing forged bonds, etc.</p></sidenote> utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, within the United States or any Territory thereof, any such false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, as mentioned in the first section of this act, whether the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States or not, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be punished by a fine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> of not more than three thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than three years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That every person who shall, with intent to defraud, falsely,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bank notes.</p></sidenote> within the United States or any Territory thereof, make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or shall cause or procure to be so made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or shall knowingly aid and assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, and intended by the law or usage of such foreign country to circulate as money, such bank or corporation being authorized by the laws of such country shall, upon conviction in any circuit or district court of the United States, be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than two years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That every person who shall, within the United States or any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passing counterfeit bank notes, etc.</p></sidenote> Territory thereof, utter, pass, put off, or tender in payment, with intent to defraud, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill, as mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, and counterfeited, whether the same was made, altered, forged, and counterfeited within the United States or not, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be punished by a fine of not more than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That every person who, within the United States or any Territory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Having forged bonds, etc., in possession.</p></sidenote> thereof, shall have in his possession any such false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign country, with intent to utter, pass, or put off the same, or to deliver the same to any other person with intent that the same may thereafter be uttered, passed, or put off as true, or who shall knowingly deliver the same to any other person with such intent, shall, upon conviction as aforesaid, be, punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than one year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That every person who, within the United States or any Territory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Having in possession, unlawfully, plates, etc.</p></sidenote> thereof, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, or any part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed any counterfeit note, bond, obligation, or other security, in whole or in part, of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, except by lawful authority, or who uses such plate, or knowingly permits or suffers the same to be used, in counterfeiting such foreign obligations, or any part thereof, and every person who engraves, or causes or procures to be engraved, or assists in engraving, any plate in the likeness or similitude of any plate designed for the printing of the genuine issues of the obligations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing, etc., from such plates.</p></sidenote> of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, and every person who prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes, executes, or sells, or causes to be printed, photographed, made, executed, or sold, or aids in printing, photographing, making, executing, or selling, any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part thereof, of
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any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, or who brings into the United States or any Territory thereof any counterfeit plate, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote>shall be punished by a tine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years, or both.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 16, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 53: providing a civil government for Alaska.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>53</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 24</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-17</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>53.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing a civil government for Alaska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-17">May 17, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil and judicial district of.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 240.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seat of govern went.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and known as Alaska, shall constitute a civil and judicial district, the government of which shall be organized and administered as hereinafter provided. The temporary seat of government of said district is hereby established at Sitka.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Governor; authority, duties.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That there shall be appointed for the said district a governor, who shall reside therein during his term of office and be charged with the interests of the United States Government that may arise within said district. To the end aforesaid he shall have authority to see that the laws enacted for said district are enforced, and to require the faithful discharge of their duties by the officials appointed to administer the same. He may also grant reprieves for offenses committed against the laws of the district or of the United States until the decision of the President thereon shall be made known. He shall be ex-officio commander-in-chief of the militia of said district, and shall have power to call out the same when necessary to the due execution of the laws and to preserve the peace, and to cause all able-bodied citizens of the United States in said district to enroll and serve as such when the public exigency demands; and he shall perform generally in and over said district such acts as pertain to the office of governor of a territory, so far as the same may be made or become applicable thereto. He shall make an annual report, on the first day of October in each year, to the President of the United States, of his official acts and doings, and of the condition of said district, with reference to its resources, industries, population, and the administration of the civil government thereof. And the President of the United States shall have power to review and to confirm or annul any reprieves granted or other acts done by him.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District court.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That there shall be, and hereby is, established a district court <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of.</p></sidenote>for said district, with the civil and criminal jurisdiction of district courts of the United States, and the civil and criminal jurisdiction of district courts of the United States exercising the jurisdiction of circuit courts, arid such other jurisdiction, not inconsistent with this act, as may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District judge.</p></sidenote>established bylaw; and a district judge shall* be appointed for said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of court; special sessions.</p></sidenote>district, who shall during his term of office reside therein and hold at least two terms of said court therein in each year, one at Sit ka, beginning on the first Monday’ in May, and the other at Wrangel, beginning on the first Monday in November. He is also authorized and directed to hold such special sessions as may be necessary for the dispatch of the business of said court, at such times and places in said district as he may deem expedient, and may adjourn such special session to any other time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters; expenses of court.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk; duties.</p></sidenote>previous to a regular session. He shall have authority to employ interpreters, and to make allowances for the necessary expenses of his court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That a clerk shall be appointed for said court, who shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorney.</p></sidenote>ex-officio secretary and treasurer of said district, a district attorney, and a marshal, all of whom shall during their terms of office reside <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal.</p></sidenote>therein. The clerk shall record and preserve copies of all the laws, proceedings, and official acts applicable to said district. He shall also receive all moneys collected from fines, forfeitures, or in any other manner
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except from violations of the custom laws, and shall apply the same to the incidental expenses of the said district court and the allowances thereof, as directed by the judge of said court, and shall account for the same in detail, and for any balances on account thereof, quarterly, to and under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. He shall be ex-officio recorder of deeds and mortgages and certificates of location of mining claims and other contracts relating to real estate and register of wills for said district, and shall establish secure offices in the towns of Sitka and Wrangel, in said district, for the safekeeping of all his official records, and of records concerning the reformation and establishment of the present status of titles to lands, as hereinafter directed: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the district court hereby created may direct, if it shall deem it expedient, the establishment of separate offices at the settlements of Wrangel, Oonalashka, and Juneau City, respectively, for the recording of such instruments as may pertain to the several natural divisions of said district most convenient to said settlements, the limits of which shall, in the event of such direction, be defined by said court j and said offices shall be in charge of the commissioners respectively as hereinafter provided.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That there shall be appointed by the President four commissioners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners, authority and duties of.</p></sidenote> in and for the said district who shall have the jurisdiction and powers of commissioners of the United States circuit courts in any part of said district, but who shall reside, one at Sitka, one at Wrangel, one at Onalaska, and one at Juneau City. Such commissioners shall exercise all the duties and powers, civil and criminal, now conferred on justices of the peace under the general laws of the State of Oregon, so far as the same may be applicable in said district, and may not be in conflict with this act or the laws of the United States. They shall also have jurisdiction, subject to the supervision of the district judge, in all testamentary and probate matters, and for this purpose their courts shall be opened at stated terms and be courts of record, and be provided with a seal for the authentication of their official acts. They shall also have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of restraint of liberty, which writs shall be made returnable before the said district judge for said district; and like proceedings shall be bad thereon as if the same had been granted by said judge under the general laws of the United States in such cases. Said commissioners shall also have the powers of notaries public, and shall keep a record of all deeds and other instruments of writing acknowledged before them and relating to the title to or transfer of property within said district, which record shall be subject to public inspection. Said commissioners shall also keep a record of all fines and forfeitures received by them, and shall pay over the same quarterly to the clerk of said district court. The governor appointed under the provisions of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Governor to report to Congress operations of Alaska Seal and For Company.</p></sidenote> this act shall, from time to time, inquire into the operations of the Alaska Seal and Fur Company, and shall annually report to Congress the result of such inquiries and any and all violations by said company of the agreement existing between the United States and said company.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the marshal for said district shall have the general authority<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal: authority.</p></sidenote> and powers of the United States marshals of the States and Territories. He shall be the executive officer of said court, and charged with the execution of all process of said court and with the transportation and custody of prisoners, and he shall be ex-officio keeper of the jail or penitentiary of said district. He shall appoint four deputies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy Marshals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Residence of deputy marshals,</p></sidenote> who shall reside severally at the towns of Sitka, Wrangel, Oonalashka, and Juneau City, and they shall respectively be ex-officio constables and executive officers of the commissioners’ courts herein provided, and shall have the powers and discharge the duties of United States deputy marshals, and those of constables under the laws of the State of Oregon now in force.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That the general laws of the State of Oregon now in force are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General laws of Oregon made applicable.</p></sidenote> hereby declared to be the law in said district, so far as the same maybe
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applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this act or the laws <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Imprisonment in criminal cases.</p></sidenote>of the United States; and the sentence of imprisonment in any criminal case shall be carried out by confinement in the jailor penitentiary hereinafter provided for. But the said district court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases in equity or those involving a question of title to land, or mining rights, or the constitutionality of a law, and in all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil cases, how determined.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeals.</p></sidenote>criminal offenses which are capital. In all civil cases, at common law, any issue of fact shall be determined by a jury, at the instance of either party; and an appeal shall lie in any case, civil or criminal, from the judgment of said commissioners to the said district court where the amount involved in any civil ease is two hundred dollars or more, and in any criminal case where a fine of more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment is imposed, upon the filing of a sufficient appeal bond by the party appealing, to be approved by the court or commissioner. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Writs of error.</p></sidenote>Writs of error in criminal cases shall issue to the said district court from the United States circuit court for the district of Oregon in the eases provided in chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the laws of eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of circuit courts in Oregon.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Final judgment, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. land office at Sitka.</p></sidenote>hundred and seventy-nine; and the jurisdiction thereby conferred upon circuit courts is hereby given to the circuit court of Oregon. And the final judgments or decrees of said circuit and district court may be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States as in other eases.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said district of Alaska is hereby created a land district, and a United States land-office for said district is hereby located at Sitka. The commissioner provided for by this act to reside at Sitka <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Receiver.</p></sidenote>shall be ex-officio register of said land-office, and the clerk provided for by this act shall be ex-officio receiver of public moneys and the marshal provided for by this act shall be ex-officio surveyor-general of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. mining Jaws made applicable.</p></sidenote>district and the laws of the United States relating to mining claims, and the rights incident thereto, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be in full force and effect in said district, under the administration thereof herein provided for, subject to such regulations as may be made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>by the Secretary of the Interior, approved by the President: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Indians or other persons in said district shall not be disturbed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands owned by Indians.</p></sidenote>in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or now claimed by them but the terms under which such persons may acquire <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>title to such lands is reserved for future legislation by Congress:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mines and mining claims.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That parties who have located mines or mineral privileges therein under the laws of the United States applicable to the public domain, or who have occupied and improved or exercised acts of ownership over such claims, shall not be disturbed therein, but shall be allowed to perfect their title to such claims by payment as aforesaid:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missionary stations.</p></sidenote><i>And provided also</i>, That the land not exceeding six hundred and forty acres at any station now occupied as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in said section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General land laws of U. S. not applicable.</p></sidenote>until action by Congress. But nothing contained in this act shall be construed to put in force in said district the general land laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of governor, etc., to be made by the President.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the governor, attorney, judge, marshal, clerk, and commissioners provided for in this act shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. They shall severally <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees.</p></sidenote>receive the fees of office established by law for the several offices the duties of which have been hereby conferred upon them, as the same are determined and allowed in respect of similar offices under the laws of the United States, which fees shall be reported to the Attorney-General and paid into the Treasury of the United States. They shall receive <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>respectively the following annual salaries. The governor, the sum of three thousand dollars; the attorney, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; the marshal, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars;
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the judge, the sum of three thousand dollars; and the clerk, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable to them quarterly from the Treasury of the United States. The District Judge, Marshal, and district Attorney shall be paid their actual, necessary expenses when traveling in the discharge of their official duties. A detailed account shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> be rendered of such expenses under oath and as to the marshal and district attorney such account shall be approved by the judge, and as to his expenses by the Attorney General. The commissioners shall receive<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of commissioners, etc.</p></sidenote> the usual fees’ of United States commissioners and of justices of the peace for Oregon, and such fees for recording instruments as are allowed by the laws of Oregon for similar services, and in addition a salary of one thousand dollars each. The deputy marshals, in addition to the usual fees of constables in Oregon, shall receive each a salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars, which salaries shah also be payable quarterly out of the Treasury of the United States. Each of said officials<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath of office.</p></sidenote> shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully execute the same, which said oath may be taken before the judge of said district or any United States district or circuit judge. That all officers appointed for said district, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take the oaths required by law and the laws of the United-States, not locally inapplicable to said district and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby extended thereto; but there shall be no legislative assembly in said district,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative assembly and Delegate to Congress prohibited.</p></sidenote> nor shall any Delegate be sent to Congress therefrom. And the said clerk shall execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties, and file the same with the Secretary of the Treasury before entering on the duties of his office; and the commissioners shall each execute a bond,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond of commissioners, etc.</p></sidenote> with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of three thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties, and file the same with the clerk before entering on the duties of their office.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That any of the public buildings in said district not required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote> for the customs service or military purposes shall be used for court rooms and offices of the civil government; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to instruct and authorize the custodian of said buildings forthwith to make such repairs to the jail in the town of Sitka, in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jail in Sitka, repairs.</p></sidenote> said district, as will render it suitable for a jail and penitentiary for the purposes of the civil government hereby provided, and to surrender to the marshal the custody of said jail and the other public buildings, or such parts of said buildings as may be selected for courtrooms, offices, and officials.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Attorney-General is directed forthwith to compile<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laws applicable, etc., printing of.</p></sidenote> and cause to be printed, in the English language, in pamphlet form, so much of the general laws of the United States as is applicable to the duties of the governor, attorney, judge, clerk, marshals, and commissioners appointed for said district, and shall furnish for the use of the officers oi said Territory so many copies as may be needed of the laws of Oregon applicable to said district.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall select two of the officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners to examine and report on the condition of Indians, lands, etc.</p></sidenote> to be appointed under this act, who, together with the governor, shall constitute a commission to examine into and report upon the condition of the Indians residing in said Territory, what lands, if any, should be reserved for their use, what provision shall be made for their education what rights by occupation of settlers should be recognized, and all other facts that may be necessary to enable Congress to determine what limitations or conditions should be imposed when the land laws of the United States shall be extended to said district; and to defray the expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for expenses of commission.</p></sidenote> of said commission the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 13 </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall make needful and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Education of children.</p></sidenote> proper provision for the education of the children of school age in the
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Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, until such time as permanent provision shall be made for the same, and the sum of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for this purpose.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 14. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., p. 343.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal purposes, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of chapter three, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the unorganized Territory of Alaska, shall remain in full force, except as herein specially otherwise provided; and the importation manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in said district except for medicinal mechanical and scientific purposes is hereby prohibited under the penalties which are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., p. 343.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to make necessary regulations, etc.</p></sidenote>provided in section nineteen hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes tor the wrongful importation of distilled spirits. And the President of the United States shall make such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 17, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 55: to make a loan to aid in the celebration of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>55</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>55.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to make a loan to aid in the celebration of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-21">May 21, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas, by the act of Congress entitled “An act to encourage the holding of a World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, in the city of New Orleans, under the joint auspices of the United States, the National Cotton Planter’s Association of America, and the said city of New Orleans, a World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition is to be held, universal in character, comprehending all arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas by said act Congress declares that such exposition should be national and international „in its character; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas under said act a board of management has been duly constituted and incorporated under the laws of the State of Louisiana, the members of which have been appointed by the President of the United States, upon recommendations made in the manner set forth in said act, and therefore are a duly qualified and commissioned United States board of management, clothed with full and adequate powers to perform any and all acts essential to the proper and necessary management of the affairs of the said World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in the manner and form prescribed by said act, and duly authorized by the sanction of the Government of the United States to raise the capital necessary to carry into effect the provisions of said act of February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas the President of the United States, in compliance with the terms and requirements of said act, has extended, in the name of the United States, a respectful and cordial invitation to the Governments of other nations to be represented and take part in the said international exposition; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas the preparations designed by the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, and in part executed by the board of management, are in accordance with the spirit of the act of Congress relating thereto, and arc on a scale creditable to the Government and the people of the United States: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the sum of one million dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the public Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a loan to the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, to be used and employed by the board of management thereof to augment and enhance the success of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in such manner as said board of management may determine and in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>accordance with the provisions of this act: <i>Provided</i>, That the said sum
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shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the drafts of the President and Secretary of the board of management of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition authorized by order of said board, one-third of the amount immediately after the passage of this act upon being satisfied that five hundred thousand dollars has been contributed and paid in, to the said board for the purposes of the Exposition by the contributors to, and shareholders of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, and the remainder in four monthly payments thereafter upon being satisfied that each of the prior payments has been faithfully applied as required by this act, and for this purpose he shall have free access to the accounts and all transactions of said board: <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no greater amount shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenses, etc.</p></sidenote> be expended or liability, or indebtedness of any kind incurred upon buildings, grounds, and preparations than the aggregate sum that may be paid in, by t he subscribers to the capital stock and by donations and the amount of the loan provided herein:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That in the distribution<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of proceeds, etc.</p></sidenote> of the amounts that may remain in the treasury of the board of management after the payments of the current expenses of administration the amount of the appropriation hereinbefore made shall be paid in full into the Treasury of the United States before any dividend or percentage of profits or assets shall be paid to the holders of said stock or contributors:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Government of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government of the U. S. not liable for debts, etc.</p></sidenote> shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any debt or obligation created or incurred by the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, or its board of management, or for any sum whatever in addition to the amount appropriated by this act; and that adequate space to be determined by the President of the United States for such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Space for U. S. exhibit.</p></sidenote> exhibits as the Government of the United States may see proper to make at said exposition shall be furnished free of all charge by said board:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no sum shall be paid to the said board<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of management of said exposition until after the president, secretary and a majority of the members of said board shall have executed a bond,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond, amount, conditions.</p></sidenote> with good and solvent security, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, to sufficiently secure the safekeeping and the faithful disbursement of the sum hereby appropriated, and for the faithful observance of this act with regard to the limitation of expenditures and liabilities as fixed herein, and for the repayment to the Government of the United States of the surplus oi proceeds of said exposition remaining after payment of the current expenses of administration, said repayment in no case to exceed the loan herein appropriated and provided for:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> receipt of the loan herein made or any part thereof by said board oi management shall be a full acceptance of all the trusts conditions, provisions, and obligations of this act by the said board of management and by the corporation created under the laws of the State of Louisiana and designated as “The World’s Industrial Cotton Centennial Exposition.</proviso>”</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 21st, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 57: to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Bio Grande River between the cities of Engle Puss, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>57</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 29</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>57.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Bio Grande River between the cities of Engle Puss, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge over the Rio Grande River between cities of Eagle Puss, Tex., and Piedras Negras, Mex.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Rio Grande Bridge and Tramway Company, a corporation organized and created under and by virtue, of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain, and operate a street-railway bridge over the Rio Grande River between the city of Eagle Pass, Texas, and the city of Piedras Negras, in the States of Coahuila, Mexico, at such point as may be most convenient to said corporation, to unite and connect the street railroad to be constructed by them in the
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said city of Eagle Pass with any street railroad that may be constructed by any person or company in The said city of Piedras Negras, and to build and lay on and across said bridge ways for the passage of animals, foot-passengers, and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of which said corporation may charge a reasonable toll, which charge shall be subject to reasonable revision and regulation, from time to time, by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be built of good, substantial material, and of such strength and dimensions as may be sufficient to render the passage of all such vehicles, animals, and persons as are herein mentioned perfectly safe at any and all times.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be maintained.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from an obstruction or an alleged obstruction to the free navigation thereof, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the ease may be tried before the circuit or district court of the United States for the State of Texas having jurisdiction thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress reserves the right to withdraw the authority and power conferred by this act, in ease the free navigation of said river shall at any time be substantially or materially obstructed by said bridge, or for any other reason, and to direct the removal or necessary modifications thereof at the cost and expense of the owners of said bridge; and Congress may at any time alter, repeal, or amend this act. The right is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right for postal telegraph reserved.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of state of Coahuila, etc.</p></sidenote>reserved to the United States for the establishment of a postal telegraph across said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the consent of the Mexican state of Coahuila and of the proper authorities of the Republic of Mexico shall have been obtained before said bridge shall be built or commenced.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 58: to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nueva Laredo, Mexico.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>58</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 30</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>58.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nueva Laredo, Mexico.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Laredo, Tex., and Nueva Laredo, Hex.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the International Bridge and Tramway Company, a corporation organized and created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain, and operate a street railway bridge over the Rio Grande River between the city of Laredo, Texas, and the city of Nueva Laredo, in the state Tamaulipas, Mexico, at such point as may be most convenient to said corporation, to unite and connect the street railroad to be constructed by them in the said city of Laredo with any street railroad that may be constructed by any person or company in the said city of Nueva Laredo; and to build and lay on and across said bridge ways for the passage of animals, foot-passengers, and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of which said corporation may charge a reasonable toll, which charge shall be subject to reasonable revision and regulation, from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be built, of good substantial material, and of such strength and dimensions as may be sufficient to render the passage of all such vehicles, animals and persons as are herein mentioned perfectly safe at any and all times.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be maintained.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river; and in case of any litigation arising from an obstruction, or an alleged obstruction, to the free navigation thereof, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be tried before the circuit or district court of the United States of the State of Texas having jurisdiction thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress reserves the right to withdraw the authority
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and power conferred by this act in case the free navigation of said river shall at any time be substantially or materially obstructed by said bridge, or for any other reason, and to direct the removal or necessary modifications thereof at the cost and expense of the owners of said bridge; and Congress may at any time alter, repeal, or amend this act. The right is reserved to the United States for the establishment of a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right for postal telegraph reserved.</p></sidenote> postal telegraph across said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the consent of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of State of Tamaulipas to be obtained.</p></sidenote> the proper authorities of the Republic of Mexico shall have been obtained before said bridge shall be built or commenced.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 59: to amend an act entitled. “An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>59</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 31</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>59.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act entitled. “An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act authorizing ponton wagon-bridge across Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa, amended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 522.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the act entitled. “An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon-bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa”, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be amended by striking out of section two of said act the word “<quotedText>five</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>four,</quotedText>”</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 60: for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagions diseases among domestic animals.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>60</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 31</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>60.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagions diseases among domestic animals.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Animal Industry.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall organize in his Department a Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall appoint a Chief thereof, who shall be a competent veterinary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of a chief.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> surgeon, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the condition of the domestic animals of the United States, their protection and use, and also inquire into and report the causes of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of the same, and to collect such information on these subjects as shall be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the country; and the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> authorized to employ a force sufficient for this purpose, not to exceed twenty persons at any one time. The salary of the Chief of said Bureau<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote> shall be three thousand dollars per annum; and the Commissioner shall appoint a clerk for said Bureau, with a salary of one thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, salary.</p></sidenote> dollars per annum.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to appoint<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents; duties.</p></sidenote> two competent agents, who shall be practical stock-raisers or experienced business men familiar with questions pertaining to commercial transactions in live stock, whose duty it shall be, under the instructions of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to examine and report upon the best methods of treating, transporting, and caring for animals, and the means to be adopted for the suppression and extirpation of contagious pleuropneumonia, and to. provide against the spread of other dangerous contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases. The compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> of said agents shall be at the rate of ten dollars per diem, with all necessary expenses, while engaged in the actual performance of their duties under this act, when absent from their usual place of business or residence as such agent.</content>
</section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules and regulations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to prepare such rales and regulations as he may deem necessary for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpation of said diseases, and to certify such rules and regulations to the executive authority of each <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cooperation of States and Territories, etc.</p></sidenote>State and Territory, and invite said authorities to cooperate in the execution and enforcement of this act. Whenever the plans and methods of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be accepted by any State or Territory in which pleuropneumonia or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease is declared to exist, or such State or Territory shall have adopted plans and methods for the suppression and extirpation of said diseases, and such plans and methods shall be accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and whenever the governor of a State or other properly constituted authorities signify their readiness to co-operate for the extinction of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease in conformity with the provisions of this act, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend so much of the money appropriated by this act as may be necessary in such investigations, and in such disinfection and quarantine measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease from one State or Territory into another.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Agriculture to make special investigation as to pleuropneumonia, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in order to promote the exportation of live stock from the United States the Commissioner of Agriculture shall make special investigation as to the existence of pleuropneumonia, or any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, along the dividing-lines between the United States and foreign countries, and along the lines of transportation from all parts of the United States to ports from which live stock arc exported, and make report of the results of such investigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, from time to time, establish such regulations concerning the exportation and transportation of livestock as the results of said investigations may require.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5, </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Measures to prevent exportation of diseased live stock, authorized.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That to prevent the exportation from any port of the United States to any port in a foreign country of live stock affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially pleuropneumonia, the Secretary of the-Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to take such steps and adopt such measures, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as he may deem necessary.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of diseased live stock prohibited.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That no railroad company within the United States, or the owners or masters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation or transport, from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as pleuropneumonia; nor shall any person, company, or corporation deliver for such transportation to any railroad company, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, any livestock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; nor shall any person, company, or corporation drive on foot or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Splenetic or Texas fever not a contagious disease.</p></sidenote>pleuropneumonia: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the so-called splenetic or Texas fever shall not be considered a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease within the meaning of sections four, five, six and seven of this act, as to cattle being transported by rail to market for slaughter, when the same are unloaded only to be fed and watered in lots on the way thereto.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice to agents of railroads, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify, in writing, the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company doing business in or through any infected locality, and by publication in such newspapers as he may select, of the existence of said contagion; and any person or persons operating any such railroad, or master or owner of any boat or vessel,
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or owner or custodian of or person having control over such cattle or other live stock within such infected district, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section six of this act, shall be. guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease affecting domestic animals, and especially the disease known as pleuropneumonia, shall be brought into or shall break out in the district of Columbia, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of said district<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pleuropneumonia in District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of commissioners of district of Columbia.</p></sidenote> to take measures to suppress the same promptly and to prevent the same from spreading; and for this purpose the said Commissioners are hereby empowered to order and require that any premises, farm, or farms where such disease exists, or has existed, be put in quarantine; to order all or any animals coming into the District to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for and to require the destruction of animals affected with contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and carcasses; to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent infection or contagion being communicated, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture whatever they may do in pursuance of the provisions of this section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the several United States district<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty of district attorneys under violations of act.</p></sidenote> attorneys to prosecute all violations of this act which shall be brought to their notice or knowledge by any person making the complaint under oath; and the same shall be heard before any district or circuit court of the United State or Territorial court holder within the district in which the violation of this act has been committed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> be immediately available, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall report annually<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Agriculture to report annually to Congress.</p></sidenote> to Congress, at the commencement of each session, a list of the names of all persons employed, an itemized statement of all expenditures under this act, and full particulars of the means adopted and carried into . effect for the suppression of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases among domestic animals.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 62: to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>62</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 33</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>62.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of commissioners of Alabama Claims.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 98.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the existence of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, reestablished by the act entitled “An act reestablishing the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for the distribution of the unappropriated moneys of the Geneva award”, approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, continued and extended to the thirty-first day of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existence of court extended to Dec. 31, 1885.</p></sidenote> December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, with the same effect, and no other, as if said last-named day had been named in the said act for the termination of the powers of said court; and said act is hereby continued in force during the period of extension hereby authorized.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the powers of the clerk of said court are hereby extended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk; powers of, etc.</p></sidenote> for an additional period, not to exceed four mouths from and after the termination of the existence of said court, for the purpose of closing up
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the business of his office, and deposit ng the records, documents, and all other papers of the court or its officers in the office of the. Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain disbursements to be trade under the Secretary of State.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims.</p></sidenote>of State, as provided in said act and the act therein referred to; and all disbursements made by said clerk during this additional period shall be under the direction of the Secretary of State.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims shall proceed with all convenient dispatch to the final adjudication of all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First class.</p></sidenote>claims of the first class as designated in the fifth section of the aforesaid act approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and as soon as the said court shall be satisfied that the aggregate of all the judgments of the first class, with interest added at four per centum from the time the loss occurred to the thirty-first of March, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, will not exceed the unappropriated amount of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List of judgments to be reported to Secretary of State; also to Secretary of Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments to be made out of unexpended balance of Geneva award.</p></sidenote>Geneva award remaining in the Treasury alter the deduction of all lawful expenses, the said court shall report a list of the several judgments of the first class then rendered, to the Secretary of State, who shall thereupon transmit the same, or a copy thereof, to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, out of the unexpended balance of said award, without unnecessary delay, proceed to pay the said judgments of the first class so reported and transmitted, with interest as aforesaid, upon such notice and in such manner as he shall prescribe. And the said court shall from time to time thereafter report such other judgments of the first class, if any, as may he rendered, to the Secretary of State, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and paid in the same manner and upon like notice as herein-before provided, until the whole of said judgments of the first class shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>be paid. And so much money as may be necessary to pay said judgments of the first class, with interest thereon as aforesaid, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury received from said award not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 63: to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>63</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>63.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 385.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers to be considered of the grade named therein from date commissioned whether receiving commission or not.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the joint resolution approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred arid seventy, entitled “Joint resolution amendatory of joint resolution for the relief of certain officers of the Army,” approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby so amended and shall be so construed that in all cases arising under the same any person who was duly appointed and commissioned, whether his commission was actually received by him or not, shall be considered as commissioned to the grade therein named from the date when his commission was actually issued by competent authority, and shall be entitled to all pay and emoluments as if actually mustered at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>such date: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That at the date of his commission he was actually performing the duties of the grade to which he was so commissioned, or, if not so performing such duties, then from such time after the date, of his commission as he may have actually entered upon such duties:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prisoners of war, etc., in case of vacancy in grade to which commissioned entitled to pay, etc.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That any person held as a prisoner of war, or who may have been absent by reason of wounds or in hospital by reason of disability received in the service in the line of duty, at the date of his commission, if a vacancy existed for him in the grade to which so commissioned, shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as if actually performing the duties of the grade to which he was commissioned and <sidenote><i>Proviso;</i> to apply to cases where commission is prior to June 20, 1863, etc.</sidenote>actually mustered at such date:</proviso> <i>And provided further</i>, That this act and the resolution hereby amended shall be construed to apply only in those cases where the commission bears date prior to June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or after that date when their com-
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mands were not below the minimum number required by existing laws and regulations: <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the pay and allowances actually<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i></p></sidenote> received shall be deducted from the sums to be paid under t his act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the heirs or legal representatives of any officer whose<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirs, etc., to receive arrears of pay and pension.</p></sidenote> muster into the service has been or shall be amended hereby shall be entitled to receive the arrears of pay due such officer, and the pension, if any, authorized by law, for the grade into which such officer is mustered under the provisions of this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That all claims arising under this act shall be presented to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims barred after three years.</p></sidenote> and filed in the proper Department within three years from and after the passage hereof, and all such claims not so presented and filed within said three years shall be forever barred, and no allowance ever made thereon.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the pay and allowances of a rank or grade paid to and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, etc., not to be recovered by reason of defect in title, etc., of appointment.</p></sidenote> received by any military or naval officer in good faith for services actually performed by such officer in such rank or grade during the war of the rebellion shall not be charged to or recovered back from such officer because of any defect in the title of such officer to the office, rank, or grade in which such services were so actually performed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 64: to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved February twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places for holding courts in said districts”, and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>64</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 35</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>64.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved February twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places for holding courts in said districts”, and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial districts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 318.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the fourth section of An Act approved February twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine entitled “<quotedText>An Act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places of holding courts in said districts</quotedText>” is hereby amended as follows.
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the courts in the western judicial district shall be held<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court: western judicial district.</p></sidenote> twice in each year at Brownsville, San Antonio, the city of El Paso, and Austin. The courts shall be held at the city of Brownsville on the first Mondays in January and July; at San Antonio on the first Mondays in May and November; at the city of El Paso on the first Mondays in April and October; at Austin on the first Mondays in February and August”</content>
</section>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That section five of said act be so amended that all process issued<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Return of process.</p></sidenote> after this act shall take effect against defendants residing in the counties of El Paso, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green, Crockett, Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum, Cockran, Bailey, Parmer, Castro, Lamb, Hockley, Terry, Dawson, Martin, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Howard, Scurry, and Mitchell shall be returned to the city of El Paso. That civil actions or proceedings now pending in the court at San Antonio against parties residing in the counties of El Paso,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of [tending causes.</p></sidenote> Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green, and Crockett, and now pending in the court at Graham against parties residing in the counties of Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum Cockran, Bailey, Parmer, Castro, Lamb, Hockley, Terry, Dawson, Martin, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Howard, Scurry, and Mitchell, as provided in the act to which this is amendatory, may, on the application of either party to such actions or proceedings, be transferred to the court at the city of El Paso; and in case of such transfer all papers and files therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the deputy clerk of the court at the city of El Paso, and the same shall proceed in all respects as if originally commenced in said court.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy clerk at El Paso.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That there shall be appointed, in the manner provided by law a deputy clerk who shall keep his office at the city of El Paso.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect and be in force on the first day of January anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 65: to vacate an alley in square two hundred and thirty-four in the city of Washington</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>65</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 36</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>65.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to vacate an alley in square two hundred and thirty-four in the city of Washington</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in their discretion, are hereby authorized and empowered to convey to the owners of abutting lots the ground occupied by the alley running east and west in square two hundred and thirty-four, between lots one hundred and one, one hundred and two, of sixteen, of fifteen, of fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and eighteen, and one hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five, one hundred and six, one hundred and seven, one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, one hundred and eleven, one hundred and twelve, one hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacation of alley in square 234, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote>district of Columbia, and to vacate and close up said alley: <i>Provided</i>, That said owners shall appropriate for public use, as an alley, an area of ground in said square equal to that in the alley, to be conveyed as herein authorized</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 71: making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>71</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 36</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>71.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-06">June 6, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for the Agricultural Department.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service for the fiscal year ending .lune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, for the objects and purposes hereinafter expressed, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.</heading>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>office of commissioner.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk in said Department, who shall be superintendent of the Department building, two thousand five, hundred dollars; chief of division of accounts and disbursing officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant disbursing officer, who shall act as property clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk to disbursing officer, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one engraver, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; eight clerks, atone thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; one librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars, one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; two
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firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants in folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; messengers, carpenters, watchmen, and laborers, ten thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>chemical division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of chief chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemist and assistants.</p></sidenote> one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; for the employment of additional assistance, when necessary, in the chemical division, six thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>entomological division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of entomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entomologist and assistants.</p></sidenote> one assistant entomologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; for assistants in entomological division, when necessary, four thousand dollars; for investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insects injurious to agriculture, etc.</p></sidenote> agriculture and horticulture, experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them, for drawings, and for chemicals and traveling and other expenses on the practical work of the entomological division, twenty thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount expended for subsistence<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> when making investigations shall not exceed three dollars per day, exclusive of transportation.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>garden and grounds.</heading>
<content>For compensation of superintendent of garden and grounds, two thousand two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of garden; labor, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars; for labor, new implements, repairs of tools, wagons and carts, manure, and purchasing trees for arboretum, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for repairing and resurfacing concrete roads and walks on the grounds, three thousand dollars; for labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; for plant-pots, two hundred and fifty dollars; for repairing and painting greenhouse, five hundred dollars; for purchasing and propagating new seeds of economic value, six hundred dollars; for repairing heating apparatus, new pipes, and so forth, in conservatory, four hundred and fifty dollars; for the purchase of charcoal, sod, and sand for potting plants, one hundred dollars; sashes for plant-frames, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, nineteen thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>microscopical division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Microscopist.</p></sidenote></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>botanical division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of one botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Botanist, and assistant.</p></sidenote> for one assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>museum.</heading>
<content>For compensation of curator of museum, one thousand four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Museum.</p></sidenote> dollars; one attendant in museum, one thousand dollars; one night watchman for museum building, who shall also act as night watchman of seed building, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>laboratory.</heading>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laboratory.</p></sidenote>For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemists and microscopists, and for necessary expenses in conducting experiments, including experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and other vegetable plants, fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>seed division.</heading>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief of seed division, etc.</p></sidenote>For compensation of chief of seed division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one superintendent of seed-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each, four thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase and propagation, and distribution of seeds, trees, etc.</p></sidenote>dollars; one clerk, of eight hundred and forty dollars; for the purchase and propagation, and distribution, as required by law, of seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of putting up the same, to be distributed in localities adapted to their culture, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution seeds, etc.; how made.</p></sidenote>hundred thousand dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all plants, seeds, cuttings, vines, and shrubs shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or shall, by their direction, be sent to their constituents, and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the Department of the results of the experiments therewith: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all seeds, plants, and cuttings herein al lot ted toSenators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner to report place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased.</p></sidenote>Commissioner of Agriculture:</proviso> <i>And provided also</i>, That the Commissioner shall report, as provided in this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, from whom purchased, and the date of purchase. But nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Commissioner of Agriculture from sending flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, plants, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>cuttings, and vines: <i>But provided, however</i>, That the Commissioner shall not distribute to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he. represents, but shall distribute the same so that each member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be. and the best adapted to the locality he represents; in all, one hundred and eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>division of agricultural statistics.</heading>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statistics,</p></sidenote>For compensation of one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; for collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, and compiling, writing, and illustrating matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, one hundred thousand dollars. Said reports shall give full statements, monthly, showing freight-charges and cost of carriage for the chief agricultural products upon the principal lines of railroads and water-routes to the principal markets in the United States; in all, one hundred and thirty-four thousand three hundred dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>furniture, cases, and repairs.</heading>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, repairs of building, e to.</p></sidenote>For repairing of building, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, and matting, water and gas pipes, and other necessary articles, six thousand dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>library.</heading>
<content>For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemistry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote> and mineralogy, charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, one thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>investigating diseases of animals.</heading>
<content>Investigating diseases of domestic animals: For continuing the investigation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diseases of domestic animals.</p></sidenote> of infectious and contagious diseases to which all classes of ‘ domestic animals are subject, twenty-five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>postage.</heading>
<content>For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage.</p></sidenote> for correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>contingent expenses.</heading>
<content>For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel, lights, subsistence and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> care of horses, repairs of harness, paper, twine, and gum for folding-room, and for miscellaneous items, namely, for advertising, telegraphing, dry-goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, and for necessary items, including actual traveling expenses while on the business of the Department, fifteen thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>forestry.</heading>
<content>For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to experiment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forestry.</p></sidenote> and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>tea plants.</heading>
<content>To continue the cultivation and distribution of the tea-plant, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tea plants.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; one thousand of which shall be immediately available.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>silk culture.</heading>
<content>For the encouragement and development of the culture and raising<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silk culture.</p></sidenote> of raw silk, fifteen thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture.</content>
</appropriations>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That no part of the sums herein or hereafter appropriated for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers and employees prohibited from receiving salary or compensation other than herein provided.</p></sidenote> the Department of Agriculture shall be paid to any person, as additional salary or compensation, receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the Government; and in addition to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the said Department to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, at the commencement of each regular session, present to Congress a detailed statement of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detailed statement of expenditures to be reported to Congress.</p></sidenote> expenditures of all appropriations for said Department for the last preceding fiscal year.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 6, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 72: to declare the Cantilever Bridge constructed by the Niagara River Bridge Company across the Niagara River a Post Route.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>72</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 39</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>72.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to declare the Cantilever Bridge constructed by the Niagara River Bridge Company across the Niagara River a Post Route.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-07">June 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cantilever bridge over Niagara River declared a lawful structure and post-route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Cantilever Bridge and its appurtenances which has been constructed across the Niagara River from a point on the right bank of the Niagara River between the Falls of the Niagara and the mountain ridge above Lewiston, to a point
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in Canada on the left bank of the said River, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York entitled “An Act to Incorporate the Niagara River Bridge Company” passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, or any Act or Acts of the said Legislature now in force amending the same, is hereby declared to be a lawful structure and an established Post Route for the mail of the United States.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Received by the President, May 27, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 73: fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>73</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 40</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-09</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>73.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-09">June 9, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second clues mail matter, etc., rate of postage on.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the rate of postage on newspaper and periodical publications of the second class, when sent by others than the publisher or news agent, shall be one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall be fully prepaid by postage-stamps affixed to said matter.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 9th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 74: to authorize the sale of a certain portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation, Kansas, to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>74</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 40</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>74.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the sale of a certain portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation, Kansas, to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Hays military reservation, Kansas; sale of portion of, authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That, by and with the advice and consent of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas, on such terms as he may designate, for not less than the appraised value thereof, such value to be ascertained as in the case of other sales of lands subject to appraisement, a portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation not to exceed one hundred and sixty-five acres in extent, and having such metes and bounds as the Secretary of War <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>may designate: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the War Department shall retain entire control of Big Creek and all the timber along its banks on each side.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 75: to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes concerning the examination of drugs</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>75</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 40</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>75.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes concerning the examination of drugs</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2743, 533.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of special examiner of drugs, etc., it Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes is hereby so amended that the special examiner of drugs, medicines, chemicals, chemical preparations, dyes and dye-stuffs, paints, oils, varnishes, and other similar articles, at Boston, in Massachusetts, shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, per annum, and shall be paid each year quarterly.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 79: to amend an act passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter thirty-three, to authorize the legislatures of certain States to sell certain lands appropriated for school purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>79</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 41</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>79.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter thirty-three, to authorize the legislatures of certain States to sell certain lands appropriated for school purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">School hinds in Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee; sale, etc., of, authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the second section of the act of Congress passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter thirty-three, be amended so as to read as follows, to wit:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><content class="inline">“That the legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee be, and they are hereby, authorized to make such laws and needful regulations as may be deemed expedient to secure and protect from injury or waste the sections reserved by the laws of Congress for the use of schools to each township, and to provide by law, if not deemed expedient to sell, for leasing the same for any term of years they may think proper, in such manner as to render them productive and most conducive to the object for which they are designed”</content></section>
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 80: in relation to the legislature of Dakota Territory.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>80</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 41</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>80.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">in relation to the legislature of Dakota Territory.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota Territory; legislature of, to consist, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the legislature of the Territory of Dakota shall hereafter consist of twenty-four members of the council and forty-eight members of the house of representatives, and that there shall be elected at the next general election in said Territory two members of the council and four members of the house of representatives in each of the twelve legislative districts provided for in chapter seven of the Territorial statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty-three of said Territory.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 81: to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivera, in the State of Wisconsin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>81</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 41</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>81.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivera, in the State of Wisconsin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges across the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers, in Wisconsin.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Winona, Alma and Northern Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and having authority to build its line of railroad from a point in the State of Illinois, through the State of Wisconsin, to a point in the State of Minnesota, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, for the purpose of making a more perfect connection of its said line, the following railroad bridges, to be used by it, its successors or assigns, for railway purposes, over the rivers and at the localities named following, that is to say: Across the Wisconsin River, near the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, at the most suitable and convenient point within five miles of the confluence of the Wisconsin with the Mississippi River; across the Chippewa River, within five miles of its confluence with the Mississippi River; and across the Saint Croix River or Lake, at the most suitable and convenient point between the mouth of the Saint Croix River and the town of Hudson, Saint Croix County.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> built without material interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said rivers, or either of them, beyond what is necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation of river preserved,</p></sidenote> to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure a compliance with these conditions the corporation, previous to commencing the construction of the bridge, or of the accessory works in the booms, dikes, or piers designed to secure the best
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practical channel-way for navigation and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel, and for the guiding of steamboats and rafts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan to be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>safely through the draw-spans at said point, shall submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridge and of such accessory works, together with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and for a distance of a mile above and below the site, together with all other information touching said bridge and river and accessory works as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War to determine whether the said bridge, when built, will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act; that, as nearly as practicable, the said bridge shall be at right angles to and the piers parallel with the current of said river; and if it be found hereafter that the said bridge or accessory works materially interfere with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, by reason of any defect or failure in the accessory works aforesaid to accomplish the purpose for which they are designed, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to require the necessary changes to be made therein in the interest of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>navigation, at the expense of the owners: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That as to any bridge built under this act, if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote>continuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, us understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than two hundred feet in length, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and not less than two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pivot drawbridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote>feet in length:</proviso> <i>And provided also</i>, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot-draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans not less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark at the point of location, and of not less length than stipulated below for the several bridges, namely: Over Lake Saint Croix the draw-spans shall not be less than one hundred and sixty feet, and over the Chippewa River, the draw-span shall not be less than one hundred and forty feet on each side of the central or pivot pier c’ the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans shall not be less than me hundred and forty feet; over the Wisconsin River the draw-spans shall not be less than one hundred feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans Shall be not less than one hundred and twenty-five feet in length, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>shall be according to such direction: <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges of other railroads.</p></sidenote>boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the lighthouse board shall prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of approval of plans, etc., by Secretary of War, to be given, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving any such plans and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that abridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; but until the Secretary of War approve the plan and location of said bridge and accessory works, and notify the company of the same, the bridge shall not be; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of the work
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thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a law-fat structure and post-route.</p></sidenote> under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be a lawful structure; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargee for freight and passengers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal telegraph.</p></sidenote> and passengers over said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph across said bridges.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in such structpre, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests requires it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 82: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected between the north and the south line of the county of Douglas, State of Nebraska, and to make the same a post-route.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>82</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 43</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>82.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected between the north and the south line of the county of Douglas, State of Nebraska, and to make the same a post-route.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge across the Missouri River, Douglas County, Nebraska.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Nebraska Central Railway Company, an incorporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River at such a point as may be hereafter selected by said corporation between the north and the south line of the county of Douglas, in the State of Nebraska, and at least one-third of a mile from any other bridge, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce,and also to construct accessory works to secure the best practicable channel way for navigation and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel at such point, and also to lay on and over said bridge a railway track for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river at or opposite said point; and said corporation shall construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and for foot-passengers, charging and receiving reasonable toll therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War: <proviso><i>Provided</i> said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> bridge and all property belonging to or connected with the bridge shall be constructed, maintained and used as a combined railway and wagon bridge for the safe and convenient passage of wagons, carriages, stock, steam cable and streetcars and all road travel; but the same track, shall not be upon the same space, as used for railroad track and cars.</proviso></content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed and built without material<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation of river preserved.</p></sidenote> interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of of War, for his<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan to be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile, below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and
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satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote>bridge shall not be built: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall have three or more channel spans, and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pivot-draw bridge.</p></sidenote>river, and not less than three hundred feet in length:</proviso> And <i>provided also</i>, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot-draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote>navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall not be less than three hundred feet, and the headroom under such span shall not be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote>less than ten feet above high water mark: <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges to other railroads.</p></sidenote>bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of approval.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the State of Nebraska or State of Iowa in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located.</content>
</section>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure, and a post-route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charges for freight and passengers.</p></sidenote>post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for such postal-telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works: and the expense of altering said
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bridge or removing such obstructions shall be at the expense of the owners of or persons controlling such bridge.</content>
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<actionDescription>Received by the President, May 31, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 98: authorizing the President of the United States to appoint assistant Engineer John W. Saville a passed assistant engineer on the retired-list of the Navy,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>98</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 45</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-18</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>98.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the President of the United States to appoint assistant Engineer John W. Saville a passed assistant engineer on the retired-list of the Navy,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-18">June 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Saville appointed a passed assistant engineer U. S. Navy, and placed on retired-list.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Assistant Engineer John W. Saville, of the United States Navy, a passed assistant engineer in the Navy, to date with his class on the active-list; and that he be placed on the retired-list of the Navy with the highest rate of retired pay of that grade, to date from and after the passage of this act.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Received by the President, June 6, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 99: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rule, in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>99</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 45</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-18</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>99.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rule, in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-18">June 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge across theMissonri River, Richardson County, Nebraska.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the Atchison and Nebraska Railway Company, an incorporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River at such s point as may be hereafter selected by said corporation within ten miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rule, in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct accessory works<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> to secure the best practicable channel way for navigation and confine the How of the water to a permanent channel at such point, and also to lay on and over said bridge a railway track for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river at or opposite said point; and said corporation may construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and for foot-passengers, charging, and receiving reasonable toll therefor as may be approved from time to time<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls.</p></sidenote> by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed and built without interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans to be submitted to Secretary of War for his approval.</p></sidenote> and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of
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the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans,</p></sidenote>not be built: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if the said bridge shall be made, with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall have three or more channel spans, and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred feet in length:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pivot-draw bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote><i>And provided also</i>, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot-draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall not be less than three hundred feet, and the bead-room under such span <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote>shall not be less than ten feet above highwater mark: <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges of other railroads.</p></sidenote>its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the lighthouse Board shall prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of approval.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the State of Nebraska or State of Iowa in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure, and a post-route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures: and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charges for freight and passengers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for such postal-telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construct*on of said
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bridge and its accessory works; and the expense of altering said bridge or removing such obstructions shall be at the expense of the owners of or persons controlling such bridge</content>
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<actionDescription>Received by the President, June 6, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 101: to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a free bridge by (lie mayor and city council of Nashville, Tennessee, over the Cumberland River, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>101</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 47</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>101.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a free bridge by (lie mayor and city council of Nashville, Tennessee, over the Cumberland River, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge over the Cumberland River, Nashville, Tenn.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the city of Nashville, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Cumberland River at the most accessible point within the corporate limits of the said city of Nashville, county of Davidson, and State of Tennessee. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the free passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, and for such street railways as may be authorized by the city of Nashville to be constructed over the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge, built under this act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure, and a post-route.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known us a post route; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the United States may construct<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal telegraph.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote> a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than one hundred and sixty-four feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least thirty-four feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw-pivot bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote> That if the same shall be c instructed as a drawbridge, the draw or pivot shall be over the main channel at an accessible point, and the spans shall not be less than one hundred and sixty feet in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to, the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That the said draw shall be opened promptly by said corporation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote> upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the light-house Board<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote> shall prescribe.</proviso> No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation maintained.</p></sidenote> under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of said city of Nashville; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said liver caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the middle district of Tennessee in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: <i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
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this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans and location to be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval.</p></sidenote>prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 102: to fix and render certain the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of Texas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>102</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 48</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>102.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to fix and render certain the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of Texas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the terms of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court in eastern and northern districts.</p></sidenote>States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of Texas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At Galveston, in the eastern district, on the first Mondays of March and November; at Tyler, in the eastern district, on the second Mondays of January and May; at Jefferson, in the eastern district, on the second Mondays of February and September; at Dallas, in the northern district, on the second Monday of January and the third Monday of May; at Graham in the northern district, on the second Monday of March and the third Monday of October; at Waco, in the northern district, on the second Monday of April and the third Monday of November.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of July next.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 103: to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>103</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 48</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>103.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 173.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline"><content class="inline">That the first and seventh <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of dutiable goods.</p></sidenote>sections of the act entitled “<quotedText>An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport News, Va.. created a port of entry.</p></sidenote>hereby, amended by inserting the words “<quotedText>Newport News</quotedText>” after the word “Norfolk,” in each of said sections.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 104: authorizing claimants to the Rancho de Napa, in Napa County, California, to prove up their title.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>104</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 49</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 104, 105. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/49">49</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>104.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing claimants to the Rancho de Napa, in Napa County, California, to prove up their title.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rancho doNapa, Napa County. California, claimants to laud of. allowed one year to present claims, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claimants to the lands situated in Napa County, California, known as the Rancho de Napa, who deraign title through the original Mexican grantee of said rancho, and whose claims or those of their predecessors in title have not been hitherto passed upon by proper authority, are hereby permitted and authorized to present their claim to said lands to the district court of the United States for the district of California within one year next after the passage of this act, and not afterward, for examination ; and if upon the hearing of said case it shall appear to said court that the claim of the original grantee was good and valid under Mexican laws relating to such cases, and that the claimants are entitled to ha ve such confirmation, the said court shall by decree confirm said claim : <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> That no lands shall be confirmed to said claimants to which there are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands exempted.</p></sidenote>any valid claims existing under the preemption, homestead, or other laws of the United States at the date of the passage of this act; nor shall any decree of confirmation affect any valid adverse right of any other person or persons, or give to the confirmees, or any of them, any claim upon the United States for compensation for any land such con-firmees may lose by pre emption, homestead, or other claims or rights as aforesaid: <i>Provided further,</i> That said claimants, before filing their claim, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>shall execute releases to any person who may have or hold any portion of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Releases to persons holding valid claims.</p></sidenote>said lauds, under valid claims under the pre emption, homestead, or .other laws of the United States, at the date of the passage of this act, to the portions of said lands so held respectively; and before rendering a decree of confirmation the said court shall ascertain that said releases have been duly executed.
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States and any party in interest are hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of appeal to Supreme Court. U. S., etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 631.</p></sidenote> granted the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, within six months next after any decree shall be entered, in the manner allowered in other eases of appeal; and the said court in the examination of the claims presented by any person under this act shall be governed, so far as applicable, by the provisions of the act passed March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-one,’entitled “<quotedText>An act to ascertain and settle private land claims in the State of California</quotedText>”.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States surveyor-general for California is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent to issue; conditions.</p></sidenote> hereby directed, upon the filing in his office by said claimants of a certified copy of a final decree of confirmation under the provisions of this act, to cause said claim to be surveyed as other claims of like nature are now surveyed under existing laws ; and upon the approval of said survey by the proper authority a patent shall issue to said claimants in the usual form.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 105: to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain lying between the towns of North Hero and Alburgh, in the State of Vermont.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>105</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 49</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>105.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain lying between the towns of North Hero and Alburgh, in the State of Vermont.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Highway bridge across Lake Champlain, Grand Isle County, Vermont.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper authorities of the towns of North Hero and Alburgh, in the county of Grand Isle, in the State of Vermont, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and use a highway bridge at some convenient point across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain which divide the aforesaid towns.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the structure authorized by the preceding section shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Security of navigation.</p></sidenote> be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of such waters as the Secretary of War shall pre-
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 105-107,117,118. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
scribe, and shall be provided with such suitable and convenient draw as the said Secretary shall deem needful for the proper purposes of navigation of width not less than that of the Bainville Valley Extension Railroad Company’s draw in their bridge across Missisquoy Bay; and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance and management.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 423.</p></sidenote>maintenance and management of said structure shall be subject to such of the provisions of section six of chapter fifty-two of the acts of the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, deem needful; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act amended, etc.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 106: to change the times of holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Georgia</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>106</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 50</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>106.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to change the times of holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Georgia</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of courts northern district of Georgia.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the regular terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Georgia now held on the first and second Mondays of September respectively shall each be held on the first Monday in October in each year.
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 107: to authorize the National Academy of Sciences to receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of science, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>107</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 50</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>107.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the National Academy of Sciences to receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of science, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Academy of Sciences authorized to receive and hold trust funds, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 806.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the National Academy of Sciences, incorporated by the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and its several supplements, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and empowered to receive bequests and donations, and hold the same in trust, to be applied by the said academy in aid of scientific investigations and according to the will of the donors.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 117: to extend an act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>117</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 50</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-21</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>117.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to extend an act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-21">June 21, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph cable, act authorizing laying, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 372.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time to commence laying the cable as provided in the act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe, be, and the same is hereby, extended until the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 21, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 118: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>118</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 50</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-23</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>118.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-23">June 23, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge over the Missouri River at Le avenworth, Kans.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That it shall be lawful for the Leavenworth Bridge Company, a corporation organized for that purpose under the general corporation laws of the State of Kansas, or its assigns,
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 118. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
to construct, under and subject to the conditions and limitations hereafter provided, a bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Leaven worth, Kansas, and lay on and over said bridge railway tracks, for the more perfect connection of any and all railways that now are, or which may hereafter be, constructed to the Missouri River at the city of Leavenworth, or to the river on the opposite side of the same, near the city of Leavenworth, and build, erect, and lay on and over said bridge ways for wagons, vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals, and to provide ways for foot-passengers, and to keep up and maintain and operate said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges of other railroads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls; rates to be prescribed by the Secretary of War.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuous spans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">drawbridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation o f river not to be obstructed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War for his approvaII.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation preserved.</p></sidenote>for the purposes aforesaid ; and that when said bridge is constructed all trains of all railroads terminating at said river, and on the opposite side thereof, at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, shall be allowed to cross said bridge for reasonable compensation to be made to the owners of the same; and if the amount of said compensation . cannot be agreed upon by the parties, the same shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. The owners of said bridge may also charge and receive reasonable compensation or tolls for the transit over said bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and foot passengers: <i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of War may at any time prescribe such rules, regulations, and rates of toll for transit and transportation over said bridge as may be deemed proper and reasonable.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the corporation building the same, be built as a draw bridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: <i>Provided,</i> That if the same shall bo made of unbroken continuous spans, it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure, with straight girders; nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in the clear at low-water mark; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river: <i>And provided also,</i> That if a bridge shall be built under this act as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot-draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw ; and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river: <i>And provided also,</i> That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, without unnecessary delay; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer- booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other watercrafts safely through said draw-openings, and as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War: <i>And provided further, </i>That the corporation building said bridge may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, enter upon the banks of said river, either above or below the point of location of said bridge, and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel, and to do whatever may be necessary to accomplish said object, but shall not imped or obstruct the navigation of said river, and shall be liable in damages for all injuries to private property ; and all plans for such works or erections upon the banks of the river shall first be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval: <i>And provided further,</i> That any bridge built under the provisions of this shall be at right angles to the current of the river.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the ‘ree navigation of said river; and no bridge shall be commenced or built under this act until the location thereof and the plans
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 118, 119 1884.</centerRunningHead>
and specifications for its construction shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and any change in the plan of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction, shall be subject to the like approval; and whenever said bridge shall, in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location, etc., to be approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>opinion of the Secretary of War, substantially obstruct the free navigation of said river, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made, and all such obstructions be removed, at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge, or persons controlling the same; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of the Missouri River, at or near the crossing of said bridge, caused or alleged to be caused thereby, the cause shall be commenced and tried in the circuit courts of either judicial district of Kansas or Missouri in which the said bridge or any portion of such obstruction touches.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act, and according to its<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a post- route and a lawful structure.</p></sidenote> limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroad or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and safeguards for security of persons, etc.</p></sidenote>public highways leading to such bridge. Such lights shall be kept upon said bridge as the Light-House Board shall direct; and said bridge shall moreover be provided with all proper safeguards for the security of person and property. The <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for telegraph or telephone lines.</p></sidenote>United States shall also have the right to construct, without charge therefor, telegraph or telephone lines across said bridge.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Received by the President June 11, 1884.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">Note by the Department of State.</inline>—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 119: to authorize the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in the State of Oregon, and to establish them as post-roads.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>119</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>119.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in the State of Oregon, and to establish them as post-roads.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-24">June 24, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges across the Willamette River, Oregon.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That it shall be lawful for the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon, to build one or more bridges across the Willamette River, iu said State, at such points, not exceeding two, between Salem and the head of the navigation of said Willamette River, as may be selected by the said railroad company, and to lay on or over said bridge or bridges railway tracks for the more perfect connection of the railway tracks they may hereafter build to the points to be selected for crossing the said river.
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> at the option of said railway company, be built as a draw bridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans : <i>Provided,</i> That if any such bridge shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuous spans.</p></sidenote>made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof over and above the channel or channels of said river shall not be less than two hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be of such height above extreme high- water mark, as understood at the point of location, as the Secretary of Wai’ may prescribe, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>piers parallel with the current of the river: <i>Provided,</i> That if any
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bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">drawbridge.</p></sidenote>same shall be constructed with an opening over the center of the channel, of such width as the Secretary of War shall determine, and which shall be at least one hundred feet in the clear, and the piers of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piers.</p></sidenote> bridge shall be parallel with the current, and the draw of said bridge shall be over the main or deep channel of the river, as may be fixed and determined by the Secretary of War: <i>Provided also,</i> That said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, or other water crafts, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals ou said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, signals.</p></sidenote>bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer-booms or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sheer-booms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, boats, rafts, or other water crafts safely through said draw openings as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War: <i>And provided also,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> That said bridge, at the option of the corporation or company by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a post-route and a lawful structure.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the nite per mile for their transportation over the railroads leading to the said bridge; and the United States shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for telegraph and telephone lines.</p></sidenote> have the right of way for a postal telegraph and telephone lines without charge therefor across said bridge. Said bridge shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans and location of bridge to be submitted to Secretary of War for his approvaII.</p></sidenote> to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, etc.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, or the corporations or persons controlling the same, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 121: to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>121</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 53</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>121.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-26">June 26, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4131, 795.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the last clause of section forty one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:</p>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 119.121. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“All the officers of vessels of the United States shall be citizens of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. vessels, by whom maybe commended; exceptions.</p></sidenote> the United States, except that in cases where, on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage from an Atlantic to a Pacific port of the United States, any such vessel is for any reason deprived of the services of an officer below the grade of master, his place, or a vacancy caused by the pro motion of another officer to such place, may be supplied by a person not a citizen of the United States until the first return of such vessel to its home port; and such vessel shall not be liable to any penalty or penal tax for such employment of an alien officer.”</p>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-five hundred and eighty of the Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4580, 887.</p></sidenote> Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4580"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4580. </num><content>Upon the application of the master of any vessel to a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discharge of seamen, payment of wages due.</p></sidenote> consular officer to discharge a seaman, or upon the application of any seaman for his own discharge, if it appears to such officer that said seaman has completed his shipping agreement, or is entitled to his discharge under any act of Congress or according to the general principles or usages of maritime law as recognized in the United States, such officer shall discharge said seaman, and require from the master of said vessel, before such discharge shall be made, payment of the wages which may then be due said seaman; but no payment of extra wages shall be required by any consular officer upon such discharge of any seaman except as provided in this act.”</content>
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</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That section, forty-five hundred and eighty-three of the Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4583, 887.</p></sidenote> Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4583"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4583. </num><content>Whenever on the discharge of a seaman in a foreign country. on his complaint<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra wages on discharge.</p></sidenote> that the voyage is continued contrary to agreement, the consular officer shall be satisfied that such voyage has been designedly and unnecessarily prolonged in violation of the articles of shipment, or whenever a seaman is discharged by a consular officer in consequence of any hurt or injury received in the service of the vessel, such consular officer shall require the payment by the master of one month’s wages for such seaman over and above the wages due at the time of discharge.”</content>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-five hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4561, 883.</p></sidenote>be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4561"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4561. </num><content>The inspectors in their report shall also state whether,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discharge of seamen on account of unseaworthiness of vessel; extra wages; exception.</p></sidenote> in their opinion, the vessel was sent to sea unsuitably provided in any important or essential particular, by neglect or design, or through mistake or accident; and in case it was by neglect or design, and the con sular officer approves of such finding, he shall discharge such of the crew as request it, and shall require the payment by the master of one month’s wages for each seaman over and above the wages then due. But if, in the opinion of the inspectors, the defects or deficiencies found to exist have been the result of mistake or accident, and could not, in the exercise of ordinary care, have been known and provided against before the sailing of the vessel, and the master shall, in a reasonable time, remove or remedy the causes of complaint, then the crew shall remain and discharge their duty.”</content>
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That section forty five hundred and eighty two of the Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4582, 887.</p></sidenote> Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4582"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4582. </num><content>Whenever a vessel of the United States is sold in a for eign country,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra wages upon discharge, in case of sale; Proviso.</p></sidenote> and her company discharged, it shall be the duty of the master to produce to the consular officer the certified list of his ship’s company, and also the shipping articles, and to pay to said consular officer for.every seaman so discharged one month’s wages over and above the wages which may then be due to such seaman ; but in case the master of the vessel so sold shall, with the assent of said seaman, provide him with adequate employment on board some other vessel bound to the port at which he was originally shipped, or to such other port as may be agreed upon by him. then no payment of extra wages shall be required.”</content>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 121. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That section forty-six hundred of the Revised Statutes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4600, 692.</p></sidenote>be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4600"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4600. </num><content>It shall be the duty of consular officers to reclaim deserters and discountenance insubordination by every means<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reclamation and discharge of deserters by consular officers.</p></sidenote> within their power, and where the local authorities can be usefully employed for that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end in the most effectual manner. In all cases where deserters are apprehended the consular officer shall inquire into the facts; and if he is satisfied that the desertion was caused by unusual or cruel treatment, he shall discharge the seaman, and require the master of the vessel from which such seaman is discharged to pay one month’s wages over and above the wages then due; and the officer discharging such seaman shall enter upon the crew-list and shipping articles the cause of discharge, and the particulars in which the cruelty or unusual treatment consisted, and the facts as to his discharge or re-engagement, as the case may be, and subscribe his name thereto officially.”</content>
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</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That section forty-five hundred and eighty-one of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4581, 887.</p></sidenote>Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4581"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4581. </num><content>If any consular officer, when discharging any seaman, shall neglect to require the payment of and collect<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for neglect to collect extra wages.</p></sidenote> the arrears of wages and extra wages required to be paid in the case of the discharge of any seaman, he shall be accountable to the United States to the full amount thereof. If any seaman, after his discharge, shall have incurred any expense for board or other necessaries at the place of his discharge^ before shipping again, or for transportation to the United States, such expense shall be paid out of the arrears of wages and extra wages received by the consular officer, which shall be retained for that purpose and the balance only paid over to such seamen.”</content>
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</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-five hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes be hereby repealed.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4584, 887, repealed.</p></sidenote></content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content class="inline">That section forty-five hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised Statutes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4578.</p></sidenote> be amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4578"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4578. </num><content>All masters of vessels of the United States, and bound to some port of the same, are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Return of destitute seamen.</p></sidenote> required to take such destitute seamen on board their vessels, at the request of consular officers, and to transport them to the port iu the United States to which such vessel may be bound, on such terms, not exceeding ten dollars for each person for voyages of not more than thirty days, and not exceeding twenty dollars for each person for longer voyages, as may be agreed between the master and the consular officer; and said consular officer shall issue certificates for such transportation, which certificates shall be assignable for collection. If any such destitute seaman is so disabled or ill as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional wages when unable to perform duty.</p></sidenote> to be unable to perform duty, the consular officer shall so certify in the certificate of transportation, and such additional compensation shall be paid as the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall deem proper.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for refusal to receive destitute seamen.</p></sidenote> Every such master who refuses to receive and transport such seamen on the request or order of such consular officer shall be liable to the United States in a penalty of one hundred dollars for each seaman so refused. The certificate of any such consular officer, given under his hand and official seal, shall be presumptive evidence of such refusal in any court of law having jurisdiction for the recovery of the penalty. No master of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number limited.</p></sidenote> any vessel shall, however, be obliged to take a greater number than one man to every one hundred tons burden of the vessel on any one voyage.”</content>
</section>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 10. </num><content class="inline">That it shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for payments in advance, or for shipment of seamen.</p></sidenote> to pay any seaman wages before leaving the port at which such seaman may be engaged in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such advance wages to any other person, or to pay any person, other than an officer authorized by act of Congress to collect fees for such service, any remuneration for the shipment of seamen. Any person paying such advance wages or such remuneration shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be pun-
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ished by a fine not less than four times the amount of the wages so advanced or remuneration so paid, and may be also imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court. The payment of such advance wages or remuneration shall in no case, except as herein provided, absolve the vessel, or the master or owner thereof, from full payment of wages after the same shall have been actually earned, and shall be no defense to a libel, suit, or action for the recovery of such wages: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption of whaling vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That this section shall not apply to whaling-vessels: <i>And provided further,</i> That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stipulate in his shipping agreement for an allotment of any portion of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of wages, penalty for false claims, etc.</p></sidenote>wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, but to no other person or corporation. And any person who shall falsely claim such relationship to any seaman in order to obtain wages so allotted shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty in eases of foreign vessels.</p></sidenote>not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court. This section shall apply as well to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United States; and any foreign vessel the master, owner, consignee, or agent of which has violated this section, or induced or connived at its violation, shall be refused a clearance from any port of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That every vessel mentioned in section forty-five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4509, 884.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slop-chest to contain, etc.</p></sidenote> and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes shall also be provided with a slop-chest, which shall contain a complement of clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, including boots or shoes, hats or caps, under clothing and outer clothing, oiled clothing, and everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; also a full supply of tobacco and blankets. Any of the contents of the slop-chest shall be sold, from time to time, to any or every seaman applying therefor, for his own use, at a profit not exceeding ten per centum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for not providing clothing, etc.</p></sidenote> of the reasonable wholesale value of the same at the port at which the voyage commenced. And if any such vessel is not provided, before sailing, as herein required, the owner shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five, hundred dollars. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels plying between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, Newfound- land, the Bermuda Islands, the Bahama Islands the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num>
<content class="inline">That on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- four,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels excepted.</p></sidenote> no fees named in the tariff of consular fees prescribed by order of the President shall be charged or collected by consular officers for the official services to American vessels and seamen. Consular officers shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular fees for services to sea men, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote>furnish the master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of such services performed on account of said vessel, with the fee so prescribed for each service, and make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Treasury of such services and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services of consular officers itemized and reported to Secretary of Treasury.</p></sidenote>and the Secretary of the Treasury shall allow consular officers who arc paid in whole or in part by fees such compensation for said services as they would have received prior to the passage of this act: <i>Provided,</i> That such services, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury have been necessarily <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>rendered; and a sum sufficient for the payment of such compensation, when thus adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 13. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-two hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4213"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4213. </num><content>It shall be the duty of all masters of vessels for whom any official services shall be performed by any consular<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4213, 812.</p></sidenote> officer, without the payment of a fee, to require a written statement of such services from such consular officer, and, after certifying as to whether such statement is correct, to furnish it to the collector of the district in which such vessels shall first <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement of services certified and furnished to collector, etc.</p></sidenote>arrive on their return to the United States ; and if any such master of a vessel shall fail to furnish such statement, he shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> fifty dollars, unless such master
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shall state under oath that no such statement was furnished him by said consular officer. And it shall be the duty of every collector to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collector to report to Secretary of Treasury.</p></sidenote> forward to the Secretary of the Treasury all such statements as shall have been furnished to him, and also a statement of all certified invoices which shall have come to his office, giving the dates of the certificates, and the names of the persons for whom and of the consular officer by whom the same were certified.”</content></section>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 14. </num><content class="inline">That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty cents per ton per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4219, 813.</p></sidenote> annum heretofore imposed by law, a duty of three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount of tonnage duties.</p></sidenote>cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate fifteen cents per ton in any one Year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the Sandwich Islands, or Newfoundland; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed thirty cents per ton per annum, is hereby imposed at each entry upon all vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any other foreign ports: <i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> President of the United States shall suspend the collection of so much <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suspension by the President.</p></sidenote>of the duty herein imposed, on vessels entered from any port in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, the West India Islands, Mexico and Central America down to and including Aspinwall and Panama, as may be in excess of the tonnage and light house dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the government of the foreign country in which such port is situated and shall upon the passage of this act, and from time to time thereafter as often as it may become necessary by reason of changes in the laws of the foreign countries above mentioned, indicate by proclamation the ports to which such suspension shall apply, and the rate or rates of tonnage duty if any to be collected under such suspension. <i>And provided further,</i> That all vessels which shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> paid the tonnage tax imposed by section forty-two hundred and nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4219, 813.</p></sidenote>of the Revised Statutes for the current year, shall not be liable to the tax herein levied until the expiration of the certificate of last<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4223, 813.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4224, 814.</p></sidenote> payment of the said tax. And sections forty-two hundred and twenty- three and forty two hundred and twenty-four and so much of section forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts with this section, are hereby repealed.
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<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 15. </num>
<content class="inline">Sections forty-five hundred and eighty-five, forty-five hundred and eighty-six, and forty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4585, 4586, 4587, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of Marine Hospital Services paid from receipts for duties on tonnage, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes, and all other acts and parts of acts providing for the assessment and collection of a hospital tax for seamen, are hereby, repealed, and the expense of maintaining the Marine Hospital Service shall hereafter be borne by the United States out of the receipts for duties on tonnage provided for by this act; and so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 16. </num>
<content class="inline">All articles of foreign production needed, and actually withdrawn from bonded warehouses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles of foreign production needed for supplies, etc., maybe withdrawn from bonded warehouse free of duty.</p></sidenote> for supplies not including equipment of vessels of the United States engaged in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, may be so withdrawn free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 17. </num>
<content class="inline">When a vessel is built in the United States for foreign account, wholly or partly of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawback on materials used in vessels built in U. S. for foreign account.</p></sidenote> foreign materials on which import duties have been paid, there shall be allowed on such vessel, when exported, a drawback equal in amount to the duty paid on such materials, to be ascertained under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Ten per centum of the amount of such drawback so allowed shall, however, be retained for. the use of the United States by the collector paying the same.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 18. </num>
<content class="inline">That the individual liability of a shipowner, shall be limited to the proportion of any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability of owner not to exceed his interest.</p></sidenote> or all debts and liabilities that his individual share of the vessel bears to the whole; and the aggregate liabilities of
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all the owners of a vessel on account of the same shall not exceed the value of such vessels and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> freight pending: <i>Provided,</i> That this provision shall not affect the liability of any owner incurred previous to the passage of this act, nor prevent any claimant from joining all the owners in one action ; nor shall the same apply to wages due to persons employed by said ship owners.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 19. </num>
<content class="inline">That a master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipment of seamen in U. S. for foreign voyage, etc.</p></sidenote> seaman at any port in the United States, in the manner provided by law, to serve on a voyage to any port, or for the round trip from and to the port of departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination. The master of a vessel making regular and stated trips between the United States and a foreign country may engage a seaman for one or more round trips, or for a definite time, or on the return of said vessel to the United States may reship such seaman for another voyage in the same vessel, in the manner provided by law, without<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reshipment, etc., without additional fees.</p></sidenote> the pax ment of additional fees to any officer for such reshipment or re-engagement.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 20. </num>
<content class="inline">That every master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond not required for return of seamen, etc.</p></sidenote> seaman at any jiort out of the United States, in the manner provided by law, to serve for one or more round trips from and to the port of departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination ; and the master of a vessel clearing from a port of the United States with one or more seamen engaged in a foreign port as herein provided shall not be required to reship in a port of the United States the seamen so engaged, or to give bond, as required by section forty-five hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4576, 886.</p></sidenote>seventy-six of the Revised Statutes, to produce said seamen before a boarding officer on the return of said vessel to the United States.</content>
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<num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 21. </num>
<content class="inline">That the word “ port,” as used in sections forty-one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definition of word “port.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4178, 805.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4334, 838.</p></sidenote> and seventy-eight and forty-three hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes, in reference to painting the name and port of every registered or licensed vessel on the stern of such vessel, shall be construed to mean either the port where the vessel is registered or enrolled, or the place in the same district where the vessel was built or w’here one or more of the owners reside.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 22. </num>
<content class="inline">That until the provisions of section one, chapter three hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 214.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passengers b y vessels trading between U. S. and Dominion of Canada or Mexico exempt from tax, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 3976, 769, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4203, 810, repealed</p></sidenote> and seventy-six, of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall be made applicable to passengers coming into the United States by land carriage, said provisions shall not apply to passengers coming by vessels employed exclusively in the trade between the ports of the United States and the ports of the Dominion of Canada or the ports of Mexico.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="23"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 23. </num>
<content class="inline">That sections thirty-nine hundred and seventy-six and forty- two hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and all other compulsory laws and parts of laws that oblige American vessels to carry the mails to and from the United States arbitrarily, or tliatprevent the clearance of vessels until they shall have taken mail matter on board, be and the same are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not take effect until the first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="24"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 24. </num><content>That section twenty-nine hundred and sixty-six of the Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2966, 572, amended.</p></sidenote> Statutes be amended by striking out the words “propelled in whole or in part by steam”; so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
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<num value="2966"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 2966. </num><content>When merchandise shall be imported into any port of the United Statutes from any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Importation in vessels.</p></sidenote> foreign country’ in vessels, and it shall appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after the entry of the vessel, the collector of such port may take possession of such merchandise and deposit, the same in bonded warehouse; and when it does not, appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be immediately delivered, the collector of the customs may take possession of the same and deposit it in bonded warehouse, at the request of the owner, master, or consignee
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of the vessel, on three days’ notice to such collector after the entry of the vesseII.”</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="25"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 25. </num>
<content class="inline">That section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2872. 556. amended.</p></sidenote>Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto the following:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“ When the license to unload between the setting and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Timeofdelivery.</p></sidenote> rising of the sun is granted to a sailing-vessel under this section, a fixed, uniform, and reasonable compensation may be allowed to the inspector or inspectors<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to inspector.</p></sidenote> for service between the setting and rising of the sun, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to be received by the collector from the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel, and to be paid by him to the inspector or inspectors.”</p>
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="26"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 26. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever any fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge arising under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund or remission of fines, penalties, etc.</p></sidenote> the laws relating to vessels or seamen has been paid to any collector of customs or consular officer, and application has been made within one. year from such payment for the refunding or remission of the same, the Secretary of the Treasury, if on investigation he finds that such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge was illegally, improperly, or excessively imposed, shall have the power, either before or after the same has been covered into the Treasury, to refund so much of such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge as he may think proper, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="27"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 27. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-five hundred and one of the Revised Statutes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4501, 870.</p></sidenote> is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
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<num value="4501"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4501. </num><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint a commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of shipping commissioners.</p></sidenote> for each port of entry, which is also a port of ocean navigation, and which, in his judgment, may require the same; such commissioner to be termed a shipping commissioner, and may, from time to time, remove from office any such commissioner whom he may have reason to believe does not properly perfoim his duty, and shall then provide for the proper performance of his duties until another person is duly appointed in his place: <i>Provided,</i> That Shipping Commissioners now in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> office shall continue to perform the duties thereof until others shall be appointed in their places. Shipping Commissioners shall monthly render a full,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of receipts and expenditures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, compensation.</p></sidenote> exact, and itemized account of their receipts and expenditures to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall determine their compensation, and shall from time to time determine the number and compensation of the clerks appointed by such commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the limitations now fixed by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall regulate the mode of conducting business in the shipping offices to be established by the shipping commissioners as hereinafter provided, and shall have full and complete control over the same, subject to the provisions herein contained; and all expenditures by shipping commissioners shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures, how audited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees to be paid into the Treasury.</p></sidenote>audited and adjusted in the Treasury Department in the mode and manner provided for expenditures in the collection of customs. All fees of Shipping Commissioners shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and shall constitute a fund which shall be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the compensation of said Commissioners and their clerks and such other expenses as he may find necessary to ensure the proper administration of their duties.</content>
</section>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="28"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 28. </num>
<content class="inline">Before issuing any inspection certificate to any steamer the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees to inspectors, etc., of vessels.</p></sidenote> collector or other chief officer of customs for the port or district shall demand and receive from the owners thereof, as a compensation for the inspection and examinations made for the year, the following sums, in addition to the fees for issuing enrollments and licenses now allowed by law, according to the tonnage of the vessel: For each steam-vessel of one hundred tons or under, ten dollars ; and for each and every ton in excess of one hundred tons, five cents, in lieu of the fees now provided by law.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="29"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 29. </num>
<content class="inline">That section twenty-seven hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2776, 538, amended.</p></sidenote> by adding thereto the following:
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<i>“Provided,</i> That vessels arriving at a port of entry in the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Where vessels may enter and un-lade.</p></sidenote> States, laden with coal, salt, railroad iron, and other like articles in bulk, may proceed to places within that collection district to be specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, by general regulations or otherwise, under the superintendence of customs officers, at the expense of the parties interested, for the purpose of unlading cargoes of the character before mentioned.”</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="30"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 30. </num>
<content class="inline">All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 26, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 122: to equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy upon their assignment to the various corps.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy upon their assignment to the various corps.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-26">June 26, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Graduates of Naval Academy to be commissioned ensigns in the Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grade of Junior ensigns abolished; <i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act all graduates of the Naval Academy who are assigned to the line of the Navy, on the successful completion of the six years course, shall be commissioned ensigns in the Navy.
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the grade of junior ensign in the Navy is hereby abolished and the junior ensigns now on the list shall be commissioned ensigns in the Navy: <i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to increase the number of officers in the Navy now allowed by law.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed</content>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the administration of oaths to witnesses in matters depending in either House of Congress.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-26">June 26, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members of Congress may administer oaths to witnesses, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That any member of either House of Congress may administer oaths to witnesses in any matter depending in either House of Congress of which he is a member, or any committee thereof.
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 26, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 126: to grant letter-carriers at free-delivery offices fifteen days’ leave of absence in each year.</dc:title>
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<citableAs>23 Stat. 60</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-27</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>126.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to grant letter-carriers at free-delivery offices fifteen days’ leave of absence in each year.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter-carriers granted leave of absence with pay.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all letter-carriers at free- delivery offices shall be entitled to leave of absence, not to exceed fifteen days in each year, without loss of pay; and the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to employ, when necessary, during the time such leave of absence is granted, such number of substitute letter-carriers as may be deemed advisable, who shall be paid for services rendered at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum.
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 127: to establish a Bureau of Labor.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>127</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-06-27</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>127.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to establish a Bureau of Labor.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Labor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there shall be established in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Labor, which shall be under the charge of a Commissioner of Labor, who shall be appointed by
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 127, 131. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year. The Commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity. The Secretary of the Interior upon the recommendation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote> of said Commissioner, shall appoint a chief clerk, who shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and such other employees as may be necessary for the said Bureau: <i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> total expense shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. During the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office shall become vacant, the chief clerk shall perform the duties of Commissioner. The Commissioner shall annually make a report in writing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report.</p></sidenote>to the Secretary of the Interior of the information collected and collated by him, and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Bureau.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 131: to repeal section one of the act entitled “An act making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>131</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>131.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to repeal section one of the act entitled “An act making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-28">June 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal of section one of act granting lands to aid in construction of Iron Mountain Railroad.</p></sidenote>
<preamble>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas by the first section of an act of Congress approved July the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 81. Preamble.</p></sidenote>fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, there was granted to the State of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from its terminus at Pilot Knob to a point on the southern boundary-line of the State, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for ten sections iu width on each side of said road; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, or its successor, did not comply with the terms of said act either in time or by the construction of its line in accordance with the location of its line as shown on its • maps filed in the Department of the Interior or otherwise, and never became entitled to or received any of said lands: Therefore,</recital>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
</preamble>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section one of the act of Congress entitled “An act making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas”, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and hereby is repealed ; and upon the acceptance by the said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, in writing, under corporate seal, within six months from the passage of this act, of the terms of this act, and upon the production to the Secretary of the Interior by said company. its successors or assigns, of satisfactory proof that said lauds have not been sold or encumbered by said company, the said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, shall be forever released from any and all obligations imposed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Release of company; conditions.</p></sidenote> by said act of July’ fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and all of the lands granted by said section one be and they are hereby restored to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands restored to the public domain ; <i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote> public domain for disposition under the public-land laws of the United States: <i>Provided, </i>That all preemption and homestead entries heretofore allowed upon any of said lauds, not in excess of the legal quantity, be, and they are hereby, confirmed : <i>And provided further,</i> That all persons residing on any of said lands at the date of the passage of this act shall have a prior right to acquire the same, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres,
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by the usual methods and under the usual restrictions : <i>Provided,</i> That there shall be excluded from the operation of the release of the obligations as a laud grant road herein provided, that part of the railroad between Poplar Blulf, Missouri and the Arkansas State line.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 132: to authorize the National Bank of Middletown, Pennsylvania, to change its location and name.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>132</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 62</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-28</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>132.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the National Bank of Middletown, Pennsylvania, to change its location and name.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-28">June 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Bank of Middle town, Pa., authorized to change name and location.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the National Bank of Middletown, now located in the borough of Middletown and State of Pennsylvania, is hereby, authorized to change its location to the borough of Steelton, in said State, whenever the stockholders representing two thirds of the capital of said bank, at a meeting called tor that purpose, determine to make such change, the president and cashier shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">How change may be effected.</p></sidenote>execute a certificate, under the corporate seal of the bank, specifying such determination, and Until cause the same to be recorded in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and thereupon such change of location shall be effected, and the operations of discount and deposit of said bank shall be carried on in the borough of Steelton.
</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., not released.</p></sidenote> any manner to release the said bank from any liability or affect any action or proceeding in law in which the said bank may be a party or interested ; and when such change shall have been determined upon as aforesaid, notice thereof and of such change shall be published in two weekly papers in the county of Dauphin and said State, not less than four weeks.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever the location of said bank shall have been changed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change of name.</p></sidenote> from the borough of Middletown to the borough of Steelton, in accordance with the first section of this act, its name shall be changed to the National Bank of Steelton, if the board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolution of the board, and cause a copy of such resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That all debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges, and powers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights and liabilities to continue under new name.</p></sidenote> of the National Bank of Middletown shall devolved upon the National Bank of Steelton whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 134: making an appropriation for the completion of the sewerage system of the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>134</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 62</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-30</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>134.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making an appropriation for the completion of the sewerage system of the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-30">June 30, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of sewers in District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the Siime is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of completing the principal main drainage and the auxiliary sewers of Washington and Georgetown, in accordance with the plans on file in the office of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That notice for proposals shall be given and contracts for the construction of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proposals, and contracts for construction, as in cases of new sewers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> sewers made in the manner now’ provided by law in cases of building new sewers in the District of Columbia : <i>Provided, </i>That notice for proposals shall be given for thirty days; and in addition to the newspapers in which notice is now required to be given, said notice shall also be given in one newspaper for thirty days in each of the cities of Chicago, Cincinnati, Saint Louis Louisville and Richmond.</content>
</section>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manner of making payments.</p></sidenote> directed to pay, out of the aforesaid appropriation, for the construction of said sewers, in the manner now provided by law for similar work done in said District.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That fifty per centum of the amounts so paid by the Secretary’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proportion to be charged to Di strict of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> of the Treasury upon the warrants of the Commissioners of the District shall be charged to the said District, in the same manner that the cost of similar work is now charged : <i>Provided,</i> That one half of any unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support of the Government of the District of Columbia, and any amounts of money in excess of appropriations which have been deposited by the District in the Treasury of the United States, may be applied by the commissioners to the liquidation of the amounts so charged to the District, and any excess of money required to be charged to the District for the purposes of this act over the amounts so applied shall be advanced by the United States and be reimbursed with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, to the United States by the District in annual in-stalments of not less than fifty thousand dollars, commencing with the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 142: to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>142</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 63</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-02</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>142.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of dutiable goods.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 173.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sections 5 and 6 amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That sections five and six of the act entitled. “<quotedText>An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes</quotedText>”, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that they shall read as follows, namely:
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That merchandise transported under the provisions of this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of merchandise under locks and seals; conditions.</p></sidenote> act shall be conveyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control of the officers of the customs; and merchandise may’ also be transported under the provisions of this act by express companies on passenger trains, in safes and trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and description, and secured in such manner as shall be from time to time prescribed by the Secretary; and in cases where merchandise shall be imported in boxes or packages too large, to be included within the safes or trunks so prescribed, such merchandise may be transported under the provisions of this act by such express companies in a separate compartment of the car, secured in such manner as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and merchandise such as pig iron, speigle-iron, scrap-iron, iron-ore, railroad-iron, and similar articles commonly transported upon platform or flat cars, may be transported under the provisions of this act upon such platform or flat cars; and the weight of such merchandise so transported shall be ascertained in all cases before shipment, and ordinary railroad scales may be used for such purpose ; and inspectors shall be stationed at proper points along the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehicle, or train, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively, Such merchandise shall not be unladen or transshipped between<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No transshipment except in cases where the route is bonded for laud and water carriage, etc.</p></sidenote> the ports of first arrival and final destination unless authorized by the regulations of the Secretary’ of the Treasury in cases which may’ arise from a difference in the gauge of railroads, or where the route is bonded for both land and water carriage, or from accidents, or from legal intervention, or when by reason of the length of the route the cars, after due inspection by customs officers, shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to proceed further, or from low water, ice, or other una-
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voidable obstruction to navigation; and in no case shall there be permitted any breaking of the original packages of such merchandise,</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That merchandise so destined for immediate transportation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merchandise transferred to car, etc., specified in entry.</p></sidenote> shall be transferred, under proper supervision, directly from the importing vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle specified in the entry Provided for in Section two of this act,”</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 2, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 143: to amend chapter twenty of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, concerning mechanics’ liens.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>143</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 64</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-02</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>143.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend chapter twenty of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, concerning mechanics’ liens.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mechanics’ liens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. D. C.,chap. 20, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Who may have lien.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That every building hereafter erected or repaired by the owner or his agent in the District of Columbia, and the lot or lots of ground of the owner upon which the same is being erected or repaired, shall be subject to a lien in favor of the contractor, subcontractor, material-man, journeyman, and laborer, respectively, for the payment for work or materials contracted for or furnished for or about the erection, construction, or repairing of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice to be tiled.</p></sidenote>building, and also for any engine, machinery, or other thing placed in said building or connected therewith so as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lien not to exceed amount of original contract.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time and place for filing notice.</p></sidenote> to be a fixture: <i>Provided,</i> That the person claiming the lien shall file the notice prescribed in the second section of this act: <i>Provided further,</i> That the said lien shall not exceed or be enforced for a greater sum than the amount of the original contract for the erection or repair of said building or buildings.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person wishing to avail himself of the provisions of this act, whether his claim be due or not, shall file in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, during the construction or within three months after the completion of such building or repairs, or the placing therein or adjacent thereto of any engine, machinery, or other’ thing as aforesaid, a notice of his intention to hold a lien upon the property declared by this act liable to such lien for the amount due or to become due to him, specifically setting forth the amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notices to be recorded.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Priority of liens; exceptions.</p></sidenote>claimed. The clerk aforesaid shall file and record such notice in a book provided for that purpose.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the lien hereby given shall be preferred to all judgments, mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, and incumbrances which attach upon the said building or the ground aforesaid subsequent to the commencement of work on said building; and all incumbrances and liens (other than those which attached thereto prior to the commencement of said building or repairs) which by the laws of this District are inquired to be recorded shall be postponed to said liens unless recorded prior to the commencement of said building or repairs.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That when an owner of lands contracts with a builder for the sale of lots <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When lien to have priority ; extent of.</p></sidenote>and the erection of buildings thereon, and agrees to advance moneys toward the erection of such buildings, the lieu hereinbefore authorized shall have priority to all advances made after the filing of said notices of lien, and the lien shall attach to the right, title, anti interest of the owner in said building and laud to the extent of all advances which shall have become due after the filing of such notice of such lien, and shall also attach to and be a lieu on the right, title, and interest of the person so agreeing to purchase said land at the time of the filing of said notices of lien. When a building shall be erected or repaired by a lessee or tenant for life or years, or a person having an equitable estate or interest in such building or the land on which it stands, the lien created by this act shall only extend to and cover the interest or estate of such lessee, tenant, or equitable owner.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the proceedings to enforce the lieu created by this act shall be by bill<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings in action.</p></sidenote> in equity, which shall contain a brief statement of the contract on which the claim is founded, the amount due thereon, the
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time when the notice was filed with the clerk as aforesaid, in case such notice is required by this act, the time when the building was completed, with a description of the premises, and any other material facts; and all persons who are interested in the premises, so far as they are known, shall be made parties complainants or defendants; and said bill shall pray that the premises may be sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to the discharge of the lien. The summons shall be served as in other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service of summons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decree of sale, when.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of proceeds; judgments ; interest.</p></sidenote> cases in equity. If judgment be rendered for the complainant, the court shall decree the sale of said land and premises, and shall declare the proper distribution of the fund arising from such sale; and if upon sale the proceeds be insufficient to pay all liens under this act, they shall stand as a judgment against the party who incurred the debt, if he be made or become a party to the suit, but not otherwise; and such judgment shall bear interest, and have the same force and effect, and be enforced in the same manner as in cases of judgment at law.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That in the case of labor done or materials furnished for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decree of court in case of more than one building, etc.</p></sidenote> erection or repair of two or more buildings joined together and owned by the same person or persons, it shall not be necessary to determine the amount of work done or materials furnished for each particular building, but only the aggregate amount upon all the buildings so joined; and the decree of the court shall pass against all the buildings, and the land on which they are erected, as one building; but they may be sold separately if the court so decree. If a joint claim be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint claimants.</p></sidenote> filed, and the proof shows a separate right of action, it shall not defeat the claim, but the court may require the pleadings to be amended, if necessary, upon such terms as it shall prescribe, and proceed to adjudicate the rights of the parties as to law and justice shall appertain.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person entitled to a lieu under this act may commence bis suit to enforce the same at any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of commencing suit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of parties to suit to be heard, etc.</p></sidenote> time within one year from and after filing the notice aforesaid or the completion of said building or repairs, but no final adjudication shall be had until all persons who shall become interested in the building subject to such lien under the provisions of this act shall have an opportunity to be heard in said suit, providing such interest was vested at the time said suit was brought, or be acquired within three months thereafter, and such persons shall intervene in said suit within said term of three months.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That all or any number of persons having liens on the same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consolidation of actions.</p></sidenote> building pursuant to the provisions of this act may join in one suit, but their respective claims may be stated distinctly in separate paragraphs, and the judgment shall show the amount to which they are respectively entitled. If several suits shall be brought by different claimants, and be pending at the same time, the court may order them to be consolidated.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That if said building be on any land lying outside the cities<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extent of lien outside of Washington and Georgetown.</p></sidenote> of Washington and Georgetown, and there is any contest as to the dimensions of the ground claimed to be subjected to the lien declared by this act, it shall be the duty of the court to issue an order to the surveyor of said district, or some other surveyor, to examine the said building, or the place at which said building is being or has been erected or repaired, and to make a report to the court, in which he shall sufficiently designate and describe by metes and bounds, and by a draught if necessary, the limits and extent of ground; and if approved by the court such report shall be conclusive upon all parties concerned; and the land so designated in such report shall, together with said buildings, be subjected to and charged with said lien.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever any person having a lien by virtue of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Satisfaction to be entered, when; forfeiture.</p></sidenote> provisions of this act shall have received satisfaction for his claim and the cost of his proceedings therein, he shall, upon the request of any person interested, and upon the payment or tender of the costs of entering satisfaction, within two days after such payment or tender, enter satisfaction of his demand in the office of the clerk aforesaid; and upon failure to do so he shall forfeit fifty dollars to the party aggrieved, and
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all damages which he may have sustained by reason of such failure or neglect.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That in all proceedings under this act the defendant may file<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">How lien may be discharged.</p></sidenote> a written undertaking, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the court, to the effect that he and they will pay the judgment that may be recovered, and cents, which judgment shall be rendered against all persons so undertaking, and thereby release his property from the lien hereby created. No suck undertaking shall be approved by the court until the complainants shall have had at least two days’ notice of the defendant’s intention to apply to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of application for discharge of lien ; terms of.</p></sidenote>the court therefor, which notice shall give the names and residences of the persons to be offered as sureties, and the time when the motion for such approval will be made; and such sureties shall make oath, if required, that they are worth, over and above all debts and liabilities, double the amount of said lien. The complainants, or any of them, may appear in open court and make their objection to such approval, or file in the office of the clerk of the court their or his objections in writing to such approvaII. If such undertaking be approved before the filing of the aforesaid bill in equity to enforce said lien, the said sureties shall be made parties thereto; and if after the filing of said bill, said sureties, upon the approval of said undertaking, shall ipso facto become parties thereto; and in either case the decree of the court shall run against them as well as the principal on such undertaking.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person or persons who shall furnish, at the request<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liens, etc., on lot, wharf, etc.</p></sidenote> of the owner or bis agent, materials to do any work on or labor in filling up any lot, or iu erecting or constructing any wharf or other permanent fixtures thereon, or in dredging out the channel in front of any wharf, under contract, with the owner or his agent, shall be entitled to enforce a lien therefor upon the lots or wharves.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 13. </num>
<content class="inline">That any mechanic or artisan who shall make, alter, or repair<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liens upon personal property.</p></sidenote> any article of personal property, at the request of the owner, shall have a lien thereon for his just and reasonable charges for his work done and materials furnished, and he may retain the same in his possession until such charges shall be paid; and if not paid at the end of six months after the work is done, he may proceed to sell the property at public auction, by giving notice once a week for three consecutive weeks in some daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied first in the discharge of such lien and the expense of selling such property, and the remainder, if any, shall be paid over to the owner thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 14. </num>
<content class="inline">That so much and such parts of chapter twenty of the Revised Statutes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal provisions.</p></sidenote> relating to the District of Columbia, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 2, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 147: to extend the benefits of section four of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third eighteen hundred and sixty-five.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>147</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 66</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>147.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to extend the benefits of section four of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third eighteen hundred and sixty-five.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 497.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Three months’ extra pay to heirs, etc.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four of an act entitled <sup>;</sup>iAu act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty five, be so construed as to entitle to the three months’ pay proper provided for therein the heirs or legal representatives of all officers of volunteers specified therein who were killed or who died in the service between the third
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day of March and the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty five.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> and directed to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of said officers the sum or sums of money to which they may be found entitled under the provisions of this act; and a sum sufficient to pay the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 148: to authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to a point on the military lands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>148</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 67</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>148.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to a point on the military lands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company; Extension of railroad authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company is hereby authorized to extend its road from the present terminus thereof, on the waters of Mill Creek, county of Elizabeth City, Virginia, to a point on Hampton Roads, on the lands of the United States at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, upon such terms and conditions as to location and otherwise as the Secretary of War may approve: <i>Provided,</i> That the privilege herein<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p></sidenote> extended shall be construed as a limited easement only, having in view purposes beneficial to the military reservation at Fortress Monroe, and subject at all times to the order of the President of the United States: <i>And provided further,</i> That the said Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company shall construct and maintain thereon a suitable station, convenient and at all times accessible and open for the military transactions of said Fortress Monroe.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be in force from its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 149: to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Sibley, in the State of Missouri.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>149</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 67</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>149.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Sibley, in the State of Missouri.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge over Missouri River, at Sib-ley, Mo., for railway purposes, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That it shall be lawful for the Kansas City Topeka and Western Railroad Company, a corporation duly and legally incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas, its assigns or successors, to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Missouri River at or near Sibley, in the county of Jackson, in the State of Missouri. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure and post-route.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls, freight rates.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel
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of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">drawbridge.</p></sidenote>piers parallel with the current of the river: <i>Provided,</i> That if the same shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the draw or pivot pier shall be at or near that shore nearest the channel of the river where, in the. opinion of the Secretary of War, the passage through the draw at that point can be consistently maintained ; if not so constructed, then the draw-pier to be in the main channel, and the opening or passageway to be so protected that watercraft can be worked through it by lines when not safe to pass otherwise; and the spans shall not be less <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piers.</p></sidenote>than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge: <i>Provided also, </i>That said draw shall be opened promptly <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer-booms or other structures as may be necessary to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote>safely guide vessels, rafts, and other water crafts through the said draw-openings, and as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of War. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation not to be interrupted.</p></sidenote>navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alterations at expense of company.</p></sidenote>be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners or of the persons or corporation controlling such bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged lobe caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the State of Missouri in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located : <i>Provided further, </i>That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other railroads to have privileges of bridge.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use ; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge, or persons or corporation controlling the same, and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Sec- retai y of War, upon a bearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans and location to be submitted to the Secretary of War for bis approval.</p></sidenote> shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the. soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding
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of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be macle in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved: <i>Provided,</i> That nothing herein contained shall be construed to abridge any constitutional power which either Congress or the State of Missouri may have over the regulation of charges for freight or passengers over said bridge</content>
</section>
<note>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Received by the President, June 21, 1884.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">Note by the Department of State.</inline>—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approvaII.]</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 176: authorizing and directing the sale of the real estate and riparian rights now owned by the United States at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of West Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>176</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 69</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>176.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing and directing the sale of the real estate and riparian rights now owned by the United States at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of West Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of real estate and riparian rights of U. S. at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Solicitor of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to make sale of all the real estate and riparian rights now owned by the Government of the United States at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of West Virginia, such sale to be at public auction, without reservation, except as hereinafter provided, to the highest bidder, and after not less than four weeks,-public advertisement of the same, in such newspapers as the Solicitor, with the consent of the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>Treasury, may select for such publication : <i>Provided,</i> That the property shall not be sold for a less sum than twenty thousand dollars.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said real estate and riparian rights shall be sold either<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions and terms of sale.</p></sidenote> as an entirety or in such parcels and divisions as in the judgment of the said Solicitor shall be most promotive of the interests of the United States, and upon such terms as to cash payment and credits as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, but so that at least one third of the purchase-money shall be paid in cash, and the credit portion shall bear interest tthe rate of six per centum per annum.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That upon the compliance of any purchaser or purchasers of the whole of any parcel purchased<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conveyance of title.</p></sidenote> as aforesaid with the terms of sale, such purchaser or purchasers shall be let into possession of the premises so purchased; and upon full payment of the purchase-money and interest (if any be due), the Solicitor of the Treasury,for and in behalf of the United States, shall make, seal, and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers good and sufficient deed or deeds, conveying all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in said property or parcel thereof, as the case may be, in fee simple.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be in force from its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 177: to Grant to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>177</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 69</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>177.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to Grant to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for railway, telegraph, and telephone lines to Col-</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, invested
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and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">orado and Santa Fe Railway Co. through Indian Territory, etc.</p></sidenote>operating, using and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be selected by said railway company on Red River, north of the northern boundary of Cook County, in the State of Texas, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory to a point on the southern boundary of the State of Kansas, the line to be located in sections of twenty five miles each and before work is begun on any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route to be approved by Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote>section the line thereof is to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds hereby granted.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That a right of way one hundred feet in width through said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grant of lands for stations.</p></sidenote> Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Gulf, Colorado and Saute Fe Railway Company,.and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a lengtir of three thousand feet in addition to the right of way, is granted for such stations as may be established, but such grant shall be allowed but once for every ten miles of the road, no portion of which shall be sold or leased by the Company with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the road bed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>each side of said right of way or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or filII. <i>Provided,</i> That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station. <i>Provided further,</i> That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall lie necessary fot the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph and telephone line and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That before said railway shall be constructed through any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coinpensation for property, etc.</p></sidenote> lands held by individual occupants, according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian nations or tribes through which it may be constructed, full compensation shall be made, to such occupants for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railway. In case of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement of three disinterested referees <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees in case of disagreement.</p></sidenote>to be appointed by the President who before entering upon the duties <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath.</p></sidenote>of their appointment shall take and subscribe before competent authority an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment which oath duly certified shall be returned with their award. In case the referees cannot agree, then any two of them are authorized to make the award. Either party being dissatisfied with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of appeal to the courts.</p></sidenote> finding of the referees shall have the right within ninety days after the making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the courts, where the case shall be tried de novo. When proceedings have been commenced in court, the railway company shall pay double the amount of the award into court to abide the judgment thereof, and then have the right to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of referees.</p></sidenote>enter upon the property sought to be condemned and proceed with the construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of witnesses.</p></sidenote> of the railroad. Each of said referees shall receive for his services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs, &amp;c.</p></sidenote> the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are engaged in the trial of any case submitted to them under this act, with mileage at five cents per mile. Witnesses shall receive the usual fees allowed by the courts of said nations. Costs including compensation of the referees, shall be made a part of the award and be paid by such railroad company.</content>
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<num value="4">Sec 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight rates.</p></sidenote> said Territory a greater rate of freight than the rate authorized by the laws of the State of Texas for services or transportation of the same <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passenger rates.</p></sidenote>kind, <i>provided</i> that passenger rates on said railway shall not exceed
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three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the, right to regulate the charges for freight and passengers on said railway and messages on said telegraph and telephone lines until a State Government or Governments shall exist in said territory, within the limits of which said railway or a .part, thereof shall be located ; and then such State Government or Governments shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freights within their respective limits, by said railway, but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway or said company, whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State. <i>Provided however</i> that the rates of such transportation of passengers local or interstate shall not exceed those above expressed <i>and provided further,</i> That said Railway company shall carry the mail at such prices<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rates for carrying U. 8. mails.</p></sidenote> as congress may by law provide and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster General may fix the rate of compensation.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment s per mile of railroad constructed.</p></sidenote> Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located, the sum of fifty dollars in addition to compensation provided for by this act for property taken or damage done by the construction of the railway for each mile of railway’ that it may construct in said Territory, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded. Said company’ shall also pay, as long as said Territory is owned and occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territory. The money paid to the. Secretary of the Interior under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to distribute proceeds, etc.</p></sidenote> provisions of this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway’ that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: <i>Provided,</i> That Congress shall have the right, so long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional taxes.</p></sidenote>just and proper for their benefit; <i>Provided further,</i> That if the general council of either of the nations or tribes through whose lands<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> said railway may be located shall within four months after the filing of maps of definite location as set forth in section six of this act, dissent from the allowances provided for in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, then all compensation to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to occupants of lands; how paid; <i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote> to be paid to the individual occupant of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions,and requirements,as herein provided: <i>Provided further,</i> That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by said railway company for said dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be entitled to receive under the provisions of this section. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit congress from imposing taxes upon said railway, nor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congress may impose taxes.</p></sidenote> any Territory or State hereafter formed, through which said railway shall have been established from exercising the like power as to such part of said railway as may lie within its limits. Said railway company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to immediate survey and location of road.</p></sidenote> shall have the right to survey and locate its railway’ immediately after the passage of this act.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That said company shall cause maps showing the general <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Map of route to be tiled, etc.</p></sidenote>route of its located line through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located; and after the tiling of said maps no claim for a subseqent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: <i>Provided,</i> That when <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is
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filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grading ; when to commence.</p></sidenote> located line within six months thereafter or such location shall be void as to any occupant thereof.</content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">The officers, servants and employees of said company, necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of employees to reside on lands, etc.</p></sidenote>to the construction, operation and management of said road and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside, while so en gaged upon said right of way, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intecourse laws and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with said intercourse laws.</content>
</section>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">What courts to have concurrent jurisdiction, etc.</p></sidenote>district of Texas, the western district of Arkansas, the district of Kansas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, con current jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship of the parties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.</content>
</section>
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<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railway company shall build at least one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands forfeited, etc., for failure to build road.</p></sidenote> miles of its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built, that said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges and road and highway crossings.</p></sidenote>necessary bridges, over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railways right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions of acceptance of grant ; <i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote> shall accept this right of way upon express condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations any further grant of land, or its oc- cupaney, than is hereinbefore provided: <i>Provided:</i> That any violation of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">Section 11. </num>
<content class="inline">All mortgages executed by said Railway Company conveying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mortgages, etc., to be recorded in Department of Interior.</p></sidenote> any portion of its railroad, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num>
<content class="inline">Congress may, at any time amend, add to alter or repeal this act.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 178: to amend an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington and for other purposes."</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>178</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 72</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>178.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington and for other purposes."</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act to increase the water supply of city of Washington amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 168.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section three of an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “<quotedText>An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes</quotedText>” be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: Add to said section the following words: “<quotedText><i>And provided further,</i> That
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the Secretary of War and the Attorney General of the United States shall proceed to acquire to and for the United States the outstanding title, if necessary to such land and water rights as may be required for the erection of said fish-ways, in the manner and by the procedure prescribed in section one of this act for obtaining title to the right of way for the extension of the aqueduct ; and so much of the sum of fifty thousand dollars hereinabove appropriated as may be necessary for this purpose shall be available for the same</quotedText>”.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 179: to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railway Company and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>179</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 73</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>179.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railway Company and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for railway, telegraph, and telephone lines to Southern Kansas Railway Co. through Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Southern Kansas Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the northern line of said Territory where an extension of the Southern Kansas Railway from Winfield in a southerly direction would strike said line, running thence south in the direction of Dennison, in the State of Texas, on the most practicable route, to a point at or near where the Washita River empties into the Red River, with a branch constructed from a point, at or near where said main line crosses the northern line of said Territory, westwardly along or near the northern line of said Territory, to a point at or near where Medicine Lodge Creek crosses the northern line of said Territory, and from that point in a southwesterly direction, crossing Beaver Creek at or near Camp Supply, and reaching the west line of said Indian Territory at or near where Wolf Creek crosses the same, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts and sidings as said company may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds hereby granted.
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That a right of way one hundred feet in width through said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land grant for stations, etc.</p></sidenote> Indian Territory is hereby granted for said main line anti branch to the Southern Kansas Railway Company, and a strip of laud two hundred feet in width with a length of three thousand feet in addition to right of way is granted for stations for evry ten miles of road, no portion of which shall be sold or leased by the company with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: <i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>That no more than said addition of laud shall be taken for any one station: <i>Provided further,</i> that no part of the lauds herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes ouly as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said Railroad, telegraph and telephone lines, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used, such portion shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reversion of land, when.</p></sidenote>revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">Thai before said railway shall be constructed through any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to individual occupants.</p></sidenote>lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and us iges oi any of the Indian naions or tubes through which it may be construct’d, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railway. In ease of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees in eases of disagreement.</p></sidenote> of ihr. e disinterested referees, to be appointed by the President, who,
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before entering upon the duties of their appointment shall take and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath.</p></sidenote>subscribe, before competent authority, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award, In case the referees cannot agree, then any two of them are authorized to make the award, Either party being dissatisfied with the finding of the referees shall have the right, within nine y days <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of appeal to the courts.</p></sidenote>after the making of the award end notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the courts, where the case shall be tried de novo, When proceedings have been commenced in court, the railway company shall pay double the amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award, etc.</p></sidenote>of the awa d into court to abide the judgment thereof, and then have the right to enter upon the property sought to be com emued, and pro eed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of referees.</p></sidenote>with the cons!ruction if the railroad, Each of said referees shall receive for the r services the sum of four dollars per day for each day <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of witnesses.</p></sidenote>they are engaged in the trial of any case submitted to them under this act, with mileage at five cents per mile, Witnesses shall receive the usual tees allowed by the courts of said nations, costs, including compensation pf the referees shall be made a part of the award, and be paid by such railroad company,</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railroad company shall not charge the inhabitants<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight rates; <i>proviso.</i></p></sidenote> of said Territory a greater rate of freight than the rate authorized by the laws of the State of Kansas for services or transportation of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passenger rates.</p></sidenote>the same kind; <i>Provided:</i> that passenger rates on said railway shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of Congress to regulate charges for transportation, etc., reserved; <i>provisos.</i></p></sidenote>not exceed three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate the charges for freight and passengers on said railway and messages on said telegraph and telephone lines, until a State government or governments shall exist in said Territory, within the limits of which said railway or a part thereof shall be located; and then such State government or governments shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freights within their respective limits by said railway; but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway or said company whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State: <i>Provided however,</i> That the rate of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed the rate above expressed, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carrying of mails.</p></sidenote><i>And Provided further,</i> That said railway company shall carry the mail at such prices as Congress may by law provide: and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster-General may fix the rate of compensation,</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages.</p></sidenote> for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said main line and branch may be located the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for iu this act for property taken and damages done by the construction of the railway for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded, Said company shall also pay, so long as said Territory is owned and occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territory. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment of moneys, etc.</p></sidenote>with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: <i>Provided,</i> That Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>shall have the right, so long as said lands are o copied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for their benefit: <i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional taxes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>That if the general counsel of either of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located shall within four months after the filing of maps of definite location, as set forth in section six of this act, dissent from the allowances provided for in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, then all compensation to
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be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation for lands, how paid.</p></sidenote> act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of lands with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as therein provided: <i>Provided further.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by said railway company for said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award in lieu of compensation.</p></sidenote> dissenting nation or tribe shall be iu lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be entitled to receive under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congress may impose taxes, etc.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this section, Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit Congress from imposing taxes upon said railway, nor any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established from exercising the like power as to such part of said railway as may lie within <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to immediate survey and location.</p></sidenote>its limits, Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act,</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its located lines<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps of route, etc., to he filed.</p></sidenote> through said Territory to be tiled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lauds said railway may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsequent claims not valid.</p></sidenote> settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: <i>Provided,</i> That when <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grading, when to commence.</p></sidenote> located line within six mouths thereafter or such location shall be void and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote> sections of twenty five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun,</content>
</section>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">The officers, servants and employees of said company necessary to the construction and management <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of officers, etc., to reside on lands granted.</p></sidenote>of said road shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged upon such right of way, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws.</content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, the western<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">What courts to have concurrent jurisdiction.</p></sidenote> district of Arkansas, and the district of Kansas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Southern Kansas Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railway shall be constructed, Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil jurisdiction of courts extended, etc.</p></sidenote>within the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship of the parties, so tar as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act,</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That said railway company shall build at least one hundred miles of its railway in said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands forfeited for failure to build road.</p></sidenote> Territory within three years after the passage of this act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built, that said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings, and necessary bridges, over said railway whereever said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges, and road and highway crossings.</p></sidenote> roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said Southern Kansas Railway Company shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions of acceptance of grant.</p></sidenote>accept this right of way upon the expressed condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking towards the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations any further grant of land or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: <i>Provided,</i> That any violation of the con-
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dition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline">All mortgages executed by said railway company conveying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mortgages, etc., to be recorded in Interior Department.</p></sidenote> any portion of its railroad, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their excution, and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num>
<content class="inline">Congress may, at any time, amend, add to, alter or repeal this act.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 180: making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>180</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>180.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian appropriation for year ending June 30, 1885.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose, of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of sixty agents of Indian affairs at the following-named<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian agents at agencies.</p></sidenote> agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Warm Springs agetcy, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Klamath agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Grand Ronde agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Siletz agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Umatilla agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Neah Bay agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Quinaielt agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Yakama agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Colville agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Nisqually and S’Kokomish agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Tulalip agency, at one thousand dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Round Valley agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Tule River agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Mission agency, at one thousand three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Nevada agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Western Shoshone agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Nez Recces agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Lemhi agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Hall agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Flathead agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Blackfeet agency, at one •thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Crow agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Peck agency, at two thousand dollars :</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Belknap agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Yankton agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Standing Rock agency, at one thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Cheyenne River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Berthold agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sisseton agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Devil’s Lake agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pine Ridge agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Rosebud agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Shoshone agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Uintah agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Ouray, formerly the Los Pinos agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pueblo agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Navajo agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Mescalero agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Southern Ute agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Omaha and Winnebago agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Santee agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sac and Fox agency, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Quapaw agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; and not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by* this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Osage agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita agency, at two thousand dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Union agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the White Earth agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sac and Fox agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At.the Green Bay agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the La Pointe agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Mackinac agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the New York agency, at one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Colorado River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pima agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the San Carlos agency, at two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Eastern Cherokee Indians, eight hundred dollars; in all, ninety thousand dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of agents limited to amounts lie re in appropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters.</p></sidenote> for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of five Indian inspectors, at three thousand dollars ]&amp;gt;er an-num each, fifteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian inspectors.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors including incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of one Indian school superintendent, three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian school superintendent.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Necessary traveling and incidental expenses of one Indian school superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings at agencies, and repairs of the same, thirty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings at agencies, and repairs to.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of Indian agents, and of their offices, and traveling and incidental expenses of special agents, and for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars: <i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>That special agents shall be allowed three dollars per diem<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, allowances to.</p></sidenote> for traveling and incidental expenses while traveling or actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Commission, appropriation for expenses of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 40.</p></sidenote> appointed by the President, under the provision of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, three thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>FULFILLING TREATIES WITH INDIAN TRIBES.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>apaches, kio was, and comanches.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 584, 590.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For seventeenth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaty, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, five thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-nine thousand seven hundred dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>cheyennes and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheyennes and Arapahoes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 596.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For seventeenth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of clothing, as per same article, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of same treaty, two thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>chickasaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickasaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 774.</p></sidenote></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>boise forte band of chippewas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boise Forte band of Chippewas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments, for the support of one blacksmith<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 776.</p></sidenote> and assistant, and for tools, iron and steel, and other articles necessary for the blacksmith shop, as per third article of treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments, for the support of one schoolteacher, amt for the necessary books and stationery, as per same article of same treaty, eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments, for the instruction of Indians in farming, and purchase of seeds, tools, and similar necessaries, as per same article of same treaty, eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments of annuity, in money, to be paid per capital, as per same article of same treaty, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments of annuity, in provisions, ammunition, and tobacco, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments of annuity, in goods and other articles, as per same article of same treaty, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>chippewas of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty-eighth of forty-six installments to be paid to the Chippewas<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 904.</p></sidenote> of the Mississippi, per third article of treaty of August second, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 720.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For last of ten installments of annuity, in money, last series, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1167.</p></sidenote>
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third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 694.</p></sidenote> and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 720.</p></sidenote> the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1168.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 694.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirtieth of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirtieth of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirtieth of forty installments, for purposes of utility, per same articles of same treaties, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For last of ten installments, last series, for purposes of education, per same articles of same treaties two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty- six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>choctaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 99.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 614.</p></sidenote> hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 213.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 614.</p></sidenote>of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 212.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 236.</p></sidenote> of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty of January<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 614,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 236.</p></sidenote> twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 614.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 236.</p></sidenote> in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- five, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 614.</p></sidenote>and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; iu all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>columbias and colvilles.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbias and Colvilles.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement of July 7, 1883, accepted, ratified, and confirmed.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of carrying into effect the agreement entered into at the city of Washington on the seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Chief Moses and other Indians of the Columbia and Colville reservations, in Washington Territory, which agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, including all ex-
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penses incident thereto, eighty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> as maybe required therefor, to be immediately available: <i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>That Sarsopkin and the Indians now residing on said Columbia reservation shall elect within one year from the passage of this act whether they will remain upon said reservation on the terms therein stipulated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>or remove to the Colville reservation: <i>And provide d further,</i> That in case said Indians so elect to remain on said Columbia reservation the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the quantity of land therein stipulated to be allowed them to be selected in as compact form as possible, the same, when so selected to be held for the exclusive use and occupation of said Indians, and the remainder of said reservation to be thereupon restored to the public domain, and shall be disposed of to actual settlers under the homestead laws only, except such portion thereof as may properly be subject to sale under the laws relating to the entry of timber lands and of mineral lands, the entry of which shall be governed by the laws now in force concerning the entry of such lauds.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>creeks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creeks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of August<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent an unity.</p></sidenote> seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 36.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 700.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 69.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 700.</p></sidenote> August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of January<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 287.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 700.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 287.</p></sidenote> twenty fourth, eighteen bundled and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 700</p></sidenote>and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty fourth, eight een hundred and and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 701.</p></sidenote> purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on six hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 786.</p></sidenote> and sixty-eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, thirty three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollarsandfortycents; in all, sixty nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eightdollars and forty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>crows.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crows.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For third of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 42.</p></sidenote> the Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteenth of thirty installments, to supply male persons, six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 651.</p></sidenote> in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial woolen clothing, consisting of a coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteenth of thirty installments, to supply each female, seven hundred in number, over twelve yearsofage, with a flannel skirt, or the goods
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necessary to make the same, a pair of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestic, as per same article, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteenth of thirty installments, to supply three hundred and fifty boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each, per same article, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 652.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteenth of twenty installments, for pay of teacher and furnishing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 651.</p></sidenote> necessary books and stationery, under seventh article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 652.</p></sidenote> tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, sixty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eighteeu thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>iowas<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1071.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, in lieu of investment, on two Hundred thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 842.</p></sidenote> at five per centum per annum, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kickapoos.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kickapoos.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1079.</p></sidenote> dollar s and eighty-eight cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four thousand four hundred and ninety- three dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Kickapoo Indians in the Indian Territory, lately removed from Mexico, including the purchase of stock, five thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand four hundred and ninety- three dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">This amount, to enable the President of the United States to carry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 623.</p></sidenote> out the provisions of the third article of the treaty made with the Kiekapoo Indians dated June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to be paid as provided in said treaty, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to eleven Kiekapoo Indians who have become citizens of the United States, such sum as may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1078.</p></sidenote>be their proportion of the one hundred thousand dollars provided for said tribe for education and other beneficial purposes per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, not exceeding three thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-one cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to pay also to the said eleven Kicka- poos their proportion of the tribal funds held in trust by the United States, and on deposit in the United States Treasury.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>klamaths and modocs.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamaths and Modocs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eighteenth of twenty installments, for keeping in repair one sawmill,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 708.</p></sidenote> one flouriug-mill, buildings lor the blacksmith, carpenter, wagon and plow maker, the manual-labor school, and hospital, as per fourth article of treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments, for the purchase of tools and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 709.</p></sidenote> material for saw and flour mills, carpenter, blacksmith, wagon and plow maker shops, and books and stationery for the manual labor school, per same article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nineteenth of twenty installments, to pay salary and subsistence of one physician, one miller, and two school teachers, as per fifth article of same treaty, three thousand six hundred dollars; in all, six thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miamies of kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">of Kan</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent provision for blacksmith and assistant, and iron and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">91.</p></sidenote> steel for shop, per fifth article of treaty of October sixth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fourth article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat ., 1095.</p></sidenote>hundred and fifty-four, four hundred and eleven dollars and forty-three cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent provision for miller, in lieu of gunsmith, per same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 191.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 464.</p></sidenote> articles and treaties, and per fifth article of treaty of October twenty- third, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and sixty-two dollars andsixty-two cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on twenty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1094.</p></sidenote> dollars and eighty one cents, at five per centum, for educational purposes, per third article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand and ninety-four dollars and twenty-four cents; in all, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and twenty- nine cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miamies of eel river.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miamies of Eel River.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per fourth article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 51.</p></sidenote> treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per articles of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 91.</p></sidenote> August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third and separate articles of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 114.</p></sidenote> treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>molels.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Molels.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 981.</p></sidenote> materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>nez perces.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nez Percee.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding-schools,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 650.</p></sidenote> two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers per fifth article treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, three thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>northern cheyennes and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 657.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixth of ten installments, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, tor each Indian engaged in agriculture, in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the
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Indians may indicate to be proper, as per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteenth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 657.</p></sidenote> sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, twelve thousand dollars: Provided, That the amounts in this and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 658.</p></sidenote> farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty, nine thousand dollars; in all, forty-six thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>omahas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omahas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For second of twelfth installments, being last series, in money or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1044.</p></sidenote> otherwise, per fourth article treaty of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>osages.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osages.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, at five per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 242.</p></sidenote> centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for educational purposes ]&amp;gt;er Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty- six dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>otoes and missourias.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Otoes and Missourias.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For second of twelve installments, being the last series, in money or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1039.</p></sidenote> otherwise, per fourth article treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawnees.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 729.</p></sidenote> goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 730.</p></sidenote> treaty, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, one miller and apprentice, and two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of grist and saw mills, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of iron and steel, and other necessaries for the shops,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 730.</p></sidenote> as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, four hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PONCAS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Poncas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eleventh of fifteen installments, last series, to be paid to them or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 997.</p></sidenote> expended for their benefit, per second article of treaty of March twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used at the discretion of the President, to carry on the work of aiding and instructing the Poncas in the arts of civilization, with a view to their self-support, for clothing, and for pay of employees, six thousand dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for subsistence of the Poncas, twenty thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>in all, thirty-four thousand dollars : <i>Provided.</i> That the foregoing sums shall be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in Dakota Territory.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pottawatomies.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottawatomies.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August third,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 51.</p></sidenote> seventeen hundred and ninety-live, three hundred and fifty- seven dollars and eighty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September thirtieth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 114.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October second,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 185.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety- four dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of September twentieth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat, 317.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 320.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 317.</p></sidenote>twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent provision for payment of money, in lieu of tobacco, iron and steel,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat, 317.</p></sidenote> per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 855.</p></sidenote>twenty-eight and tenth articles of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 296.</p></sidenote> and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat, 318.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 320.</p></sidenote> July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty- nine, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 329.</p></sidenote>and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 854.</p></sidenote> dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pottawatomies of huron.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottawatomies of Huron.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat, 106.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in money or otherwise, per second article of treaty of November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seven, four hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>quapaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quapaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 425.</p></sidenote> of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, eight hundred dollars; in all, one thousand and eight hundred dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sacs and foxes of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 85.</p></sidenote> treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 540.</p></sidenote>centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 596.</p></sidenote> per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That hereafter the Sacs and Foxes of Iowa shall have apportioned to them, from appropriations for fulfilling the stipulations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of Iowa.</p></sidenote> of said treaties, their per capita proportion of the amount appropriated in this act, subject to provisions of treaties with said tribes; but this shall apply only to the Sacs and Foxes now in Iowa: <i>And provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> That this shall apply only to original Sacs and Foxes now in Iowa to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sacs and foxes of the missouri.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 543.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 1172.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>seminoles.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seminoles.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 702.</p></sidenote> dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren west), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 756.</p></sidenote> per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of the Seminole government, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senecas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senecas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 161.</p></sidenote> twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 179.</p></sidenote> September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 349.</p></sidenote> of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their
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chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 515.</p></sidenote>the seventh article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 179.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 514.</p></sidenote> seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 352.</p></sidenote> article of treaty of July twent ieth, eighteen hundred and thirty- one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 514.</p></sidenote>sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senecas of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senecas of Now York.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of February<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">4 Stat., 442.</p></sidenote> nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 35.</p></sidenote> five per centum, per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 35.</p></sidenote> thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>shawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shawnees.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth article of treaty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 51.</p></sidenote>of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third article of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1056.</p></sidenote>treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 161.</p></sidenote> fourth article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1056.</p></sidenote>and fifty-four, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educational<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat, 1056.</p></sidenote> purposes, per third article of last named treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>eastern shawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Shawnees.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 179.</p></sidenote> seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 514.</p></sidenote> treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 352.</p></sidenote> article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty- one,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 514.</p></sidenote> and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, five hundred and thirty dollars ; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>shoshones and bannocks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones and Bannocks.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Shoshones: For fifteenth of thirty installments, to purchase suits of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat, 676.</p></sidenote> clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, teu thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 676.</p></sidenote> blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 675.</p></sidenote> as may be required, per eighth article of the same treaty, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bannocks: For fifteenth of thirty’ installments, to purchase suits of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat.., 676.</p></sidenote> clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of the same treaty, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 676.</p></sidenote> and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>six nations of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Six Nations of New York.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per sixth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 46.</p></sidenote> article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteenth of thirty installments, to purchase clothing for males<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 638.</p></sidenote> over fourteen years of age, for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteenth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 610.</p></sidenote> be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior for persons roaming, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteenth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for oue thousand four hundred and twenty persons engaged in agriculture, twenty-eight thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician, five teachers, one carpenter, one miller, one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, eleven thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional employees, etc., Industrial school.</p></sidenote> in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and Crow Creek agencies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">19 Stat., 254.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence of the Sioux and for purposes of their civilization, as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condition of payment.</p></sidenote> per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty- eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of Indians, etc.</p></sidenote> and twenty-five thousand dollars, and an additional sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be expended only on the condition that the remainder of Sitting Bull’s band shall return to the United States and unite with said tribes; the above sums shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medewakanton band of Sioux, in Minn.</p></sidenote> Indians shall be employed wherever practicable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of stock for the Medewakanton band of Sioux<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Matron at San- tee agency.</p></sidenote> Indians, in the State of Minnesota, and other articles necessary for their civilization and education, and to enable them to become self-supporting, teu thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of matron at Santee agency, five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 638.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, one million six hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sioux, yankton tribe.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux, Yankton tribe.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixth of ten installments, third series, to be paid to them or expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 744.</p></sidenote> for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of and purchase of stock for two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">19 Stat., 287.</p></sidenote> thousand Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under “<quotedText> Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,</quotedText>” forty thousand dollars ; in all, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>utahs, tabequache band.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utahs, Tubequache band.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 675.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty-three, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>confederated bands of utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confederated bands of Utes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and one blacksmith,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 622.</p></sidenote> as per fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for blacksmith<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 621.</p></sidenote> shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteenth of thirty installments, to be expended under the direction of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 622.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual amount, for the purchase of beef, mutton, beans, and potatoes, or other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">15 Stat., 622.</p></sidenote> necessary articles of food as per twelfth article of same treaty, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees at Ute agencies.</p></sidenote> in all, sixty-three thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>winnebagoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winnebagoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">7 Stat., 545.</p></sidenote> nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty- seven,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 628.</p></sidenote> and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on seventy eight thousand three hundred and forty dollar’s and forty-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">16 Stat., 355.</p></sidenote> cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of bouses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty- lour thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fourth of ten installments to be distributed, at the discretion of the President, to such Ute Indians as distinguish themselves by good seuse, energy, and perseverance in the pursuits of civilized life and in the promotion of a good understanding between the Indians and the Government and people of the United States, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to enable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of portion of Puyallup reservation, Washington Territory, into lots, etc.</p></sidenote>the President to cause to be surveyed such portion of the Puyal- lup reservation in Washington Territory into lots as he may deem advisable and direct, and the same assign to such individual Indians or
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families of such reservation as are willing to avail themselves of the privilege and will locate on the same as permanent homes in accordance with the terms of article six of the treaty made on December twenty- sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and ratified by the Senate March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches,and Wichitas.</p></sidenote> Kiowas, Comanches, and Wicliitas who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans.</p></sidenote> Mandans: For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may, from time to time, determine, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, foity thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Assinaboines in Montana,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assinaboines.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support, education, and civilization of the Blackfeet, Bloods, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blackfoot,Bloods, and Piegans.</p></sidenote> Piegans, including pay of employees, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior: For support and civilization<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C h i p p e was of Lake Superior.</p></sidenote> of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of clerk and necessary employees, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C h i n p e was of Red Lake, etc.</p></sidenote> tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of Chippewas on White Earth reservation : For this amount,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas on White Earth reservation.</p></sidenote> or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care and support of the Otter Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota, to assist them in their agricultural operations, and for pay of physician (not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars), six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Turtle Mountain<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas.</p></sidenote> band of Chippewas in permanent homes on homesteads, and to purchase stock, implements, and other necessaries, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the lands acquired from the White Oak Point and Mille Lac<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain lands on White Earth reservation reserved, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 693.</p></sidenote> bands of Chippewa Indians ou the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota, by the the treaty proclaimed March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five shall not be patented or disposed of in any manner until further legislation by Congress.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confedorated tribes, etc., in Middle Oregon.</p></sidenote> in Middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D’Wamish and other tribes, Washing Territory.</p></sidenote> tribes in Washington Territory, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flatheads.</p></sidenote> tribes, including pay of employees, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Flathead, Koo-tenay,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Flathead, Kootenay, and Lower Pend d’Oreilles Indiana etc.</p></sidenote> and Lower Pend d’Oreilles Indians in Montana Territory for the right of way to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company over and through their reservation, sixteen thousand dollars, to be paid in accordance with an agreement made between said tribes and the United States on September second, eighteen hundred and eighty two, and being the sum paid to the United States by the Northern Pacific Railroad company in part payment for said right of way which agreement is hereby
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ratified: <i>Provided,</i> That nothing herein shall be construed as in any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>wise affecting the relation between the Government and said Railroad Company growing out of the grant of land made to said company beyond the right of way provided for in said agreement.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Carlos’s band of Flathead Indians, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlos’s baud of Flatheads.</p></sidenote> be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for those of said Indians who remain in Bitter Root Valley, as well as for those who remove to the Jocko reservation, twenty-one thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Gros Ventres in Montana, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gros Ventres in Montana.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, twenty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apaches, etc., in Arizona and New Mexico.</p></sidenote> other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico or Arizona, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For education and civilization of the Indians within the limits of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians, Central Superin tendency.</p></sidenote> late Central Superintendency, including clothing, food, and lodging for the children attending school, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of Indians at Fort Peck agency : For this amount, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians at Fort Peek agency.</p></sidenote> in such goods, provisions, and other useful articles as the President may, from time to time, determine, in instructing iu agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians at Fort Hall reservation, in Idaho, and pay of employees.</p></sidenote> and Bannocks, and other Indians of the Fort Hall reservation, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians at Lemhi agency, in Idaho.</p></sidenote> and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi agency, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and Mo- docs,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamath agency.</p></sidenote> and other Indians of the Klamath agency, iu Oregou, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, including agricultural assistance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas Indians.</p></sidenote> and pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Makahs, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Makahs.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Menomonee Indians,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menomonees.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modocs in Indian Territory.</p></sidenote> residing within the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For instruction, support, and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navajos.</p></sidenote> the construction of ditches, reservoirs, and wells, the purchase of stock, pay of employees, and purchase of medicines, forty thousand dollars, to be paid from the funds now in the Treasury belonging to said Indians, and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars of this amount may be paid for a clerk.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph’s band of Nez Perces.</p></sidenote> iu the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars; and of this amount a sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars may be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to James Reuben.</p></sidenote>James Reuben, for expenses incurred by him iu taking Unity-three Nez Perce Indians from the Indian Territory to Idaho; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Nez Perces.</p></sidenote>the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend the balance of this appropriation for the removal of the Nez Perce Indians now in the Indian Territory to some other location, if be deems it proper so to do, and for their support at such new location.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Qui-uaielts and Quil-leh-utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qui-uai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, four thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians, in Wyoming, twelve thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshone Indians in Wyoming.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including P<sup>a</sup>Y of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones in Nevada.</p></sidenote> employees, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Sioux of Lake Traverse, including pay of employees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of Lake Traverse.</p></sidenote> eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Sioux of Devil’s Lake, including employees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of Devil’s Lake.</p></sidenote> eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, including pay of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S’Klallam Indians.</p></sidenote> employees, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support, civilization, and instruction of the Tonkawa Indians, and for their removal to a reservation in the Indian Territory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonkawas.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Walla-Walla, Cayuse,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walla-Walla, Caynse, and Umatilla tribes.</p></sidenote> and Umatilla tribes, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization of the Yakamasaud other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yakamas, etc.</p></sidenote> Indians at said agency, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian day and industrial schools.</p></sidenote> purposes not hereinafter provided for, and in pursuance of treaty obligations, five hundred and ten thousand dollars; for construction and repair of school buildings forty thousand dollars; and for purchase of cattle and sheep for schools, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all,five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost of school buildings.</p></sidenote> entire cost of any boarding-school building to be built from the moneys appropriated hereby, including furniture, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and the entire cost of any day school building to be so built shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of Indian children of both sexes at industrial<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas City.</p></sidenote> schools in Alaska, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of the industrial school near Arkansas City, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance of one hundred and seventy-five dollars for the support and education of each scholar; for building for employees at said school, five thousand dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand live hundred dollars; in all thirty-three thousand dollars; and the limitation imposed upon the appropriation for this school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four iu the act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 449.</p></sidenote> approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, is hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlisle, Pa.</p></sidenote> for transportation of children to and from said school, seventy-five thousand dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five dollars, exclusive of transportation,for the support and education, of each scholar actually maintained in and supported and educated at said school, but actual cost of transportation and other expenses of such children as are sent out of said school among farmers for support and education may be disbursed from said funds; for annual allowance to Captain R. H. Pratt,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment toR.H.</p></sidenote> in charge of said Indian industrial school, one thousand dollars; in all,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pratt.</p></sidenote> seventy-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indian industrial school at Forest Grove, Oregon,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest Grove, Oregon.</p></sidenote> thirty five thousand dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis’ of an allowance of not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five dollars exclusive of transportation for the support and education of each scholar; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars ; erection of buildings, to be located on laud to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, if a suitable location and a quantity of land at Forest Grove or elsewhere, in the State of Oregon, sufficient for a
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farm for the use of the school shall be donated for the purpose, twenty thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of industrial school for Indians at Genoa, Nebraska,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Genoa, Nebr.</p></sidenote> twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance of not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five dollars for the support anti education of each scholar; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand dollars; and the limitation imposed upon the appropriation for this school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four in the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, is hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian children<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p></sidenote> at the school at Hampton,Virginia, nineteen thousand dollars; transportation of children to and from said school, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of Indian children, at one hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote> seventy-five dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, fifty-six thousand eight hundred dollars; pay of superintend- entof school, two thousand dollars; teams, wagons, and farm-implements for manual-labor school, two thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care, support, and education of two hundred Indian children at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each child, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care, support, and education of Indian children at industrial,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other schools not enumerated.</p></sidenote> agricultural, mechanical, or other schools, other than those herein Provided for, in any of the States or Territories of the United States, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each child, ninety thousand dollars; and of said sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars may be used for the transportation of Indian children to and from schools, and also for the transportation of children from all the Indian schools, and placing them with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such children moral, industrial, and educational training for a term of not less than three years, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the erection of a boardinghouse, the purchase of tools and agricultural<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Establishment of school for Eastern band of Cherokees, N.C.</p></sidenote> implements and other necessary articles to establish an industrial training school among the Eastern band of Cherokees in North Carolina, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation for re pair, etc., of school buildings.</p></sidenote> expend so much of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars appropriated for the purpose of further instructing and civilizing Indian children dwelliug west of the Mississippi River, and so forth, in an act entitled “<quotedText>An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (Statutes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 86.</p></sidenote>twenty-two, page eighty-six), as he may deem necessary for the purpose of erecting and repairing such school buildings as are now in course of construction or for which contracts have been made, and tor such other educational purposes as he may consider proper.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of practical farmers, etc.</p></sidenote> in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, twenty- five thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian service in Arizona.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Arizona, support and civilization of Indians at the Colorado River, Pima, and Maricopa and Moquis Pueblo agencies, fifteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty-live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians of the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Tule River, and Mission agencies, twenty thousand dollars ; and pay of employees at same agencies, nine thousand dollars; in all, twenty nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Dakota : For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at eight agencies for the Sioux, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars; employees at Lemhi agency, one thousand eight hundred dollars; and additional employees at Fort Hall, Idaho, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidental <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote>expenses of the Indian service, including pay of employees and traveling expenses of agents, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the I’i-Ute, Walker River, Western Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and for the gathering, care, and removal of the Winnemucca or Leggins’s band of Pi-Utes and other unsettled Pi-Utes to a suitable place on some existing reservation, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, seventeen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For general incidental <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote>expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo agency, and pay of employees at said agency, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Oregon, support and civilization of Indians at Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, ten thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, and pay of employees at. said agencies, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington Territory: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Territory.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and pay of employees, and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Nisquaily agencies, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents and pay of employees, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian police.</p></sidenote> privates, at five dollars per month each, and not exceeding one hundred officers, at eight dollars per mouth each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations, and for the purchase of equipments and rations for policemen of non-ration agencies, seventy-two thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That the agent of the Navajo Indians may employ ten Indian policemen, at a rate of compensation not exceeding fifteen dollars per month each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaccine.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Telegraphing and making purchases of Indian supplies: To pay the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian supplies, purchase of.</p></sidenote> expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouses and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That where Indians are in possession or control of cattle or their increase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of cattle, conditions of; penalty for violation of terms of sale.</p></sidenote> which have been purchased by the Government such cattle shall not be sold to any person not a member of the tribe to which the owners of the cattle belong or to any citizen of the United States whether intermarried with the Indians or not except with the consent in writing of the agent of the tribe to which the owner or possessor of the cattle belongs. And all sales made in violation of this provision shall be void and the offending purchaser on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than six months.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of supplies.</p></sidenote> expenses of transportation i f such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, for survey and subdivision of Indian reservations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc., of Indian reservations.</p></sidenote> and defining by surveys the boundaries of reservations and of lands to be allotted to Indians, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifty thousand dollars; and five thousand dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navajo Indian reservation.</p></sidenote>surveying and defining the boundaries of the Navajo Indian reservation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For detecting and prosecuting persons who sell or barter, or donate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detection, etc., of persons selling liquors to Indians upon reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. 8. 2139, 373.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. 8. 2140, 373.</p></sidenote> or furnish in any manner whatsoever, liquors, wines, beer, or any intoxicating beverage whatsoever to Indians upon or belonging to any Indian reservation, five thousand dollars. And no part of section twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine or of section twenty-one hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes shall be a bar to the prosecution of any officer, soldier, sutler or storekeeper, attache, or employe of the Army of the United States who shall barter, donate, or furnish in any manner whatsoever liquors, wines, beer, or any intoxicating beverage whatsoever to any Indian.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of constructing irrigating-ditches on Indian reservations.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigating ditches on reservations, etc.</p></sidenote> and instructing Indians in farming in connection therewith, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of bridges on the Santee Sioux Indian reservation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges on San-tee Sioux reservation.</p></sidenote> in Nebraska, and the Ponca Indian reservation, in the Territory of Dakota, twelve thousand dollars, (or so much thereof as may be necessary), to be immediately available</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase beef, flour, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hualpais Indians in Arizona.</p></sidenote> other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais Indians in Arizona, to be immediately available, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Removal and support of confederated bands of Utes : For this amount,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confederated bands of Utes.</p></sidenote> to reimburse the Ute removal fund for sum expelled out of said fund for the survey of public lands of the United States formerly the Ute Indian reservation, in Colorado, twenty-one thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, to reimburse the Ute removal fund for sum expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of Ute removal fund, etc.</p></sidenote> out of said fund in payment for improvements of white settlers on lands in Utah selected for the location of the Uncompahgre Utes, ten thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Interior to continue<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 199.</p></sidenote> to carry out the provisions of the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, ratifying the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of Ute Indian reservation, Colorado.</p></sidenote> in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be taken from moneys appropiiated by said act and remaining unexpended</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to detail a proper<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission for examination of coal on White Mountain Indian reservation, Arizona.</p></sidenote> person or persons from the employees of the Geological Survey and to also appoint a suitable person not now in the employ of the government which said persons shall constitute a commission who shall under the direction of the Secretary proceed to examine and report upon the character, extent, thickness, and depth of each vein, the value of the coal per ton on the dump, and the best method to utilize the same, and to report their opinions as to the best method of disposing thereof within the limits of the White Mountain Indian reservation in the Territory of Arizona, and the result of said investigation to the Secretary and by him transmitted to Congress, and for the compensation and expenses of the member of the commission not of the Geological Survey and for the expenses of examination and investigation on the ground two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Seminole Indians now in Florida to obtain homesteads<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seminole Indians, Florida.</p></sidenote> upon the public lands, and to establish themselves thereon, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the following claimants, named in the letter of the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments for damages from raid of North Cheyenne Indians, 1876.</p></sidenote> of the Interior of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, being House Executive Document number one hundred and two, Forty-eighth Congress, first session, for damages suffered from the raid of the Northern Cheyenne Indians in September, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to be paid from the unexpended balances of treaty funds belonging to the Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, which are hereby reappropriated for the purpose, namely: To Mrs M. Smith, two hundred and ninety five dollars; Mrs E. J. Humphrey, six hundred and twenty three dollars; John R. Vancleve, two hundred and forty dollars; Peter D. Adams, sixty dollars; Robert Bridel, five hundred and eighty- five dollars and eighty five cents; James Bailey, one hundred and ten dollars; N. W. Rider, sixty-one dollars and fifty cents; J. J. Keefer, seventy dollars; Henry Rathbon, forty-five dollars; E. D. Stillson, forty dollars; Patrick Drohen, four hundred and ninety-one dollarsand fifty cents; Mary Hamper, fifty five dollars; John McKenzia, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents; Lizzie Steffen, eighty dollars; J. B. Jennings, eighty-eight dollars; Thomas II. Collins, seven hundred dollars; Wenzel Kahan, eighty dollars; Franz Tacha, one hundred dollars ; Joseph Cilek,one hundred and fifty dollars; George M. Miller, forty dollars; estate of J. Erwin, three hundred and five dollars; in all, four thousand three hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-live cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the following named claimants, or their legal representatives,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments for damages from Ute Indian massacre 1879.</p></sidenote> in full satisfaction of their claims tor damages caused by the Ute Indians at the time of the Ute massacre at the White River agency, in eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to be paid from the funds belonging to the confederated bands of Ute Indians, namely: To Josephine
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Meeker, four hundred and sixty dollars; Mrs A. D. Meeker, seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-five cents; Sophronia E. Price, seven hundred and one dollars and fifty cents; Sarah M. Post, five hundred dollars; W. E. Eskridge, two hundred and twenty dollars; George T. Dresser, eight hundred and eighty-one dollars; George II. Shepard, one hundred and eight dollars; Thomas F. Thompson, two hundred and three dollars; Albert A. Woodbury, seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents; E. II. Mansfield, one hundred and eighty seven dollars and twenty-five cents ; McLane and Dillman, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That such Indians as may now be located on public lands, or as may,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions of homestead laws made applicable to Indians, etc.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, or otherwise, hereafter, so locate may avail themselves of the provisions of the homestead laws as fully and to the same extent as may now be done by citizens of the United States; and to aid such Indians in making selections of homesteads and the necessary proofs at the proper land offices, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated ; but no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foes and commissions for entries excluded.</p></sidenote>fees or commissions shall be charged on account of said entries or proofs. All patents therefor shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus entered for the period <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands to be held in trust, etc., by U. S.</p></sidenote>of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian by whom such entry shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his widow and heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his widow and heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever.</p>
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</appropriations>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">INTEREST ON TRUST FUND STOCKS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest on trust- fund stocks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">For payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> State stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-six thousand and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Cherokee school-fund, two thousand four hundred and ten dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, eight thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due lowas, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Pianke- shaws, four thousand eight hundred and one dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea, Peoria, and Piankeshaw school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trust-fund interest due Ottawas and Chippewas, two hundred and thirty dollars ; in all, ninety-five thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of supplies to be advertised- exceptions.</p></sidenote> herein made exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars iu value at any one time shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency, and shall report the same
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to Congress at its next session, lie may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation fur goods, etc., available, when.</p></sidenote> required to pay for goods and supplies, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- five, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; and the Secretary of the Interior, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of surplus of appropriations for deficiency in subsistence.</p></sidenote>under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur : <i>Provided however,</i> That funds<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used: <i>And Provided further,</i> That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reasons therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: <i>And provided further.</i> That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary lor that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become farmers, and shall report, to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diversion of certain appropriations.</p></sidenote> the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of oilier employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created, and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for varions articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of the said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the President may, in his discretion, consolidate two or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President authorized to consolidate agencies.</p></sidenote> more agencies into one ; and where Indians are located on reservations created by executive order, he may, with the consent of the tribes to be affected thereby, expressed in the usual manner, consolidate one or more tribes, and abolish such agencies as are thereby rendered unnecessary ; and preference shall at all times, as far as practicable, be given to Indians in the employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help on reservations and about agencies.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids for supplies, etc., may be rejected.</p></sidenote> accordance with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected and the articles specified in such bids purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase in open market.</p></sidenote> of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That any disbursing or other officer of the United States, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Misrepresentation as to fact, etc., in any voucher, account, or claim; penalty.</p></sidenote> other person, who shall knowingly present, or cause to be presented, any voucher, account, or claim to any officer of the United States, for approval or payment, or for the purpose of securing a credit in auy account with the United States, relating to any matter pertaining to the Indian service, which shall contain auy material misrepresentation of fact in regard to the amount due or paid, the name, or character of the article furnished or received, or of the service rendered, or to the date of purchase, delivery, or performance of service, or in any other particu-
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lar, shall not be entitled to payment or credit for any part of said voucher, account, or claim ; and if any such credit shall be given or received, or payment made, the United States may recharge the same to the officer or person receiving the credit or payment, and recover the amount from either or from both, in the same manner as other debts due the United States are collected: <i>Provided,</i> That where an account contains more than one voucher the foregoing shall apply onlj’ to such vouchers as contain<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p></sidenote> the misrepresentation: <i>And provided further,</i> That the officers and persons by and between whom the business is transacted shall, in all civil actions in settlement of accounts, be presumed to know the facts in relation to the matter set forth in the voucher, account, or claim : <i>And provided further,</i> That the foregoing shall be in addition to the penalties now prescribed by law, and in no way affect proceedings under existing law for like offenses. That where practicable this section shall be printed on the blank forms of vouchers Provided for general use.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That hereafter each Indian agent be required, in his annual<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian agents to make annual report.</p></sidenote> report, to submit a census of the Indians at his agency or upon the reservation under his charge, the number of males above eighteen years of age, the number of females above fourteen years of age, the number of school children between the ages of six and sixteen years, the number of schoolhouses at his agency, the number of schools in operation and the attendance at each, and the names of teachers employed and salaries paid such teachers.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That no part of the expenses of the public lands service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of sale of Indian lands, etc., not applicable to expenses of public lauds service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of government property on Indian reservations ; disposal of proceeds.</p></sidenote> shall be deducted from the proceeds of Indian lands sold through the General Land Office, except as authorized by the treaty or agreement providing for the his position of the lands.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now on band Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservations the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of the same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 181: making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>181</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>181.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Army and Navy pensions as follows: For invalids, widows, minor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Array and Navy pensions.</p></sidenote> children, and dependent relatives, and survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, twenty million dollars; and any balance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance of appropriation reappropriated.</p></sidenote>of the appropriation for the above purposes for the current fiscal year that may remain unexpended on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, estimated at sixty-six million dollars, is hereby reap-propriated and made available for the service of the year ending June <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso:</i> income of Navy pension fund to apply to appropriation for Navy pensions.</p></sidenote>thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five: <i>Provided,</i> That the appropriations aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that
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purpose: <i>And provided further,</i> That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, five hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of examining surgeons.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay and allowances of pension agents : For salary, fees for preparing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension agents.</p></sidenote> vouchers, rent, fuel, lights, and postage on letters to the Executive Departments and to pensioners, three hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That from and after July first eighteen hundred and eighty- four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> agents for the payment of pensions shall receive only twelve dollars and fifty cents for each one hundred vouchers, or at that rate for a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of agents.</p></sidenote>fraction of one hundred, prepared and paid by any agent in excess of four thousand vouchers per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of pension agencies, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses at agencies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorneys’ fees in pension cases; act relating to, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 213.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the act entitled “An act relating to claim agents and attorneys in pension cases,” approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is hereby repealed: <i>Provided however,</i> That the rights of the parties shall not be abridged or affected as to contracts in pending cases, as provided for in said act; but such contracts shall be deemed to be and remain in full force and virtue, and shall be recognized as contemplated by said act.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That sections forty-seven hundred and sixty-eight, forty-seven hundred and sixty-nine,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4768, 927, R. S. 4769, 927, R. S. 4786, 929 made applicable in certain cases.</p></sidenote> and forty seven hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes are hereby made applicable also to all cases hereafter filed with the Commissioner of Pensions, and to all cases so filed since June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and which have not been heretofore allowed, except as hereinafter provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-seven hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes is herebyre-enacted<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4785, 929. reenacted a n d amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of attorney for prosecuting claims.</p></sidenote> and amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4785"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4785. </num>
<content class="inline">No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than such as the Commissioner of Pensions shall direct to be paid to him, not exceeding twenty-five dollars; nor shall such agent, attorney or other person demand or receive such compensation, in whole or in part, until such pension or bounty-land claim shall be allowed: <i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>That in all claims allowed since June twentieth eighteen hundred and seventy-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees not paid in certain cases to he deducted from pension.</p></sidenote> where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Pensions that the fee of ten dollars, or any part thereof, has not been paid, he shall cause the same to be deducted from the pension, and the pension agent to pay the same to the recognized attorney.</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That section forty-seven hundred and eighty-six of the Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4786, 929.</p></sidenote> Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4786"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4786. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">The agent or attorney of record in the prosecution of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement for amount of fee to be filed.</p></sidenote> the case may cause to be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions, duplicate articles of agreement, without additional cost to the claimant, setting forth the fee agreed upon by the parties, which agreement shall be executed in the presence of and certified by some officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where application is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fee in case of fa i1n re to file agreement.</p></sidenote> made for pension or bounty land, and no agreement is filed with the Commissioner as herein provided, the fee shall be ten dollars and no more. And such articles of agreement as may hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions are not authorized, nor will they be recognized except in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles of agreement, etc., recognized in certain claims only.</p></sidenote> claims for original pensions, claims for increase of pension on account of a new disability, in claims for restoration where a pensioner’s name has been or may hereafter be dropped from the pension rolls on testimony taken by a special examiner, showing that the disability or cause of death, on account of which the pension was allowed, did not originate in the line of duty, and in cases of dependent relatives whose names have been or may hereafter be, dropped from the rolls on like testimony, upon the ground of non-dependence, and in such other cases of difficulty and trouble as the Commissioner of Pensions may see fit to
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recognize them: <i>Provided,</i> That no greater fee than ten dollars shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i></p></sidenote> be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for pension or bounty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fee for bounty- land, etc.</p></sidenote>land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase of pension on account of the increase of the disability for which the pension had <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No fee allowed for arrears of pension, etc.</p></sidenote>been allowed: <i>And provided further,</i> That no fee shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for arrears of pension or arrears of increase of pension allowed by any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date of the allowance of the original claims in which such arrears of pension, or of increase of pension, may be allowed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The articles of agreement herein provided for shall be in substance as follows, to wit:</p>
<p class="centered">Articles of Agreement.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form of articles of agreement.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas I, —, late a——in company—, of the</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">—regiment of —volunteers, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one (or, if the service be different, here state the same), having made application for pension under the laws of the United States:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, this agreement witnesseth, that for and in consideration of services done and to be lt;loue in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, of—, the fee of—dollars, which</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said attorney (or attorneys), in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions: and then the same shall be paid to him (or them) in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-seven hundred and sixty-eight and forty - seven hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">(Claimant’s signature.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">(Two witnesses’ signatures.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">State of—1</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>County of—</i>J “</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Be it known that on this, the —day of—, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-—, personally appeared the above- named —, who, after having had read over to—, in the</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing articles of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be—free act and deed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">(Official signature.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And now, to wit, this —day of—, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty—, I (or we) accept the provisions contained in the foregoing articles of agreement, and will, to the best of my (or our) ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Witness my (or our) hand, the day and year first above written.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">(Signature of Attorney.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">State of—</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>County of—</i>88.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Personally came—, whom I know to be the person he</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">represents himself to be, and who, having signed above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same to be—free act and deed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">(Official signature.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount paid, etc., to be deducted from foe.</p></sidenote>articles of agreement have been, or may hereafter be, filed, it shall appear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall be adjudicated in the same manner as though no articles of agreement had been filed, deducting from the fee of ten dollars allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that be has paid to his said attorney.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Any agent or attorney or other person instrumental in prosecuting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation of act relating to fees or compensation.</p></sidenote> any claim for pension or bounty land, who shall directly or indirectly contract for, demand or receive or retain any greater compensation for his services or instrumentality in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than is herein provided, or for payment thereof at any other time or iu any other manner than is herein provided, or who shall wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner or claimant, or the land warrant issued to any such claimant, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for every such offense be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.</p>
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</section>
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe rules and regulations governing the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to prescribe rules for government of agents, etc., in prosecution of claims.</p></sidenote> recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his department, and may require of such persons, agents, and attorneys, before, being recognized as representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good moral character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to ad vise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their claims and such Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude from further practice before Ills department any such person, agent or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud in any manner deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant, or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">The Commissioner shall have power, subject to review by the Secretary, to reject or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Pensions may reject contracts for fees, etc.</p></sidenote> refuse to recognize any contract for fees, herein provided for, whenever it shall be made to appear that any undue advantage has been taken of the claimant in respect to such contract.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 182: providing for two additional associate justices of supreme court of the Territory of Dakota, one additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>182</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 101</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>182.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for two additional associate justices of supreme court of the Territory of Dakota, one additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supremo court of Territories of Dakota and Washington to consist of chief justice and five associate justices.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of two additional associate justices.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial districts</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court. Residence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting the fifth judicial district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second and fourth judicial districts.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Dakota shall consist of a chief justice and five associate justices, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the President to appoint two additional associate justices of said supreme court, in manner now Provided by law, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said Territory shall be divided into six judicial districts, and a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices of the supreme court, at such time and place as maybe prescribed by law. Each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he.is assigned.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That until changed by the legislative assembly of said Territory, the fifth district of said Territory shall consist of the following counties, namely: Brookins, Kingsbury, Beadle, Deuel, Hamlin, Grant, Codington, Clark, Day, Spink, Brown, Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter,Campbell, Roberts,and Walworth, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian Reservation. And the second district and the fourth district shall consist of the remainder of the Territory which now constitutes said second district and fourth district, respectively as defined by the statutes of said Territory.</content>
</section>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 182. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That until changed by the legislature of said Territory, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Countries constituting the sixth judicial district.</p></sidenote> sixth district shall consist of the following counties, namely: Bowman, Villard, Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Allred, Buford, Flannery, Wallace, Monntraille, Williams, Start, Hettinger, Morton, Mercer, McLean, Stevens, Renville, Wynn, Bottineau, McHenry, Sheridan, Burleigh, Emmons, McIntosh, Logan, Kidder, Wells, De Smet, Rolette, Towner, Benson, Foster, Stutsman, La Moure, Deckey, Griggs, Steel, and Barnes.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That temporarily, and until otherwise ordered by law, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignment of associate justices.</p></sidenote> additional associate justices to be appointed under this act are hereby assigned to said fifth and sixth districts, and the time and place as now fixed by the statutes of said Territory for holding court therein shall remain until changed by law.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That the district court for said fifth judicial district shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p></sidenote> have no jurisdiction to try, hear, or determine any matter or cause wherein the United States is a party, and no United States grand or petit jury shall be summoned in said court, but said fifth district is hereby attached to and made a part of the second judicial district for the purpose of hearing and determining all matters and causes arising within said fifth district in which the United States is a party.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the district court for said sixth judicial district shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction in sixth judicial district.</p></sidenote> have and possess jurisdiction to try, hear, and determine all matters and causes that the court of any district in said Territory now possesses. And <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court at Bismarck.</p></sidenote>for such purposes two terms of said court shall be held annually in the city of Bismarck, in the county of Burleigh, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand and petitjury.</p></sidenote>and a grand and petit jury shall be summoned thereon in the manner now required by law in the United States courts in said Territory.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Washington<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme court of the Territory of Washington to consist of, etc.</p></sidenote> shall consist of a chief justice and three associate justices, any three of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quorum.</p></sidenote>whom shall constitute a quorum, but no justice shall act as a member of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Justice not to act as a member of the supreme court, when.</p></sidenote>supreme court in any action or proceeding brought to such court by writ of error, bill of exceptions, or appeal from a decision, judgment or decree rendered by him as judge of a district court.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the President to appoint one additional associate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of one additional associate justice.</p></sidenote> justice of said supreme court, in manner now provided by law, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline">That the said Territory shall be divided into four judicial districts, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial districts.</p></sidenote> a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District courts.</p></sidenote>the supreme court thereof at such time and place as may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Residence of judges.</p></sidenote>prescribed by law. Each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num>
<content class="inline">That until changed by the legislative assembly of said Territory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting first district.</p></sidenote> the first district of said Territory shall consist of the counties of Wallwalla, Columbia, Garfield, Assotian, Franklin, Adams, Whitman, and Spokane; the second, of the counties of Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Chehalis, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, and Clarke; the third of the counties of King, Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, Island, San Juan, Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish, and the fourth of the counties of Skamania, Klickitat, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Lincoln, and Stevens.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 13. </num>
<content class="inline">That temporarily, and until otherwise ordered by law, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignment of additional associate justice.</p></sidenote> additional associate justice to be appointed under this act is hereby assigned to said fourth district thereof and the time and place as now fixed by the statutes of said Territory for holding court therein shall remain until changed by law.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 14. </num>
<content class="inline">That all offenses committed before the passage of this act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Procedure.</p></sidenote> shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect (except as to the number of judges) as if this act had not been passed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 214: to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>214</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 103</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch 214. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/103">103</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>214.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale, etc., of abandoned and useless military reservations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whenever, in the opinion of the President of the United States, the lands, or any portion of them, included within the limits of any military reservation heretofore or hereafter declared, have become or shall become useless for military purposes, he shall cause the same or so much thereof as he may designate, to be placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as hereinafter provided, and shall cause to be tiled with the Secretary of the Interior a notice thereof.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior may, if in his opinion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey and subdivision of lands.</p></sidenote> the public interests so require, cause the said lands, or any part thereof, in such reservations, to be regularly surveyed, or to be subdivided into tracts of less than forty acres each, and into town lots, or either, or both. He shall cause the said lands so surveyed and subdivided, and each tract thereof, to be appraised by three competent and disinterested<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraised.</p></sidenote> men to be appointed by him, and who shall, after having each been first duly sworn to impartially and faithfully execute the trust reposed in them, appraise the said lands, subdivisions, and tracts, and each of them, and report their proceedings to the Secretary of the Interior for his action thereon. If such appraisement be disapproved, the Secretary of the Interior shall again cause the said lands to be appraised as before provided; and when the appraisement has been approved he shall cause the said lands, subdivisions, and lots to be sold at public sale, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands at public sale.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions of sale.</p></sidenote> the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value thereof, not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, first having given not less than sixty days’ public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers having a general circulation in the country or section of county where the lands-to be sold are situate; and any lands, subdivisions, or lots remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at any subsequent time in the same manner, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; and if not sold at such second offering for want of bidders, then the Secretary of the Interior may sell the same at private sale, for cash, at not less than the appraised value, nor less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: <i>Provided</i>, That any settler<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of actual settlers.</p></sidenote> who was in actual occupation of any portion of any such reservations prior to the location of such reservation, or settled thereon prior to January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in good faith for the purpose of securing a home and of entering the same under the general laws and has continued in such occupation to the present time, and is by la w entitled to make a homestead entry shall be entitled to enter the land so occupied, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in a body, according to the Government, surveys and subdivisions: <i>Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That said lands were subject to entry under the public land laws at the time of their withdrawal: <i>And provided further</i>, That all patents heretofore issued, and approved State selections, covering any lands within the old Fort Lyon Military Reservation, in the State of Colorado,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Lyon military reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of settlers, etc.</p></sidenote> declared by executive order of August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, are hereby confirmed; and the rights of all entrymen and settlers on said reservation to acquire title under the homestead, preemption, or timber culture laws are hereby recognized and affirmed to the extent they would have attached had public kinds been settled upon or entered; and such portions of said reservation as shall not have been<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portions of reservation, etc.; disposal of.</p></sidenote> entered or settled upon as aforesaid shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act, including lands that, may be abandoned by settlers or entrymen.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause any improvements,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisement of buildings, etc., and public sale.</p></sidenote> buildings, building materials, and other property which may be situate upon any such lands, subdivisions or lots not heretofore sold
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs 214, 215. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/104">104</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions of sale.</p></sidenote>by the United States authorities, to be appraised in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the appraisements of such lands, subdivisions, and lots, and shall cause the same, together with the tract or lot upon which they are situate, to be sold at public sale, to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value of such land and improvements, first giving the sixty days’ notice as herein-before provided; or he may, in his discretion, cause the improvements to be sold separately, at public sale for cash, at not less than the appraised value, to be removed by the purchaser within such time as may be prescribed, first giving the sixty days’ public notice before provided; and if in any ease the lands and improvements, or the improvements separately, as the case may be, are not sold for want of bidders, then the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, cause the same to be reoffered for sale, at any subsequent time, in the same manner as above provided, or may cause the same to be sold at private sale for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands to be first offered to owners of buildings and improvements.</p></sidenote>not less than the appraised value: <i>Provided</i>, That where buildings or improvements have been heretofore sold by the United States authorities the land upon which such buildings or improvements are situate not exceeding the smallest subdivision or lot provided for by this act upon the reservation on which said buildings are situate shall be offered for sale to the purchaser of said improvements and buildings at the appraised value of the lands and if said purchaser shall fail for sixty days alter notice to complete said purchase of lands the same shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of sale of lands on Bois Blanc Island set apart for improvement of National Park, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 87.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">11 Stat., 336.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military reservations in Florida.</p></sidenote>sold under the provisions of this act: And <i>provided further</i> That the proceeds of the military reservation lands sold on Bois Blanc Island near to Fort Mackinaw military reservation shall be set apart as a separate fund for the improvement of the National Park on the Island of Mackinaw Michigan under the direction of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, relative to military reservations in the State of Florida, and the sixth section of the act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, relative to the sale of military sites be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands containing mineral deposits subject to mineral land laws of United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War may grant certain privileges; erection of bridges, extension of roads, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever any lands containing valuable mineral deposits shall be vacated by the reduction or abandonment of any military reservation under the provisions of this act, the same shall be disposed of exclusively under the mineral land laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">The Secretary of War shall have authority, in his discretion, to permit the extension of State, county, and Territorial roads across military reservations; to permit the landing of ferries, the erection of bridges thereon; and permit cattle, sheep or other stock animals to be driven across such reservation, whenever in his judgment the same can be done without injury to the reservation or inconvenience to the military forces stationed thereon.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 215: to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>215</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 104</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>215.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted be the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges across Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the common council of the city of Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, and its successors, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain, or authorize the erection, establishment, and maintenance, of one or more foot and carriage or railroad bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River, extending from such point or points to be selected as lie between the easterly and westerly boundaries of said city to a point or points on the opposite side of said river, now known as the sixth ward of said city; that said bridge or bridges shall not interfere with
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch 215. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/105">105</page>
the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation of river.</p></sidenote> carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted: and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation, where</p></sidenote> the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the Federal court of the United States in the district in which such bridge or bridges may be situated.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge or bridges built under the provisions of this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw-bridge, or continuous spans.</p></sidenote> act may, by direction of said common council, be built as a draw-bridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: <i>Provided</i>, That if said bridge or bridges shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation in any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> case than fifty five and one half feet above extreme high water mark over the main channel of said river, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge or bridges give a clear width of waterway of less than two hundred and fifty feet, and the piers of said bridge or bridges shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and give a clear width of waterway of not less than three hundred feet. <i>And provided also</i>, That it any bridge or bridges built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with spans giving a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred and sixty feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall give a clear width of waterway of Hot less than two hundred And fifty feet, and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark and not less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge or bridges, and the piers of said bridge or bridges shall be parallel with the current of the river where said bridge or bridges may be erected: <i>And provided also</i>, That said draw<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the. passage of boats, vessels or other watercraft; <i>Provided however</i>, That no bridge or bridges shall be built under the provisions of this act except there also be built at the time of the erection of the piers, proper sheer booms<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sheer booms.</p></sidenote> or other proper protection to safely guide boats, vessels, rafts and other water crafts through said spans and at the expense of the city of Saint Paul, or of the persons or corporation constructing, owning, or operating said bridge</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3 </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge or bridges constructed under this act and according<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transmission of mails, troops, etc., free of charge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal telegraph and telephone lines reserved.</p></sidenote> to its provisions and conditions shall be a lawful structure.or structures, over which may be transmitted the mails, troops, and the munitions of war of the United States free of charge; and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph and telephone lines free of charge across said bridge or bridges, and may declare the same to be a postal route.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4 </num>
<content class="inline">That the structure or structures herein authorized shall be build and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe not however to be in any wise inconsistent with any of the provisions or conditions of this act; and to secure that object the said common council shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War for approval.</p></sidenote> approval, a design and drawing of said bridge or bridges and other accessory works provided or in this act and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 215, 216. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/106">106</page>
or bridges and other accessory works provided for in this act are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge or bridges shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge or bridges during the process of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure or structures shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure or structures; and to secure the safe passage of vessels at night there shall be displayed on said bridge or bridges, from the hour of sunset to that of sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote>of War; and the said structure or structures shall be changed at the cost and expense of said city of Saint Paul, from time to time as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said liver; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge or bridges shall be subject to revocation and modification by law whenever the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require the company or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Booms, dikes, and piers; construction and maintenance of; penalty for failure.</p></sidenote>expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the draw and raft-spans, as shall be specified in his order in that behalf; and on the failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge, or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights reserved.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in such structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it is also expressly reserved</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 216: respecting a bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>216</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 106</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>216.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">respecting a bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge at Tonawanda, N. Y.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That any bridge erected in pursuance of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the laws of the State of New York of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled “<quotedText>An act to incorporate the Tonawanda Island Bridge Company for the purpose of constructing and operating a bridge from Tonawanda Island <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure; <i>proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>to North Tonawanda</quotedText>” is hereby declared to be a lawful structure: <i>provided</i>, That, said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the plan and location of the bridge have been submitted to the Secretary of War and by him approved.
</content>
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<content class="inline">That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 217: making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other puposes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>217.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other puposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Array appropriations for year ending June 30, 1885.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Commanding General’s Office, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Command tog General’s office.</p></sidenote> seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting.</p></sidenote> to depot, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. And no money appropriated by this act shall be paid for recruiting the Army beyond the number of twenty-five thousand enlisted men, including Indian scouts and hospital-stewards; and thereafter there shall be no more than twenty-five thousand enlisted men in the Army at any one time, unless otherwise authorized by law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Adjutant-General’s Department at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies.</p></sidenote> the headquarters of military divisions and departments, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army: Purchase, equipment,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service.</p></sidenote> and repair of field-electric telegraphs; signal equipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, and other necessary instruments; telephone apparatus, and maintenance of same, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay Department</inline>.—For pay of the Army: For one Lieutenant-General;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote> three major-generals; fifteen brigadier-generals; twenty-three aids-de-camp, in addition to pay in the line; one military secretary, in addition to pay in the line; sixty-six colonels; eighty-five lieutenant-colonels; two hundred and forty-one majors; three hundred and eleven captains (mounted); three hundred and one captains (not mounted); thirty-four chaplains; fourteen store keepers; forty adjutants; forty regimental quartermasters; adjutant and quartermaster of Engineer Battalion, in addition to pay in the line; two hundred and eighteen first lieutenants (mounted); three hundred and fifty first lieutenants (not mounted); one hundred and forty five second lieutenants (mounted); three hundred second lieutenants (not mounted); one hundred and eighty acting commissaries of subsistence, in addition to pay in line; additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional pay.</p></sidenote> pay to officer in charge of public building and grounds in Washington; additional pay to officer in command of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, one thousand dollars; additional pay to officers of foot regiments while on duty which requires them to be mounted; additional pay to officers for length of service, to be paid with their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity pay</p></sidenote> current monthly pay; pay to enlisted men for length of service, payable with their current monthly pay; retired officers; for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, in excess of the numbers for each class provided for in this act; enlisted men of all grades, not exceeding twenty-five thousand men; the allowances for travel, retained pay, and clothing not drawn,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote> payable to enlisted men on discharge; two retired ordnance-sergeants; and for interest on deposits of enlisted men; for mileage of officers of the Army for travel, over shortest usually traveled routes, not to exceed one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; for miscellaneous expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> to wit: Hire of not exceeding seventy-five contract surgeons and one hundred and sixty hospital-matrons; extra-duty pay to enlisted men for service in hospitals; pay of fifty paymaster’s clerks, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum, and fourteen veterinary surgeons; hire of paymasters’ messengers, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; post quartermaster sergeants; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; compensation of citizen clerks and witnesses attending upon courts-martial, military commissions, and courts of inquiry; for reimbursement
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f traveling expenses of paymasters’ clerks actually paid by them; and for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty without troops at places where there are no public quarters; in all, twelve million <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>; relative to retirement of certain paymasters; reduction of number of.</p></sidenote>one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That hereafter any paymaster of the rank of major who has served twenty years in the United States Army as a commissioned officer may, upon his own application or by direction of the President, be placed upon the retired-list of the Army, until the Pay Department shall be reduced to thirty-five members, as follows: One Paymaster-General, with the rank of brigadier-general; two assistant paymasters-general, with the rank of colonel; three deputy paymasters-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and twenty-nine paymasters, with the rank of major; and no more appointments of paymasters shall be made in the Pay Department until the number shall be reduced below twenty-nine majors, and thereafter the number of officers in the Pay Department shall not exceed thirty-five: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 1225, 216.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detail of officers as professors to colleges, number of increased, etc.</p></sidenote><i>Provided further</i>. That nothing herein shall be construed to change the present relative rank of any officer now in the pay corps: <i>And provided further</i>, That section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, relating to the detail of officers of the Army to act as presidents, superintendents, and professors of colleges and universities, be so amended as to read “<quotedText> but the number of officers so detailed shall not exceed forty at any time,</quotedText>” instead of thirty, as now provided by act of July fifth, eighteen bundled and seventy-six, amendatory of said section.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Subsistence of the Army</inline>.—For rations for twenty-five thousand enlisted men, one thousand five hundred and five civil employees, seventy-five contract surgeons, one hundred and sixty hospital-matrons, two hundred military convicts, one thousand prisoners of war (including such Indian prisoners as are captured but whose subsistence, is not otherwise appropriated for by Congress), and for additional halt-rations for one hundred and twenty sergeants anti corporals of ordnance, a total of not exceeding ten million two hundred and twenty thousand rations, estimated at twenty cents each; for difference between the cost of the ration and commutation thereof, at rates prescribed by the Secretary of War, for the following enlisted men, namely: Those detailed for clerical and messenger duty at headquarters of the Army, and at headquarters of divisions, departments, districts, and general recruiting service, and for various duties at military posts and stations, those traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry cooked or travel rations, and those ordered to participate, in department, division, and Army rifle competition; for difference between the, cost of the ration and the cost of cooked rations for enlisted men and recruits at recruiting stations; cost in excess of ordinary rations of hot coffee and canned food, or travel-ration, for troops traveling, when it is impracticable to cook rations; for subsistence of Indians visiting military posts and of Indians employed without pay as guides and scouts; in all, one million <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount of appropriation immediately available.</p></sidenote>nine hundred thousand dollars; of which amount three hundred thousand dollars shall be available from and after the passage of this act for the purchase of stores necessary to be transported to distant posts in advance of the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-five: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales of subsistence, supplies, etc., at cost.</p></sidenote><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter all sales of subsistence supplies to officers and enlisted men shall be made at cost price only; and the cost price of each article shall be understood, in all cases of such sales, to be the invoice price oi the last lot of that article received by the officer making the sale prior to the first day of the month in which the sale is made. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of amount to civilian employees.</p></sidenote>And not more than one hundred and five thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees in the Subsistence Department of the Army.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s supplies.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Quartermaster’s Department</inline>.—For the regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s Department, consisting of stoves for heating and cooking? of fuel and lights for enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen oi the Quartermaster’s Department at the several posts
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and stations and with the armies in the field; for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including blank books for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermaster’s Department, and for printing of division and department orders and reports, two million nine hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That hereafter all purchases of regular and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of supplies, conditions of.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous supplies for the Army furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department and by the Commissary Department for immediate use shall be made by the officers of such Department, under direction of the Secretary of War, at the places nearest the points where they are needed, the conditions of cost and quality being equal: <i>Provided also</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That all purchases of said supplies, except in cases of emergency, which must be at once reported to the Secretary of War for his approval, shall be made by contract after public notice of not less than ten days for small amounts for immediate use, and of not less than from thirty to sixty days whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the circumstances of the case and conditions of the service shall warrant such extension of time. The award in every ease shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder for the best and most suitable article, the right being reserved to reject any and all bids. The Quartermaster-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of purchase of supplies made to Secretary of War, etc.</p></sidenote> and the Commissary General of Subsistence shall report promptly all purchases of supplies made by his Department, with their cost-price and place of delivery, to the Secretary of War, for transmission to Congress annually: <i>Provided further</i>, That in time of peace the number of draught<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit to number of pack animals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of stores, etc., by contract.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of post quartermaster sergeants.</p></sidenote> and pack animals in the Quarter master’s Department of the Army shall not exceed six thousand, and that all transportation of stores by private parties for the Anny shall be done by contract, after due legal advertisement, except in cases of emergency, which must be at once reported to the Secretary of War for his approval. That the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint, on the recommendation of the Quartermaster-General, as many post quartermaster sergeants, not to exceed eighty, as he may deem necessary for the interests of the service, said sergeants to be selected by examination from the most competent enlisted men of the Army who have served at least four years, and whose character and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualifications.</p></sidenote> education shall fit them to take charge of public property and to act as clerks and assistants to post and other quartermasters. Said post Quartermaster sergeants shall, so far as practicable, perform the duties of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> storekeepers and clerks, in lieu of citizen employees. The post quartermaster-sergeants shall be subject to the rules and articles of war and shall receive for their services the same pay-and allowances as ordnance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay and allowances.</p></sidenote> sergeants.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of horses for the cavalry and artillery, and for the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of horses.</p></sidenote> scouts, and for such infantry as may be mounted, two hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the number of horses purchased<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso;</i> limit of.</p></sidenote> under this appropriation added to the number actually on hand shall not at any time exceed the number of enlisted men and Indian scouts in the mounted service: <i>And provided further</i>, That hereafter all purchases<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso;</i> conditions of purchase.</p></sidenote> of horses under appropriations for horses for the cavalry and artillery and for the Indian scouts shall be made by contract, after legal advertisement, by the Quartermaster’s Department, under instructions of the Secretary of War, the horses to be inspected under the orders of the General commanding the Army; and no horse shall be received and paid for until duly inspected. The Quartermaster-General shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report, etc., of purchases to Congress.</p></sidenote> report, to the Secretary of War promptly, for transmission to Congress annually, all purchases and contracts for horses, mules, and military supplies for the Army made by his Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, to wit: For postage; extra pay to soldiers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, and as clerks for post
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quartermasters at military posts; in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, including those employed as clerks and messengers at division and department headquarters; expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escort cannot be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts on the frontiers, or when traveling under orders, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the Army; compensation of clerks to officers of the Quartermaster’s Department; compensation of forage and wagon masters authorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty eight; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the following expenditures, required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the trains, to wit, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicine for horses and mules, picket-ropes, and for shoeing the horses and mules; also, generally, the proper and authorized expenses for the movement and operations of the Army not expressly assigned to any other Department, six hundred and seventy-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount of appropriation unci rate of pay of enlisted men on extra duty.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of this sum, or so much of it as shall be necessary, shall be set aside for the payment of enlisted men on extra duty at constant labor of not less than ten days, and such extra duty pay hereafter shall be at the rate of fifty cents per day for mechanics, artisans, schoolteachers, and clerks at Army, division, and department headquarters, and thirty-five cents per day for other clerks, teamsters, laborers, and others.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>For transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops, when moving either by land or water; of clothing and camp and garrison equipage from the depots of Philadelphia and Jeffersonville to the several posts and Anny depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipments and of subsistence stores from the places of purchase and from the places of delivery, under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small-arms from the founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and Army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other seagoing vessels and boats required for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; pay of enlisted men on extra duty driving teams or repairing means of transportation; transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public transports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water.</p></sidenote>departments; the expenses of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads, and for removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, three million dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number of civilian employees limited.</p></sidenote><i>Provided</i>, That the whole number of civilian employees, including agents, superintendents, mechanics, packers, teamsters, train-masters, and so forth, paid from this appropriation for transportation, shall not at any one time hereafter exceed one thousand, nor shall any of said employees be graded for salary above fourth-class clerks of the Army Regulations; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grade of sixth class abolished.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of horses, &amp;c., to be made by contract, etc.</p></sidenote>and the grade of sixth-class clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department is hereby abolished: <i>Provided further</i>, That hereafter all purchases of horses, mules, or oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships and other seagoing vessels, also all other means of transportation, shall be made by the Quartermaster’s Department, by contract, after due legal advertisement except in cases of extreme emergency; and hereafter all purchases and
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contracts of every kind made by the Quartermaster’s Department shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of War, for transmission annually to Congress: <i>Provided also</i>, That hereafter the Quartermaster-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> and his officers, under his instructions, wherever stationed, shall receive, transport, and be responsible for all property turned over to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property for Government surveys, National Museum to be transported, etc., conditions of.</p></sidenote> them, or any one of them, by the officers or agents of any Government survey, for the National Museum, or for the civil or naval departments of the Government, in Washington or elsewhere, under the regulations governing the transportation of Army supplies, the amount paid for such transportation to be refunded or paid by the Bureau to which such property or stores pertain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment for Army transportation lawfully due such land-grant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments to land-grant railroads.</p></sidenote> railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds, to be adjusted by the proper accounting officers in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts, but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of the full amount of the service be paid, one hundred and twenty live thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the tariff rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for said services</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters for troops, storehouses for the safe keeping<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p></sidenote> of military stores, for offices, and for grounds for camp and summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at frontier stations; for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing pub lie buildings at established posts, seven hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, that no expenditure exceeding five hundred dollars shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> made upon any building or military post without the approval of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of Secretary of War in cases of improvements exceeding, etc.</p></sidenote> Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates of the quartermaster’s Department, and the erection, construction, and repairs of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster’s department shall, so far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement: <i>Provided:</i> That not more than one million five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount of pay to civilians limited, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated by this act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the Quartermaster’s Department, including those heretofore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, Army transportation, clothing, and camp and garrison equipage; and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair of hospitals, as reported by the Surgeon-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and repairs of hospitals.</p></sidenote> of the Army, including the pay of enlisted men employed on extra duty in the same one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing and camp equipage.</p></sidenote> the Army; for issue and for sales at cost price, according to the Army regulations; for altering and fitting clothing when necessary; for equipage and for packing, and similar necessaries, one million four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses under immediate orders of Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Medical Department.—For purchase of medical and hospital supplies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical and hospital supplies.</p></sidenote> expenses of purveying depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, advertising, and Other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount of pay to civilian employees limited.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. And not over thirty-six thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees in the Medical Department. That officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank and precedence of officers, etc., how determined.</p></sidenote> of the Medical Department shall take rank and precedence in accordance with date of commission or appointment, and shall be so borne
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso;</i> professional attendance on families of officers, etc., free.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army Medical Museum.</p></sidenote>on the official Army Register: <i>Provided</i>, That the medical officers of the Army and contract surgeons shall whenever practicable attend the families of the officers and soldiers free of charge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Army Medical Museum, including ordinary repairs of the museum hall, preservation of specimens, and the preparation or purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgen-General’s Office, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer depot at Willet’s Point.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Engineer Department</inline>.—For engineer depot at Willet’s Point, New York, namely: For purchase of engineering materials to continue the present course of instruction of the Engineer Battalion in their special duties of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses of the depot, remodeling ponton-trains, repairing instruments, purchasing fuel, forage, stationery, chemicals, professional books for library, extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed as artisans, and ordinary repairs, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarters for sergeant, etc.</p></sidenote>For erection of a small building as quarters for a sergeant, whose duties require him to live near the torpedo property under his immediate charge, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance service.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Ordnance Department</inline>.—For the ordnance service, required to defray the current expenses at. the arsenals; of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents, tools, fuel, and lights; of stationery;and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small-arms, and other ordnance supplies, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metallic ammunition.</p></sidenote>For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small arms, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Target practice.</p></sidenote>For ammunition, tools, and material for target practice, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mounting and dismounting guns, etc.; repairs o f ordnance, etc.; extra-duty pay.</p></sidenote>For mounting and dismounting guns and removing the armament from forts being modified or repaired, including heavy carriages returned to arsenals for alteration and repairs, and other necessary expenses of the same character, and tor repairing ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots and for extra duty pay for enlisted men detailed for ordnance service, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipments.</p></sidenote>For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores, to fill requisitions of troops, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, consisting of clothing bags, haversacks, canteens, and greatcoat straps, and repairing horse equipments for cavalry troops, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horse equipments for cavalry, harness for field and machine guns, and for cavalry forge carts, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation of new ordnance stores.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacture of arms at national armories.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance stores on hand at the arsenals, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture of arms at national armories, four hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That not more than sixty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated for the Ordnance Department, in all its branches, shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. testing-machine, cure of and operating the.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tests of iron and steel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tests of iron and steel for private citizens, and tests submitted by American Society of Civil Engineers.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">United States Testing-Machine</inline>.—For caring tor, preserving, using, and operating the United States testing-machine at the Water-town Arsenal, ten thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the tests of iron and steel and other materials for industrial purposes shall be continued during the next fiscal year, and report thereof shall be made to Congress: <i>And provided further</i>, That in making tests for private citizens the officer in charge may require payment in advance, and may use the funds so received in making such private tests, making full report thereof to the Chief of Ordnance; and the Chief of Ordnance shall give attention to such programme of tests as may be submittal by the American
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Society of Civil Engineers, and the record of such tests shall be furnished said society, to be by them published at their own expense.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter all officers, agents, or other persons receiving public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Account of disbursements of appropriations to be made by distinct items, etc.</p></sidenote> moneys appropriated by this or any subsequent Army appropriation act shall account for the disbursement thereof according to the several and distinct items of appropriation expressed in such act.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 218: to consolidate the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of judge-advocates of the Army, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>218</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 113</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>218.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to consolidate the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of judge-advocates of the Army, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consolidation of the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of judge-advocates of the Army under the title of Judge-Advocate-General’s Department, to consist of; rank, pay.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of judge-advocates of the Army be, and the same are hereby, consolidated under the title of Judge Advocate-General’s Department; and shall consist of one Judge-Advocate-General, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general; one assistant judge-advocate-general, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel; three deputy judge-advocate-generals, with the rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant-colonels; and three judge-advocates, with the rank, pay, and allowances of majors; the colonel and lieutenant-colonels to be selected by seniority from the present corps of judge-advocates. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail such number of officers of the line as he may deem necessary to servo as acting judge-advocates of military departments, who shall have while on such duty the rank, pay, and allowances of captains of cavalry.
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">Promotions in the Judge-Advocate-General’s Department, as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Promotions, how made.</p></sidenote> provided in the first section of this act, shall be by seniority up to and including the rank of colonel.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing herein shall be construed to interfere with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Present rank of officers, etc.</p></sidenote> rank or position of any officer now holding a commission in either the Bureau of Military Justice or corps of judge-advocates.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 219: for a bridge across the Missouri River at White Cloud, in Doniphan County, Kansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>219</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 113</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>219.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for a bridge across the Missouri River at White Cloud, in Doniphan County, Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge across Missouri River at White Cloud, Kansas.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Chicago anti Central Kansas Railroad Company, an incorporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River, at such point as may be hereafter selected by said corporation, within one mile of the town of White Cloud, in the county of Doniphan and State of Kansas, as shall best promote the public convenience and welfare and the necessities of business and commerce, and also to construct accessory works to secure the best practicable channel-way for navigation and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel at such point, and also to lay on and over said bridge a railway track for the use of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river at or opposite said point; and said corporation may construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and for foot-passengers, charging and receiving reasonable toll therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed and built without interference<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation of river preserved.</p></sidenote> with the security mid convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said company or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War for approval, etc.</p></sidenote> corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch 219. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuous spans.</p></sidenote>built: <i>Provided</i>, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall have three or more channel spans, and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and not less than three hundred feet in length: <i>And provided also</i>, That if any bridge built <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw-bridge.</p></sidenote>under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot-draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall not be less than three hundred feet, and the headroom under such span shall not be less than ten feet above local <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote>high-water mark: <i>Provided also</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights, etc., of other railroads.</p></sidenote>shall prescribe: <i>Provided also</i>, That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of Secretary of War of his approval.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change in plans, etc.</p></sidenote>location; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or said accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the ease may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the State of Kansas or State of Missouri in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure, and a post-route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charge for transmission of mails, troops, etc.</p></sidenote>made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge.</content>
</section>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 219, 220. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph lines.</p></sidenote> postal-telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of Congress to amend, etc., reserved.</p></sidenote> or repeal this act so as to prevent or remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works; and the expense of altering said bridge or removing such obstructions shall be at the expense of the owners of or persons controlling such bridge.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 220: to amend an act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese approved May sixth eighteen hundred and eighty-two.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>220</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 115</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>220.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese approved May sixth eighteen hundred and eighty-two.”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 58.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That section one of the act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese” approved May sixth eighteen hundred and eighty-two,is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof; Therefore</p>
<quotedContent>
<enactingFormula>“<i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immigration of Chinese laborers to be suspended for ten years.</p></sidenote> the same is hereby, suspended, and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come from any foreign port or place, or having so come to remain within the United States,”
</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section two of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties for violations of act.</p></sidenote> within the United States on such vessel, and land, or attempt to land, or permit to be landed any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may also be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section three of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the two foregoing sections shall not apply to Chinese<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemptions.</p></sidenote> laborers who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of the act to which this act is amendatory, nor shall said sections apply to Chinese laborers, who shall produce to such master before going on board such vessel, and shall produce to the collector of the port in the United States at which such vessel shall arrive, the evidence hereinafter in this act required of h s being one of the laborers in this section mentioned; nor shall the two foregoing sections apply to the case of any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Masters of vessels with immigrants, when exempt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> master “hose vessel, being bound to a port not within the United States, shall come within the jurisdiction of the United States by reason of being in distress or in stress weather, or touching at any port of the United States on its voyage to any foreign port or place: <i>Provided: </i> That all Chinese laborers brought on such vessel shall not be permitted to land except in case of absolute necessity, and must depart with the vessel on leaving port.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section four of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That for the purpose of properly identifying Chinese laborers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges to Chinese laborers in the U. S. Nov. 17, 1880.</p></sidenote> who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the
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same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of the act to which this act is amendatory, and in order to furnish them with the proper evidence of their right to go from and come to the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 826.</p></sidenote>States as provided by the said act and the treaty between the United States and China dated November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, the collector of customs of the district from which any such Chinese laborer shall depart from the United States shall, in person or by deputy, go on board each vessel having on board any such Chinese laborer, and cleared or about to sail from his district for a foreign port, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List for purpose of identification, etc., to be made and kept in customhouse.</p></sidenote>and on such vessel make a list of all such Chinese laborers, which shall be entered in registry-books, to be kept for that purpose in which shall be stated the individual, family, and tribal name in full, the age, occupation, when and where followed, last place of residence, physical marks or peculiarities, and all facts necessary for the identification of each of such Chinese laborers, which books shall be safely kept in the customhouse; and evry such Chinese laborer so departing from the United States shall be entitled to and shall receive, free of any’ charge or cost upon application therefor, from the collector or his deputy, in the name of said collector and attested by said collector’s seal of office, at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate to be made and delivered, entitling person described to a return to the U. S.</p></sidenote>time such list is taken, a certificate, signed by the collector or his deputy and attested by his seal of office, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, which certificate shall contain a statement of the individual, family, and tribal name in full, age, occupation, when and where followed, of the Chinese laborer to whom the certificate is issued, corresponding with the said list and registry in all particulars. In case any Chinese laborer, after having received such certificate, shall leave such vessel before her departure, he shall deliver his certificate to the master of the vessel; and if such Chinese laborer shall fail to return to such vessel before her departure from port, the certificate shall be delivered by the master to the collector of customs for cancellation. The certificate herein provided for shall entitle the Chinese laborer to whom the same is issued to return to and re-enter the United States upon producing and delivering the same to the collector of customs of the district at which such Chinese laborer shall seek to re-enter, and said certificate shall be the only evidence permissible to establish his right of reentry; and upon delivering of such certificate by such Chinese laborer to the collector of customs at the time of reentry in the United States, said collector shall cause the same to be filed in the customhouse and duly canceled.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section six of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese, other than laborers, to be identified by certificate from Chinese Government.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That in order to the faithful execution of the provisions of this act, evry Chinese person, other than a laborer, who may be entitled by said treaty or this act to come within the United States, and who shall be about to come to the United States, shall obtain the permission of and be identified as so entitled by the Chinese Government, or of such other foreign Government of which at the time such Chinese person shall be a subject, in each case to be evidenced by a certificate issued by such Government, which certificate shall be in the English language, and shall show such permission, with the name of the permitted person in his or her proper signature, and which certificate shall state the individual, family, and tribal name in full, title or official rank, if any, the age, height, and all physical peculiarities, former and present occupation or profession, when and where and how long pursued, and place of residence of the person to whom the certificate is issued, and that such person is entitled by this act to come within the United States. If the person so applying for a certificate shall be a merchant, said certificate shall, in addition to above requirements, state the nature, character, and estimated value of the business carried on by him prior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>to and at the time of his application as aforesaid: <i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this act nor in said treaty shall be construed as embracing within the meaning of the word ‘ merchant,’ hucksters, peddlers, or those engaged in taking, drying, or otherwise preserving shell or other fish for
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/117">117</page>
home consumption or exportation. If the certificate be sought for the purpose of travel for curiosity, it shall also state whether the applicant intends to pass through or travel within the United States, together with his financial standing in the country from which such certificate is desired. The certificate provided for in this act, and the identity of the person named therein shall, before such person goes on board any vessel to proceed to the United States, be vised by the indorsement of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indorsement of certificate by diplomatic representative of United States abroad.</p></sidenote> diplomatic representatives of the United States in the foreign country from which said certificate issues, or of the consular representative of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in the certificate is about to depart; and such diplomatic representative or consular representative whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duty, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truth of the statements set forth in said certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. Such certificate vised as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the collector of customs of the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States whenever lawfully demanded, and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person so producing the same to establish a right of entry into the United States; but said certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section eight of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the master of any vessel arriving in the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Masters of vessels arriving is United States to make and deliver to collector, etc.r list of Chinese passengers.</p></sidenote> from any foreign port or place shall, at the same time he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making a report of the entry of the vessel pursuant to law, in addition to the other matter required to be reported, and before landing, or permitting to land, any Chinese passengers, deliver and report to the collector of customs of the district in which such vessels shall have arrived a separate list of all Chinese passengers taken on board his vessel at any foreign port or place, and all such passengers on board the vessel at that time, Such list shall show the names of such passengers (and if accredited officers of the Chinese or of any other foreign Government, traveling on the business of that Government, or their servants, with a note of such facts), and the names and other particulars as shown by their respective certificates; and such list shall be sworn to by the master in the manner required by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo. Any refusal or wilful neglect of any such master to comply with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for failure, etc.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this section shall incur the same penalties and forfeiture as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section ten of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That every vessel whose master shall knowingly violate any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture of vessel for violation of provisions of act.</p></sidenote> of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation in any district of the United States into which such vessel may enter or in which she may be found.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section eleven of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 11. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Misdemeanor.</p></sidenote> to be brought into the United States by land, or who shall aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any vessel, of any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand Dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section twelve of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows.”</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 12 </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entering the United States by land; terms of.</p></sidenote> United States by land without producing to the proper officer of cus-
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 220, 221 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/118">118</page>
toms the certificate in this act required of Chinese persons seeking <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When not entitled to residence to be removed, etc.</p></sidenote>to land from a vessel. And any Chinese person found unlawfully within the United States shall be caused to be removed therefrom to the country from whence he came, and at the cost of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States and found to be one not lawfully entitled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost, etc., of removal.</p></sidenote>to be or to remain in the United States; and in all such cases the person who brought or aided in bringing such person to the United States shall be liable to the Government of the United States for all necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers; duties, compensation.</p></sidenote>expenses incurred in such investigation and removal; and all peace officers of the several States and Territories of the United States are hereby invested with the same authority as a marshal or United States marshal in reference to carrying out the provisions of this act or the act of which this is amendatory, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, and shall be entitled to like compensation to be audited <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States to pay costs, charges, etc.; when.</p></sidenote>and paid by the same officers. And the United States shall pay all costs and charges for the maintenance and return of any Chinese person having the certificate prescribed by law as entitling such Chinese person to come into the United States who may not have been permitted to land from any vessel by reason of any of the provisions of this act.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section thirteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, etc., of the Chinese Government exempt.</p></sidenote>Sec 13 That this act shall not apply to diplomatic and other officers of the Chinese or other Governments traveling upon the business of that Government, whose credentials shall be taken as equivalent to the certificate in this act mentioned, and shall exempt them and their body and household servants from the provisions of this act as to other Chinese persons”</p>
</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section fifteen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 15 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions of act made applicable to all subjects of China, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of this act shall apply to all subjects of China and Chinese, whether subjects of China, or any other foreign power; and tile words Chinese laborers, wherever used in this act shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 16 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violations of act not otherwise provided to constitute a misdemeanor.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of the act of which this is amendatory, the punishment of which is not otherwise herein provided for, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 17 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to affect proceedings, etc., of former act.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect any prosecution or other proceeding criminal or civil, begun under the act of which this amendatory; but such prosecution or other proceeding, criminal or civil, shall proceed as if this act bad not been passed.
</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 221: to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>221</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 118</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>221.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation in Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there shall be in the Department of the Treasury of the United States a Bureau of Navigation, under the immediate charge of a Commissioner of Navigation.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have general superintendence of the commercial marine and merchant seamen of the United States, so far as vessels and seamen are not, under existing laws, subject to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote>supervision of any other officer of the Government. He shall be specially charged with the decision of all questions relating to the issue of registers, enrollments, and licenses of vessels, and to the filing and preserv-
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 221, 222. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/119">119</page>
ing of those documents; and wherever in title forty-eight or fifty of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., Title 48, 795; R. S., Title 50, 833.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties devolving upon Register of Treasury relating to navigation to be performed by Commissioner of Navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> Revised Statutes any of the aboved-named documents are required to be surrendered or returned to the Register of the Treasury, such requirement is hereby repealed, and such documents shall be surrendered and returned to the Commissioner of Navigation. Said Commissioner shall have charge of all similar documents now in the keeping of the Register of the Treasury, and shall perform all the duties hitherto devolved upon said Register relating to navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation shall be charged with the supervision of the laws relating to the admeasurement of vessels, and the assigning of signal letters thereto, and of designating their official number; and on all questions of interpretation growing out of the execution of the laws relating to these subjects, and relating to the collection of tonnage tax, and to the refund of such tax when collected erroneously or illegally, his decision shall be final.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation shall annually prepare and publish a list of vessels of.the United States belonging to the commercial marine, specifying the official number, signal letters, names, rig, tonnage, home port, and place and date of building of evry vessel, distinguishing in such list sailing-vessels from such as may be propelled by steam or other motive power. Ho shall also report annually to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To make report, annually to Secretary of Treasury.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury the increase of vessels of the United States, by building or otherwise, specifying their number, rig, and motive power. He shall also investigate the operations of the laws relative to navigation, and annually report to the Secretary of the Treasury such particulars as may, in his judgment, admit of improvement or may require amendment. .</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation shall, under the direction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Empowered to change names of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Secretary of the Treasury, be empowered to change the names of vessels of the United States, under such restrictions as may have been or shall be prescribed by act of Congress.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation shall be appointed by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of Commissioner.</p></sidenote> President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, etc.; transfer of, to be deputy commissioner.</p></sidenote> And the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to transfer from existing Bureaus or divisions of the Treasury one clerk, to be designated as deputy commissioner of navigation, to act with the full powers of said Commissioner during his temporary’ absence from his official duty for any cause, and such additional clerks as he may consider necessary to the successful operation of the Bureau of Navigation, without impairing the efficiency of the Bureaus or divisions whence such clerks may be transferred</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be in force and take effect on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 222: to relieve certain soldiers from the charge of desertion.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>222</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 119</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>222.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to relieve certain soldiers from the charge of desertion.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Soldiers charged with desertion, relief of; conditions.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the charge of desertion now standing on the rolls and records in the Office of the Adjutant General of the United States against any soldier who served in the late war in the volunteer service shall be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that any such soldier served faithfully until the expiration of his term of enlistment, or until the first day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty five, having previously served six months or more, or was prevented from completing his term of service by reason of wounds received or disease contracted in the line of duty, but who, by reason of absence
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/120">120</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 222, 223. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
from his command at the time the same was mustered out, failed to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>mustered out and to receive an honorable discharge, <i>Provided</i>, That no soldier shall be relieved under this section who, not being sick or wounded, left his command without proper authority whilst the same was in the presence of the enemy.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate of discharge.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to remove the charge of desertion from the records of any soldier in the late war upon proper application therefor and satisfactory proof in the following cases:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">First, That such soldier, after such charge of desertion was made, and within a reasonable time thereafter, voluntarily returned, to his command .and served faithfully to the end of his term of service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Second. That such soldier absented himself without proper authority from hospital, or from furlough given from hospital, while suffering from wounds, injuries, or disease received or contracted in the service in the line of duty, and, on recovery, voluntarily returned to his command and served faithfully until discharged, or died from such wounds, injury, or disease while so absent and before the date of the muster out of his command.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Third. That such soldier absented himself without proper authority from furlough given by proper authority, and while so absent died from wounds, injury or disease received or contracted in the service in the line of duty before the muster out of his command.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms and pro upon which relief may be granted.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in all cases where the charge of desertion shall be removed under the provisions of this act from the record of any soldier who has not received a certificate of discharge, it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General of the United States to issue to such soldier, or, in case of his death, to his heirs or legal representatives, a certificate of discharge.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay and. bounty.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That when the charge of desertion shall be removed under the provisions of this act from the record of any soldier, such soldier, or, in case of his death, the heirs or legal representatives of such soldier, shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>receive the pay and bounty duo to such soldier, <i>Provided, however</i>, That this act shall not be so construed as to give to any such soldier, or, in case of his death, to the heirs or legal representatives of any such soldier, any Pay bounty or allowance for any period of time during which such soldier was absent from his command without proper authority, nor shall it be so construed as to give any pay, bounty, or allowance to any soldier, his heirs or legal representatives, who served in the Army a period of less than six mouths.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications for relief to be filed, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all applications for relief under this act shall be made to and tiled with the Secretary of War within the period of five years from and after its passage, and all applications not so made and tiled within said term of live years shall be forever barred and shall not be received or considered.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 223: to authorize the location of a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in either the State of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri or Nebraska, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>223</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 120</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>223.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the location of a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in either the State of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri or Nebraska, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Board of Managers of the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are hereby authorized and directed to locate a branch of the home at some suitable point in either the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, or Nebraska. The same shall not be located on a tract of land less <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>than three hundred and twenty acres in extent.
</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/121">121</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 223, 224. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said branch home shall be located and the ground purchased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Mana-Sers of Home for disabled volunteer Soldiers to select site, etc., <i>proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> unless the same be donated, by said Board of Managers within three months, or as soon thereafter as practicable from the approval of this act: <i>Provided</i>, That said Board of Managers may select any Government property suitable for such home, by and with the consent of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That within six months, or as soon thereafter as practicable,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection to be made and erection of buildings commenced within six months, etc.</p></sidenote> from the approval of this act, the said Board of Managers shall commence the erection of a suitable building or buildings on the ground so purchased for the use of said branch home. That said building or buildings shall be completed at as early a day as possible.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> hereby appropriated for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned and the improvement of the grounds of said branch home.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons eligible to admission to branch home, etc.</p></sidenote> in the war of the rebellion, and the volunteer soldiers and sailors of the war eighteen hundred and twelve and of the Mexican war, who are disabled by age, disease or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, shall be admitted into the home for disabled volunteer soldiers. <i>Provided</i> such disability was not incurred in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> service against the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Board of Managers of the Home for Disabled Volunteer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Managers authorized to inquire into expediency of establishing other branch homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, etc.</p></sidenote> Soldiers is hereby authorized to inquire into the expediency of establishing a branch of the home in the State of California for the Pacific coast; and to that end the said Board is authorized to receive propositions from the managers of the “<quotedText>Veteran Home</quotedText>” located in Napa County, California, for the transfer of the buildings, grounds, and property of said “<quotedText>Veterans’ Home</quotedText>” to the United States, for use as a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to report to Congress in respect to the propriety and expediency of accepting said “<quotedText>Veterans Home</quotedText>” for such branch; but this section shall not interfere with the establishing of the home provided for in this act. And also that the Board of Managers of the Soldiers’ Home be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a branch soldiers’ home in the State of Michigan, and also as to the use of the Fort Dearborn Military Reservation, and the building thereon, for that purpose, and to report to Congress thereon at an early day; but this provision shall not interfere with the establishment of the home provided for in this act</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 224: to amend article seventy two of the Rules and articles of War.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>224</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 121</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>224.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend article seventy two of the Rules and articles of War.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Article 72 of the rules and articles of war amended, relating to courts martial.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That article seventy two of the Articles of War be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
</content>
</section>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art</inline>. 72. Any general officer commanding an army, a Territorial Division or a Department, or colonel commanding a separate department may appoint general courts martial whenever necessary. But when any such commander is the accuser or prosecutor of any officer under his command the court shall be appointed by the President; and its proceedings and sentence shall be sent directly to the Secretary of War, by whom they shall be laid before the President, for his approval or orders in the case.</p>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 225: to limit the time within which prosecutions may be instituted against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>225</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 122</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/122">122</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>225.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to limit the time within which prosecutions may be instituted against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecutions for charged violations of internal revenue laws prohibited unless indictment, etc., is found within three years, etc.; <i>proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That no person shall be prosecuted, tried or punished for any of the various offenses arising under the internal revenue laws of the United States unless the indictment is found or the information instituted within three years next after the commission of the offense, in all cases where the penalty prescribed may be imprisonment in the penitentiary, and within two years in all other cases: <i>Provided</i>, That the time during which the person committing the offense is absent from the district wherein the same is committed shall not be taken as any part of the time limited by law for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>commencement of such proceedings; <i>Provided further</i> that the provisions of this act shall not apply to offenses committed prior to its passage: <i>And provided further</i> that where a complaint shall be instituted before a commissioner of the United States within the period above limited, the time shall be extended until the discharge, of the Grand Jury at its next session within the district: <i>And provided further</i> that this act shall not apply to offenses committed by officers of the United States.
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That ail laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and are hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 226: to validate and cure defects in certain acts of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>226</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 122</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>226.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to validate and cure defects in certain acts of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acts of legislative assembly of the Territory of Washington, wherein detective, cured, and confirmed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That all those certain acts passed by the legislative assembly of the Territory of Washington at its ninth biennial session, commencing Monday, October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and ending November twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to correct errors and supply defects in the code of Washington;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act amending chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the code, relative to the construction and maintenance of dikes and ditches;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to prohibit the sale of toy pistols, firearms, and tobacco to children under the age of sixteen years;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act in relation to prosecuting attorneys, defining their duties, and fixing their compensation;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the hospital for the insane for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty two and eighteen hundred and eighty three;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to provide for holding a term of the district court at Port Townsend;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to enable the county commissioners of Yakima County to build certain bridges in Yakima County;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to legalize certain ordinances and proceedings of the city of Seattle in condemning a strip of land for a public street;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to provide for the payment of bills for printing blank commissions for general officers, commissioners of deeds, and notaries public, for use of the executive department;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">An act to establish the county-seat of Garfield County at Pomeroy;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Notwithstanding the omission of the enacting clause or the date of the governor’s approval, the misdating of such approval or other defect or other irregularity, are hereby validated and confirmed as of November twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, when they are supposed to have been approved.</p>
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</section>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 226, 227. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the words “<quotedText>subdivision twelve of</quotedText>” be inserted in the act of said legislative assembly entitled “An act to amend section three hundred and forty-seven of the code of Washington”, approved November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, immediately after the word “<quotedText>that</quotedText>” where it first occurs in said act, and immediately before the word “<quotedText>section</quotedText>” therein, and that construction and effect be given to said act as though it contained said words.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 227: making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>227</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 123</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>227.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau>That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being the estimated expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>General Expenses.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for salaries and contingent expenses.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For executive office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners.</p></sidenote> each; one Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); one secretary, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> stationery, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assessor’s office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor, assistant assessors, clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one license clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk one thousand dollars; one clerk and messenger, nine hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, and other necessary items,one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collector’s office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collector, cashier, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> temporary clerks, printing, books, stationery, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For auditor’s office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> chief clerk, who shall in the necessary absence or inability from any cause of the auditor perform his duties, without additional compensation, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for temporary clerk-hire, one thousand dollars; for contingent
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 227. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>expenses, including books, stationery, arid other necessary items, three hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks.</p></sidenote>For temporary clerk-hire to enable the auditor to bring up the books and arrange the accounts of his office and to audit the books of the collector, one hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-six cents, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney, assistant, clerk, and others.</p></sidenote>For attorney’s office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, one thousand nine hundred dollars; one special assistant attorney, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and ninety-two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>dollars; for rent of office, one hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and other necessary items, five hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sinking-fund office, clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For sinking-fund office: For two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner.</p></sidenote>For coroner’s office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>dollars; for contingent expenses, including jurors’ fees, stationery, books, blanks, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, and holding inquests, seven hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer’s office, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For engineer’s office: One chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, at oue thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one computing engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand dollars; one inspector of asphalt and cement, two thousand four hundred dollars; ne inspector of gas and meters, who shall pay into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia, in equal parts, all fees collected by him, two thousand dollars; for necessary expenses, and for maintaining and keeping in good order and repair the laboratory and apparatus of inspector of gas and meters, six hundred dollars; one superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of plumbing, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant to inspector of plumbing, one thousand dollars; one superintendent of lamps, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; three inspectors of streets, sewers, and buildings, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three market masters, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one market-master, at nine hundred dollars; one harbor master, at one thousand two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the fees collected by said harbormaster shall be paid into the Treasury, to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia, in equal parts; one janitor, seven hundred dollars; five messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>at three hundred and sixty dollars each; contingent expenses, including rent of property-yards, books, stationery, binding, and preservation of records in the engineer’s and surveyor’s offices; printing, transportation (six vehicles, six animals, care of same, saddlery, forage, and repairs), and other necessary items and services, five thousand dollars; in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary overseers to be paid, etc.</p></sidenote>all, sixty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; <i>Provided</i>, That overseers or inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction or repair of buildings,
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done under contracts authorized by appropriations, shall be paid out of the sums appropriated for the work, and for the time actually engaged thereon; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual reports to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers and inspectors, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, and general necessary expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, ice, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance of property, etc.</p></sidenote> of District offices and markets, live thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That property belonging to the District of Columbia may be insured in advance for periods of five years or less.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Improvements and Repairs, and for Care and Repair of Bridges.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to concrete pavements, fifty thousand dollars; for materials<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of pavements, etc.</p></sidenote> for permit work, fifty thousand dollars; for continuation of surveys of the District of Columbia with reference to the extension of various avenues to the District line, five thousand dollars; for Boundary intercepting and lateral sewers, one hundred thousand dollars; for work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacement of pavements on streets named in Appendix J. j. annexed to the estimates of the commissioners of the District for eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars; and hereafter in executing public works the Commissioners are authorized to make separate contracts for materials and for labor, and the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorized to settle the accounts of the Commissioners since July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for materials so purchased.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Benning’s Anacostia, and Chain Bridges, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benning’s, Anacostia, and Chain Bridges.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; and for repairing and maintaining bridges under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Washington aqueduct.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Aqueduct.</p></sidenote> dollars; and hereafter the lessees of the Alexandria Canal shall keep in good repair at least two spans of the Aqueduct Bridge, so that no leakage or wastage of water shall occur.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Maintaining Institutions of Charity, Reformatories, and Prisons.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Washington Asylum: For one commissioner and intendant, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred dollars; one matron, six hundred dollars; one visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; one resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; one overseer, eight hundred dollars; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, two hundred and forty dollars; one hostler, one hundred and twenty dollars; one ambulance driver, one hundred and twenty dollars; one cook, at one hundred and twenty dollars; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; five nurses,-at sixty dollars each; for contingent expenses, including improvements, provisions, fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, hardware, dry-goods, medicines, and other necessary items, thirty-five thousand dollars; repairs to almshouse, including new blinds, painting, and putting in gas-pipe and fixtures, and moving and refitting stable, two thousand five hundred dollars; dump-cars, iron rails, ties, switches, joints, and spikes, to construct two thousand five hundred feet of movable track for the purpose of grading streets and
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avenues in the eastern portion of the city, and for filling in marshes adjoining the asylum grounds, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform School.</p></sidenote>For Reform School: For one superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; four teachers, three thousand dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; two matrons of family, three hundred and sixty dollars; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; superintendent of chair-shop, five hundred dollars; shoemaker, three hundred dollars; baker, three hundred dollars; engineer, three hundred and thirty-six dollars; tailor, three hundred dollars; seamstress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; two dining-room servants, atone hundred and forty-four dollars each; chambermaid, one hundred and forty-four dollars; laundress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; florist, two hundred and forty dollars; cook, three hundred dollars; watchmen, not exceeding five in number, one thousand and eighty dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote>For subsistence, including groceries, flour, meats, dry-goods, leather, gas, coal, hardware, woodenware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seed, harness and repairs, fertilizers, stationery and books, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attention, purchase of stock, fencing, and other necessary expenditures, all in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District, over and above the income from the farm and school, twenty-two thousand dollars; and an itemized account of said income shall be submitted to and approved by the Commissioners quarterly.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown Almshouse.</p></sidenote>For the Georgetown Almshouse: For the support of inmates, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indigent insane of the District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4844, 939.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4850, 940.</p></sidenote>For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, fifty thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of paupers, etc.</p></sidenote>For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charities.</p></sidenote>For the following charities, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the relief of the poor, fifteen thousand dollars. And the compensation of the physicians to the poor shall not exceed forty’ dollars per month each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and maintenance of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Women’s Christian Association, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For, the National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating apparatus and for furnishing and other necessaries for the new building for said National Association, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Children’s Hospital, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Industrial Home School: For maintenance of inmates and salaries of superintendent and employees, the promotion of industries, additional water supply, bathroom, fencing, improvements, payment of indebtedness heretofore incurred, and necessary expenses over and above any income from the school, all in the discretion of the Commissioners, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; and au itemized account of said income shall be submitted to the Commissioners quarterly.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of the Church Orphanage of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the appropriation of five thousand dollars made by the act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District ofColambiafor the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, “<quotedText>for the erection of a building on the
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grounds recently purchased by the German Protestant Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia, now the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia; <i>Provided</i>, That the asylum shall contribute an equal sum for this purpose,</quotedText>” and continued and made available for the same purpose and subject to the like condition for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available, without condition, for the uses of the institution, in the discretion of the board of directors</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports of receipts mid expenditures, etc., to be made by Commissioners to Congress.</p></sidenote> to visit and investigate the management of all the institutions of charity within the District which may be appropriated for out of the District revenues, in whole or in part, and shall require and itemized report of receipts and expenditures to be made to them, to be transmitted with their annual report to Congress, which report shall also include such recommendations as the Commissioners may deem proper concerning the necessity for such institutions, together with a plan for their organization and management, and estimates of appropriations necessary for their maintenance.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Streets.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sweeping, cleaning, and sprinkling streets and avenues, forty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Streets, sweeping, cleaning, etc., of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; cleaning alleys, ten thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That hereafter contracts for cleaning streets and alleys may be made for periods not exceeding five years, and subject to annual appropriations therefor by Congress; for current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, twenty-five thousand dollars; current repairs to county roads and suburban streets, twenty-five thousand dollars; cleaning and repairing lateral sewers and basins, twenty-two thousand dollars; cleaning tidal sowers, three thousand dollars; repairs to pumps, three thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the parking commission: For contingent expenses, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parking, etc.</p></sidenote> laborers, cart-hire, trees, tree-boxes, tree-stakes, tree-straps, planting and care of trees, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For streetlamps: For illuminating material and lighting, extinguishing,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lamps.</p></sidenote> repairing, and cleaning lamps on avenues, streets, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lampposts, and to replace such as are old, damaged, and unfit for use, ninety-five thousand three hundred and eighty dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That no more than twenty-two dollars per annum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> for each streetlamp shall be paid for gas, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than two thousand six hundred hours per annum; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose: <i>Provided further</i>, That the Commissioners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for gas limited, etc.</p></sidenote> of the District of Columbia shall not be authorized to make any contract for gas or other illuminating material, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, for any longer period than one year.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for metropolitan police.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one major and superintendent, two thousand six hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police.</p></sidenote> one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons for the police and fire departments, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; for additional compensation to privates detailed from time to time for special service in the detection and prevention of crime, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars, or so much thereof as may be
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necessary; ten lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty-dollars each; ninety privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and forty privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; seventeen station-keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers, at four hundred and twenty dollars each: one messenger, seven hundred dollars; one messenger, five hundred dollars; one major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; one captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; twenty lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; one ambulance driver four hundred and eighty dollars; one assistant to driver, three hundred dollars; rent of sixth anti seventh precinct station-houses, substation at Uniontown, and police headquarters, three thousand and twenty dollars; for fuel, two thou-and dollars; erection of stable in first precinct, three thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New station in sixth precinct.</p></sidenote>dollars; purchase of site and erection of new station in sixth precinct, fifteen thousand dollars; repairs to station houses, one thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery, books, telegraphing, photographs, printing and binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture, and repairs to same, police equipments, and repairs to same, beds and bed-clothing, insignia of office, horses, harness, and forage, repairs to van and ambulance, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, nine thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gamewell alarm telegraph and telephone police stations.</p></sidenote>To purchase, if on due trial found useful and necessary, twenty Game-well alarm telegraph and telephone police stations, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For The Fire Department.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote>For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one fire marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two foremen acting as assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six foremen, at one thousand dollars each; six engineers, at one thousand dollars each; six firemen, at eight hundred dollars each; two tillermen, at eight hundred dollars each; eight hostlers, at eight hundred dollars each; fifty-four privates, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one veterinary surgeon, three hundred dollars; repairs to engine-houses, seven hundred and fifty dollars; for fuel, two thousand dollars; purchase of horses, two thousand five hundred dollars; forage, six thousand dollars; hose, two thousand dollars; repairs to apparatus, four thousand dollars; exchanging three Amoskeag engines, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>nine thousand dollars; contingent expenses, including office-rent, horseshoeing, furniture, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, seven thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of site and erection of new engine-house, ten thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fireman’s relief fund.</p></sidenote>hundred and thirty dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the Commissioners shall deduct one dollar each month from the monthly pay of each fireman, which sum so deducted shall be kept as a firemen’s relief fund under the control of the Commissioners, and shall be used for the relief of any fireman who by accident, while in actual performance of duty, shall become so permanently disabled as to be discharged from service therefor, and in case of his death, leaving a widow or children under sixteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>years of age, for their relief: <i>Provided further</i>, That such relief shall not exceed for any one fireman or his family the sum of forty dollars per month.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rezin W. Darby, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay Rezin W. Darby the amount due him on his contract for remodeling the Georgetown town-hall and converting the same into a fire-
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engine house, one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-one cents. And the amount which shall be received from the sale of the Georgetown fish-wharf, authorized by the act of March third,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 467.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Telegraph and telephone service: For one general superintendent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph and telephone service.</p></sidenote> one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician, atone thousand two hundred dollars; two telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; two repair men, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer, four hundred dollars; general supplies, repairs and battery, including battery supplies, telephone rental, wire and extension of lines, insulators, brackets and pins, gas and fuel, record-books and stationery, office-rent and wagon, harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, and the purchase of new fire-alarm boxes, implements, and tools, twelve thousand dollars: in all, twenty thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
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<heading>Courts.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the police court: For one judge, three thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars; and hereafter the salary of said clerk shall be two thousand dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, one thousand dollars; two bailiffs, at three dollars per day each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; United States marshal’s fees, one thousand four hundred dollars; contingent expenses, including compensation of a justice of the peace acting as judge of the police court during the absence of said judge, not exceeding three hundred dollars, books, stationery, fuel, ice, gas, witness fees, and other necessary items, three thousand dollars; for judicial expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand two hundred anti eighteen dollars.</p>
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<heading>Public Schools, District of Columbia.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents, teachers, and janitors, secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents, teachers, and others.</p></sidenote> the board, and clerks, including additional teachers, rents, repairs, fuel, furniture, books, stationery, new school buildings, furniture for new school buildings, and other necessary items, five hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For officers: For one superintendent, at two thousand seven hundred dollars; one superintendent, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: one clerk to committee on accounts, at three hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at eight hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For teachers: For five hundred and fifty-five teachers, to be employed at a rate of compensation not to exceed the rate provided by the present schedule of salaries, and at an average salary not to exceed six hundred and seventy dollars, three hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For janitors, and care of the several school buildings: For care of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors.</p></sidenote> high school building, one thousand six hundred dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Franklin building, one thousand one hundred dollars; of the Force, Seaton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Peabody, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, and Analostan buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln, Miner, and Stevens buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Twining, Abbott, John F. Cook, and Randall buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; of the Curtis building, six hundred dollars; of the Crunch, Ami-don, Morse, Brent, and Bannaker buildings, five hundred dollars each; for one janitor and messenger to the board and superintendent of the first six divisions, three hundred dollars; for one janitor and messenger to the superintendent of the seventh and eighth divisions, two hun
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dred dollars; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, at a rate-not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; in all, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the janitors of the principal school buildings, in addition to their other duties, shall do all minor repairs to buildings and furniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and take care of the heating apparatus, and shall be selected with reference to their qualifications to perform this work.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings.</p></sidenote>For rent of school buildings, six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars; for fuel, eighteen thousand dollars; repairs and improvements-to school buildings and grounds, twenty thousand dollars; and for contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing, insurance, and other necessary items, twenty thousand dollars; in alb sixty-four thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings of schools, etc.</p></sidenote>For buildings for schools: For addition to school building on the new Bladensburg pike, three thousand five hundred dollars: for the purchase of sites, when necessary, and the erection and completion of new buildings, and for furniture for new school buildings, sixty-six thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings shall be prepared by the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, and shall be approved by the Architect of the Capitol and the commissioners of the District, and said buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith, and shall be contracted for and finished by the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Holmead Cemetery act relative to, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 353.</p></sidenote>That the act entitled “<quotedText>An act to protect Holmead Cemetery in the District of Columbia</quotedText>” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be amended by adding the words “<quotedText>and convey</quotedText>” after the word “sell” so as to make it read “sell and convey any part or 1 he whole of said square.”</p>
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<heading>Miscellaneous Expenses.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p></sidenote>For repair’s and replacement of public hay-scales, five hundred dollars; for rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars; for general advertising, four thousand dollars; for books for register of wills, printing, cheeks, damages, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand six hundred dollars</content>
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<heading>Health Department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Health officer, inspectors, and other’s.</p></sidenote>For one health officer, three thousand dollars; six sanitary inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for clerks and other assistants to the health officer, seven thousand dollars; one messenger, five hundred and forty dollars; one poundmaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding thirty dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and for contingent expenses,including books, stationery, fuel, rent, repairs to pound, and wagon for poundmaster, forage, meat for dogs, horseshoeing, and other necessary items, four thousand dollars; for purchase of ambulance, horse, and harness, and pay of driver, one thousand two hundred dollars; removal of garbage, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for removal of garbage.</p></sidenote>eighty dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That hereafter contracts for removal of garbage may be made for periods not exceeding five years, subject to annual appropriations by Congress.</content>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Interest and Sinking-fund.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funded debt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest and sinking-fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>For interest and sinking-fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water-bonds, one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents: <i>Provided</i>, That any
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balances now unexpended of the appropriations for interest and sinking-fund for the District of Columbia may be consolidated on the books<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consolidation of unexpended b a 1-antes of appropriations for interest and sinking-fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eight per cent, certificates of indebtedness and coupons, etc., destruction of, authorized.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury Department, and hereafter any amount appropriated for any fiscal year may be consolidated with the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the same purpose for the years preceding: <i>And provided further</i>, That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to cause to be destroyed, in the same manner as United States securities are destroyed, all the eight per centum certificates of indebtedness, and coupons thereof, together with all coupons of other District of Columbia bonds due prior to July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, which have been or may hereafter be paid or retired by payment of taxes or by purchase.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no payment shall be made of any certificate issued by the late<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain certificates of Board of Audit to be presented within one year, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 119.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners to give notice.</p></sidenote> Board of Audit of the District of Columbia under authority of the act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, that shall not be presented for payment within one year from the date of the approval of this act; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to cause notice to be given to the holders of said certificates to make presentation within the time fixed, by publication in two newspapers published in the city of Washington each once a week for three successive weeks immediately following the approval of this act, and once a week for three successive weeks immediately preceding the date of expiration of the time fixed herein within which payment may be made.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general contingent expenses of the District of Columbia, to be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by Hood or fire, and of like character, not otherwise sufficiently provided for, five thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That in the purchase of all articles<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> provided for in this act no more than the market price shall be paid for any such article, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected: <i>Provided further</i>, That all appropriations for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> contingent expenses made by this act shall be expended under the direction and in the sole discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; but such expenditures shall be accounted for in the Treasury Department as other expenditures for the District, and a detailed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report of expenditure of contingent fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 193, 30.</p></sidenote> statement of such expenditures shall be reported to Congress in accordance with section one hundred and ninety-three, Revised Statutes of the United States.</p>
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<heading>Water Department.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water department.</p></sidenote> of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, unless otherwise provided:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one inspector, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand four hundred dollars; engineers and firemen, coal, material, and for high service in Washington and Georgetown, pipe-distribution to high and low service, including public hydrants, fireplugs, replacing the nine inch with ten-inch fireplugs, material and labor, repairing and laying new mains, and lowering mains, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for interest and sinking-fund for water bonds to be deposited to credit of interest and sinking-fund for funded debt, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; interest and sinking-fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars; and the commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to deposit the amount annually appropriated for interest and sinking-fund for the water-bonds to the credit of the appropriation for interest and sinking-fund for the funded indebtedness of the District of Columbia; and that the Treasurer of the United States, as sinking-fund commis-
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer U. S. to invest certain balances in bonds of D. C. in his discretion.</p></sidenote>sioner of the District of Columbia, shall, after paying the interest on the funded indebtedness of the District, including the interest, on the water-bonds, out of the combined funds, invest the balance thereof on account of the several sinking-funds in such bonds of the District of Columbia, including the water-bonds, as he may deem most <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest on amount appropriated for increase of supply of water, etc., to be drawn only on requisition of Treasurer U. S.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 168.</p></sidenote>advantageous; to pay interest on one half of all moneys already advanced, and that may be advanced to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, by the United States (excepting the amounts advanced for constructing fishways), under the provisions of an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “<quotedText>An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, said amount to be drawn from the Treasury only on the requisition of the Treasurer of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer U. S. to estimate amount to refund to U.S., in installments, with interest, one-half the amount advanced by IT. S. remaining unpaid for increase of water supple.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 170.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requisitions of commissioners limited, etc.</p></sidenote>States: <i>Provided</i>, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to include in their annual estimates for the expenses of the water department an estimate, to be made by the Treasurer of the United States, of the amount necessary to refund, in not less than twenty-five annual instalments, one half of the amount advanced by the United States under the said act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, with interest on said amount at the rate of three per centum per annum, computed annually on the principal sum remaining unpaid; in all, one hundred and eighty-six thousand three hundred and forty-nine dollars.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues of said District, including one-half of all general taxes paid in drawback certificates during <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special assessments, drawback certificates, etc., to be issued to holders of outstanding lieu certificates for interest, etc.</p></sidenote>said fiscal year. And where special assessments have been reduced on revision as required by law, drawback certificates receivable for all arrears of general taxes due and unpaid June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall be issued to the holders of outstanding lien certificates, for the interest accrued on the amount of such reduction up to the date of the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 228: to amend sections forty-three hundred and eighty-one and forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to fees levied and collected from the owners and masters of vessels in domestic commerce.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>228.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend sections forty-three hundred and eighty-one and forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to fees levied and collected from the owners and masters of vessels in domestic commerce.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted-by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees from owners and masters of vessels in domestic commerce.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4381,846.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That paragraphs numbered six and seven, respectively, of section numbered forty-three hundred and eighty-one be, and the same are hereby, severally amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Sixth, For certifying manifests and granting a permit for a licensed vessel to proceed from district to district, ten cents.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Seventh. For receiving a certified manifest and granting a permit on the arrival of such licensed vessel, ten cents.”</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4382, 847.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That paragraphs numbered six and eight, respectively, of sections numbered forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, severally amended so as to read as follows:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Sixth. For certifying manifest, including master’s oath, and granting permit for vessel to go from district to district, ten cents.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Eighth. For receiving manifest, including master’s oath on arrival of a vessel from one collection district to another, whether touching at foreign, intermediate ports or not, ten cents.”</p>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 228, 229. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That paragraphs numbered seven and nine respectively, of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4 82, 847.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tort ions of repealed.</p></sidenote> section forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 229: making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">River and harbor appropriations.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums of money be, and are hereby appropriated, to be, paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portland.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Bangor and Penobscot River, Maine: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bangor.</p></sidenote> improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement, forty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rockland.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving breakwater at the mouth of Saco River, Maine: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater, Saco River.</p></sidenote> improvement and repairs, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Portsmouth, New-Hampshire: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington.</p></sidenote> twenty five thousand dollars; for repairs, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nantucket.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newburyport.</p></sidenote> forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scituate.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plymouth.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provincetown.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wood’s Holl.</p></sidenote> twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wareham.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Constructing a national harbor of refuge of the first class at Sandy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay. Cape Ann; construction of, authorized</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars: <i>provided</i>, That a board of three engineers, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, shall decide that this point is the best location on the coast between Boston and Portland for such a harbor that shall serve all the uses for which it may be needed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving breakwater at Block Island, Rhode Island: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater, Block Island.</p></sidenote> improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridgeport.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving-breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater, New Haven.</p></sidenote> forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Haven Harbor.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at New London, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New London.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norwalk.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stonington.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black Rock.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Commencing new improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buttermilk Channel.</p></sidenote>Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canarsie Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sheepshead Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving Sheepshead Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dunkirk.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars, to restore broken breakwater and for dredging.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flushing Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">OowajitiB Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving channel in Gowanns Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Sodus Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greenport.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Greenport, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Sodus Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oak Orchard.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Oak Orchard, New York: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ogd naburg</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oswego.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rondout.</p></sidenote>improving harbor at Rondout, New York: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater, Rouse’s Point.</p></sidenote>Commencing construction of breakwater at Rouse’s Point, on Lake Champlain, New York, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saugerties.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel between Staten Island and New Jersey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Raritan Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving channel between Staten Island and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erie.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware Breakwater.</p></sidenote>Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Castle.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at New Castle, Delaware: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, Del.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.’</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Baltimore. Maryland: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breton Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Breton Bay, Maryland: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Norfolk, and its approaches, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approach to Norfolk Harbor and United States navy-yard.</p></sidenote>Improving approach to Norfolk Harbor and the United States (Norfolk) navy-yard: Continuing improvement, the widening of the channel of the Elizabeth River between Lambert’s Point and Fort Norfolk, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, including Sullivan’s<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, S. C.</p></sidenote> Island: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars may be used in front of Mount Pleasant.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Georgetown, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George town, S. C.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at. Brunswick, Georgia: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brunswick, Ga.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah.</p></sidenote> two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving entrance to Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland Sound.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apalachicola Bay.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Completing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola.</p></sidenote> fifty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Cedar Keys, Florida: Commencing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cedar Keys.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Tampa Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tampa Bay.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor and river at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mobile.</p></sidenote> two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Aransas Pass and Bay up to Rockport and Corpus Christi,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aransas Pass and Bay.</p></sidenote> Texas: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Brazos Santiago, Texas: Continuing improvement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brazos Santiago.</p></sidenote> of the bar and harbor, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving and deepening bar at the mouth of the Neelies River,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bar, Neches River.</p></sidenote> Texas: Completing the work, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving ship channel in Galveston Bay, from Morgan’s Cut to Boliver<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship-channell Galveston Bay.</p></sidenote> Channel: Continuing improvement, for which purpose the balance now remaining of the money heretofore appropriated for this work is hereby directed to be expended by the Secretary of War in the completion of said channel in accordance with the plans heretofore adopted, and in marking out said channel by piles or stakes, so as to enable navigators to find the same without difficulty: <i>Provided</i>, That no part of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> said money shall be so expended until the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company has relinquished or abandoned to the United States, forever, all their franchises and any and all right, to collect or impose tolls or charges from any part of said ship channel or Buffalo Bayou.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pass Cavallo inlet to Matagorda Bay, Texas: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pass Cavallo Inlet.</p></sidenote> improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Sabine Pass and Blue Buck Bar, Texas: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sabine Pass and Blue Buck Bar.</p></sidenote> improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashtabula.</p></sidenote> twenty two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Black River Harbor, Ohio: Continuing improvement, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black River Harbor.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: Continuing improvement, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge near Cincinnati, Ohio: Completing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of refuge near Cincinnati.</p></sidenote> seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fairport.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement, seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Huron.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving ice-harbor at the mouth of the, Muskingum River, Ohio:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice-harbor, Muskingum River.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandusky City.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars; one half of said sum to be expended in deepening the channel and the other half in the repair of existing works.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo Harbor.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to commence the work of making a straight channel for the Maumee River from a point on the east side of the mouth of said river through North Cape point. to Lake Erie, in accordance with the second plan recommended by John M. Wilson, major of engineers, on the nineteenth of November, eighteen hundred and eighty one; and for that purpose the sum of twenty five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michigan City.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars; of which sum ten thousand dollars are to be expended on the inner harbor and forty thousand dollars on the outer harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Chicago. Illinois: Continuing operations at outside harbor, dredging in outer harbor, and constructing exterior Breakwater, ore hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waukegan.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Belle River, ice-harbor.</p></sidenote>Improving ice harbor at Belle River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black Lake.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Black Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlevoix.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pentwater Harbor.</p></sidenote>Improving Pentwater Harbor, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheboygan.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frankfort.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement, live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Haven.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of refuge, Sand Beach.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor of refuge, Sand Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan: Continuing improvement, including dredging the harbor, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ludington.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manistee.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muskegon.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Marais.</p></sidenote>Improving Grand Marais Harbor, Michigan: Continuing improvement, thirty live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ontonagon.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marquette.</p></sidenote>Improving Marquette Harbor, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saugatuck.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Haven.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at White River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of refuge, Portage Lake.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor of refuge at Portage Lake, Michigan: twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ahnapee.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Bay.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kenosha.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kewaunee.</p></sidenote> eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manitowoc.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Menomonee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menomonee.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of refuge, Milwaukee Bay.</p></sidenote> improvement, eighty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oconto.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Pensaukee, Wisconsin; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensaukee.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Stockholm, Lake Pepin, Wisconsin: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stockholm Harbor, Lake Pepin.</p></sidenote> improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Washington.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Racine.</p></sidenote> seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Superior Bay and Harbor, Wisconsin; and also the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superior Bay and Harbor.</p></sidenote> channel of the Saint Louis River through said bay, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sheboygan.</p></sidenote> twenty eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at entrance of Sturgeon Ba; Canal, Wisconsin:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of refuge, Sturgeon Bay.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at. Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two Rivers.</p></sidenote> eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Completing ice-harbor at Dubuque, Iowa: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice-harbor, Dubuque.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth.</p></sidenote> forty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Murais.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Humboldt, California: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Humboldt.</p></sidenote> sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Oakland, California; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oakland</p></sidenote> one hundred and thirty-nine thousand six hundred dollars; of which sum thirty nine thousand six hundred dollars is to pay for land condemned for the purpose of constructing a tidal channel between the bay of San Leandro and the head of Oakland Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Wilmington, California; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmingtou, Cal.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Redwood, California; three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redwood.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Coos Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement thirty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coos Bay.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yaquina Bay.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lubec Channel.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That as much of the sum as may be necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> shall be expended for the removal of a rock in Eastport Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Moose a-bee Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moose-n-bec Bar.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire: Completing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cocheco River.</p></sidenote> twenty eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Merrimac River at Rock’s Bridge, Massachusetts: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merrimac River.</p></sidenote> improvement, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taunton River.</p></sidenote> twenty six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence River.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, eight; five thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Narragansett Bay.</p></sidenote>not exceeding one thousand dollars of said sum maybe expended in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>removing obstructions at the mouth of the Pawtuxet River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawtucket</p></sidenote>Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">River.</p></sidenote>improvement, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>not become available until the officer in charge shall have reported that the rebuilding of Washington Bridge with good and sufficient draw-openings has been commenced.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Connecticut River.</p></sidenote>Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Housatonic River.</p></sidenote>Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thames-River.</p></sidenote>Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hell Gate.</p></sidenote>For removing the reef at Hell Gate, New York, the sum of three hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gedney’s Channel.</p></sidenote>Deepening Gedney’s Channel through Sandy Hook Bar, New York, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hudson River.</p></sidenote>Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newtown Bay and Creek.</p></sidenote>Improving Newtown Bay and Newtown Creek, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maurice River.</p></sidenote>Improving Maurice River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passaic River.</p></sidenote>Improving Passaic River below Newark, and removing shoals in Newark Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passaic River.</p></sidenote>Improving the Passaic River above Newark, New Jersey, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Raritan River.</p></sidenote>For continuing the improvement of the Raritan River, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allegheny River.</p></sidenote>Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, thirty live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schuylkill River.</p></sidenote>Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware River.</p></sidenote>Improving Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey to its mouth: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That not exceeding ten thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended above Bridesburg,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choptank River.</p></sidenote>Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Susquehanna River.</p></sidenote>Improving Susquehanna River above and below the railroad bridge, Maryland: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars; of which sum five thousand dollars shall be expended for the completion of the channel to Fishing Battery Light-House, and for repairing, strengthening, and extending the piers and breakwaters.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corsica Creek.</p></sidenote>Improving Corsica Creek, Maryland: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wicomico River.</p></sidenote>Improving Wicomico River, Maryland, from its mouth to Salisbury, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Potomac River.</p></sidenote>Improving the Potomac River at Washington, five hundred thousand dollars; continuing improvement.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Jerome’s Creek.</p></sidenote>Improving harbor at entrance of Saint Jerome’s Creek, Maryland: Continuing operations, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appomatox River.</p></sidenote>Improving Appomatox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James River.</p></sidenote>Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement on the plan for deepening the channel to twenty two feet at mean low tide, seventy-five, thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mattaponi River.</p></sidenote>Improving Mattaponi River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rappahannock River.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">York River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Dan River, Virginia: Continuing improvement above Danville,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dan River.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Staunton River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Staunton River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">improving Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky, fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Sandy River.</p></sidenote> dollars; of which sum continuing improvement below the fork and completing the lock on the West Virginia side, forty thousand dollars; on Tug Fork, in West Virginia, five thousand dollars, and on Lavisa<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tug Fork.</p></sidenote> Fork, in Kentucky, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lavisa Fork.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia; Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Kanawha River.</p></sidenote> two hundred thousand dollars; of which sum seven thousand five hundred dollars are to be used on a harbor of refuge at the mouth of the river.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Guyadotte River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guyandotte River.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River.</p></sidenote> forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the improvement of Little Kanawha River, West<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Kanawha River.</p></sidenote> Virginia, the sum of thirty one thousand dollars appropriated by the act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, is made available.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 199.</p></sidenote> But no toll shall be collected by any person or corporation for this improved navigation; and such right, if any exist, shall be relinquished in manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War before the expenditure of said sum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Buckhannon River, West Virginia, one thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buckhannon River.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">improving Cape Fear River above Wilmington, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Cape Fear River below Wilmington, North Carolina: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Fear River.</p></sidenote> improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaufort.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Edenton Bay, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edenton Bay.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trent River.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Contentuea or Moccasin River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contentnea or</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moccasin River.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Currituck Sound, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C u r r i t u c k Sound.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Neuse River.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pamplico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamplico and</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tar Rivers.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roanoke River.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Seuppernong River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seuppernong River.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving-Ashley River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashley River.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Edisto River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edisto River.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Great Pee Dee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Pee Dee River.</p></sidenote> eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Salkehatchee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salke hatches River.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waccamaw River.</p></sidenote>Improving Waccamaw River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wappoo Cut.</p></sidenote>Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wateree River.</p></sidenote>Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">AltnmahaRiver.</p></sidenote>Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">St. Jones River.</p></sidenote>Improving St. Jones River, Delaware: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chattahoochee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing improvement, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coosa River.</p></sidenote>Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama.: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elint River.</p></sidenote>Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars; of which sum fifteen thousand dollars to be expended below Albany and five thousand dollars from Albany to Montezuma.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oemnlgee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Oemulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oconee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Romerly Marsh.</p></sidenote>Improving Romerly Marsh, Georgia: Continuing improvement on present plan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah River.</p></sidenote>Improving Savannah River, Georgia: Continuing improvement below Augusta, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appalacbicola River.</p></sidenote>Improving Appalacbicola River, Florida: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caloosahatohie River.</p></sidenote>Improving Caloosahatchie River, Florida: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctawhatchee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars; five thousand dollars thereof to be expended between the railroad bridge and Genera, and ten thousand dollars thereof between Geneva, and Newton, Alabama, to make that part of said river navigable at. low-water stages.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conecinh-Escambia River.</p></sidenote>Improving Conecuh-Escambia River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Escambia River.</p></sidenote>Improving Escambia River, Florida, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bar, Saint John’s River.</p></sidenote>Improving the channel over the bar at the mouth of Saint John’s River, Florida: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Upper Saint John’s River.</p></sidenote>Improving the Upper Saint John’s River, Florida, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suwanee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volusia Bar.</p></sidenote>Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Withlacoochee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama River.</p></sidenote>Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cahawba River.</p></sidenote>Improving Cahawba River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tallapoosa River.</p></sidenote>Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warrior River.</p></sidenote>Improving Warrior River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tombigbee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama and Mississippi: Continuing improvement from Fulton to Vienna, ten thousand dollars, and below Vienna, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blank Warrior River.</p></sidenote> to Daniel’s Creek, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Sunflower River.</p></sidenote> live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Noxubee River.</p></sidenote> seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pascagou a River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pascagoula River.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pearl River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement between<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pearl River.</p></sidenote> Edinburg and Carthage, two thousand five hundred dollars; and below Jackson, including barat the mouth, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving channel of Biloxi Bay, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel of Biloxi Bay.</p></sidenote> for which purpose the balance of the money heretofore appropriated for the. roadstead now on band is hereby directed to be applied to the deepening of the channel from Mississippi Sound to the wharves at Biloxi.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tallahatchee</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">River. </p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tchula Lake.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steele’s Bayou.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Big Black River, Mississippi, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Black River.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Horn Island Pass, Mississippi, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horn Island Pass.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Yallabnsba River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yallabusha River.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yazoo River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Black, Louisiana: Continuing improvement five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Black.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boeuf River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Bartholomew.</p></sidenote> improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Coin-tableau, Louisiana-: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Courta-bleau.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Teehe, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Teehe.</p></sidenote> thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Impros mg Bayou D’Arbonne, Louisiana; from mouth to Stein’s Bluff,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou D’Arbonne.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Continuing examination and for the thorough survey of Bayou Pierre,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Pierre.</p></sidenote> Louisiana; eight thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Loggy Bayou, Lake Bistenau, and the Dorcheat, Louisiana;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loggy Bayou, Lake Bistenan, Dorcheat.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Cane River. Louisiana; two thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cano River.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou La Four-che.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars, including removing obstructions at the mouth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calcasieu River.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; to which is added the sum heretofore appropriated to be used at the month of the river.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red River.</p></sidenote> from the Atchafalayato Fulton. Arkansas; seventy-five thousand dollars, to be expended ns follows: Not exceeding fifteen thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor at Alexandria.</p></sidenote> dollars for revetment to protect the harbor at Alexandria from damage by the current of the river; Not exceeding five thousand dollars to close the outlet of the river known as Sale and Murphy’s Canal; the remainder<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale and Murphy’s Canal.</p></sidenote> (including whatever balance may remain unexpended from above improvements embraced in this paragraph) to be applied to the improvement of the main channel of the river.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tangipahoa River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tangipahoa River.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tensas River. Bayou Macon.</p></sidenote>Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brazos River,</p></sidenote>Improving mouth of the Brazos River, Texas: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo Bayou.</p></sidenote>Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas River.</p></sidenote>For survey of the Arkansas River from Little Rock to mouth, nineteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Arkansas River at Pine Bluff, Arkansas; fifty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black River.</p></sidenote>Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri; twenty-thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand dollars are to be expended for a snag-boat and five thousand dollars on the river.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ouachita River.</p></sidenote>Improving Ouachita River, Louisiana and Arkansas, and Black River, Louisiana, including removing wrecks in the harbor of Monroe: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saline River</p></sidenote>Improving Saline River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River.</p></sidenote>Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement and survey, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Francis River.</p></sidenote>Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars; of which sum four thousand dollars are to be expended for a snag boat.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of obstructions from Arkansas River.</p></sidenote>For removing obstructions in the Arkansas River from its mouth to Wichita, Kansas, thirty-six thousand dollars; and for the protection of the harbor at Fort Smith, Arkansas, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Hatchee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Big Hatchee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caney Fork River.</p></sidenote>Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clinch River.</p></sidenote>Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland</p></sidenote>Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">River, Tennessee and Kentucky.</p></sidenote>improvement below Nashville, including bar at mouth of the river, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland River above Nashville.</p></sidenote>For the improvement of the Cumberland River above Nashville, fifty thousand dollars; and such improvement shall be made according to the recommendations of Major W. R. King, engineer in charge, contained in the letter of the Secretary of War, March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, Senate Executive Document Number One Hundred and Twenty-nine, first session, Forty-eighth Congress.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French Broad River.</p></sidenote>Improving the French Broad River, in Tennessee: Continuing improvement, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hiawassee River.</p></sidenote>Improving Hiawassee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Forked Deer River.</p></sidenote>Improving South Forked Deer River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee River above Chattanooga-</p></sidenote>Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee River, Alabama and Kentucky.</p></sidenote>Improving Tennessee River, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky: Continuing improvement below Chattanooga (including Muscle Shoals and shoal at Reynoldsburg), three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Fork of Cumberland River.</p></sidenote>Improving South Fork of Cumberland River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky River.</p></sidenote>Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tradewater River.</p></sidenote>Improving Tradewater River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Falls of Ohio River at Louisville.</p></sidenote>Improving Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky: Confirming improvement in pursuance of the last plan of the engineer in charge; three hundred thousand dollars; of which sum such amount as may be.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">necessary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be expended in the erection of a stone pillar or pier on the southern side of the Indiana<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana Chute.</p></sidenote> Chute, provided the engineer in charge shall decide that such a structure will aid in the navigation thereof.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Detroit River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit River.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Mary’s River, Michigan: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hay Lake Channel, Saint Mary’s River.</p></sidenote> improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saginaw River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars are to be used opposite Bay City for. deepening the channel from the river into<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel, Bay City.</p></sidenote> the bay, and remainder on the river above Bay City.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Grand River below Grand Rapids, Michigan: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand River, below Grand Rapids.</p></sidenote> improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving month and harbor of Cedar River, Michigan: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cedar River.</p></sidenote> improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Chippewa River and its month, Wisconsin: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa River.</p></sidenote> improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.</p></sidenote> one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; of which sum ten thousand dollars are to be used for maintaining the channel between<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel, Depere and Green Bay; <i>proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> Depere and Green Bay: <i>Provided</i>, That in order to carry into effect the river and harbor act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for lowering the water in Lake Winnebago, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., ¿03.</p></sidenote>the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire for the United States, by purchase, voluntary or by condemnation under the laws of Wisconsin, as the case may be, the necessary lands and sites at the Menasha Dam; and so much of the foregoing sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary may be used for such purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint. Croix River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Croix, River.</p></sidenote> below Taylor’s Falls, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Wabash River by lock and dam at Grand Rapids, Indiana<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wabash River,</p></sidenote> and Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars; also between Vincennes and Terre Haute, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement below<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River.</p></sidenote> Hazleton, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Calumet River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <i>Provided, however</i>, That no part of said sum shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> expended until the right of way shall have been conveyed to the United States, free from expense, and the United States shall be fully released from all liability for damages to adjacent property-owners, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gasconade River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Red River of the North, Minnesota and Dakota: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red River of the North.</p></sidenote> improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Yellowstone River, Montana, and Dakota: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone River.</p></sidenote> improvement between Glendive and. the mouth of the river, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacramento and Feather Rivers.</p></sidenote> improvement, forty thousand dollars; one-half of which sum shall be expended on the Sacramento River and one-half on Feather River: <i>provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i></p></sidenote> That no part of said sum, or of the money now on band to the credit of this fund, except what may be necessary for snagging and dredging operations, shall be used, except as herein provided, until the Secretary of War shall have been satisfied of the cessation of hydraulic mining on said rivers and their tributaries; and of the amount now on bund to the credit of the fund for the improvement of said rivers, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
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is hereby appropriated for the immediate construction of a first-class <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for dredge-boat.</p></sidenote>dredge-boat, to be used, in the discretion of the officer in charge, on the rivers emptying into Suisun and San Pablo Bays.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Joaquin River; Stockton and Mormon Sloughs.</p></sidenote>Improving San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon Sloughs, California: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mokelumne River.</p></sidenote>Improving Mokelumne River, California, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado River.</p></sidenote>Improving Colorado River, Nevada and California, and Arizona Territory, between Fort Yuma and a point thirty miles above Rioville, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mouth of Columbia River.</p></sidenote>Improving the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington Territory: Commencing improvement, in accordance with the plan recommended by the majority of the board of engineers in eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia River, at Cascades.</p></sidenote>Improving Columbia River, at Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia and Willamette Rivera.</p></sidenote>Improving Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers.</p></sidenote>Improving Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oregon and Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Willamette River above Portland.</p></sidenote>Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coquille River.</p></sidenote>Improving mouth of Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chehalis River.</p></sidenote>Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cowlitz River.</p></sidenote>Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Skagir. Stillaguamish, Nootsack Snohomish, and Snoqualmie Rivera.</p></sidenote>Improving the Skagit, Stillaguamish, Nootsack Snohomish and Snoqualmie Rivers, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River from month, etc.</p></sidenote>Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including such harbors on said river as in the judgment of the board of engineers herein created will benefit commerce and navigation, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River Commission created.</p></sidenote>That a Commission to be called the Missouri River Commission is hereby created, to consist of five members.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of.</p></sidenote>That the President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint five Commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Corps of Engineers of the Army and two from civil life, one of whom at least shall be a civil Engineer; and he shall in like manner fill any vacancy in said Commission; and he shall designate one of the Commissioners appointed from the Corps of Engineers to be president of the Commission. The Commissioners appointed from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>the Corps of Engineers shall receive no other pay or compensation than is allowed them by law, and the other two Commissioners shall each receive for their services pay at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, out of any money appropriated for the Missouri River; and all said Commissioners shall remain in office »inject to removal by the President of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote>That it shall be the duty of said Commission to superintend and direct such improvement of said liver and to carry into execution such plans for the improvement of the navigation of said liver from its mouth to its headwaters as may now be devised and in progress, and to continue and complete such surveys as may now be in progress, and to make such additional surveys, examinations, and investigations, topographical, hydrographical, and hydrometrical and to consider,devise,-and mature such additional plan or plans, and all such estimates as may be deemed necessary and best, to obtain and maintain a channel and depth of water in said river sufficient for the purposes of commerce
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and navigation, and to accomplish the objects of this act, and to enable the Commission to perform the duties assigned them the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to and place under the control and superintendence of said Commission all such vessels, barges, machinery, and instruments, and such plant as may now be provided, devised, or in use on said river, from appropriations heretofore made for said river, or other tources, and when thereto requested by said Commission to detail from the Corps of Engineers such officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers.</p></sidenote> and men as may be necessary, and to place in the charge of said commission any such vessels, machinery, and instruments under his control as may be deemed necessary. And said Commission may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, employ such additional force and assistants, and provide, by purchase or otherwise, such additional vessels, boats, machinery, instruments, and means, as may be deemed necessary; to be paid for by appropriations made or to be made for said river.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the said Commission shall, under the direction and with the approval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditure of appropriations.</p></sidenote> of the Secretary of War, superintend, control, and expend for the purposes of this act all appropriations or unexpended balances heretofore made for the improvement of said river, and which may hereafter be made for said river, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and shall prepare and submit, through the Chief of the Engineer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of proceedings of Com mission.</p></sidenote> Corps to the Secretary of War, to be by him transmitted to Congress at the beginning of the regular session in December of each year, a full and detailed report of all their proceedings and actions, and of all such plans and systems of work as may now be devised and in progress and carried out by them, and of all such additional plans and systems of works as may be devised and matured by them, with full and detailed estimates of the cost thereof, and statements of all expenditures made by them; and the Secretary of War may detail from the Corps of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary to Commission.</p></sidenote> Engineers or other corps of the Army an officer to act as secretary of the Commission, to aid them in their work; and all money hereby or hereafter appropriated for the improvement of said Missouri River shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of said Commission when such plans, specifications, and recommendations shall have been approved by Congress.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to Fort Benton<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p></sidenote> Montana: Continuing improvement, one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars; of which sum fifteen thousand dollars shall be used in the purchase of a snag-boat to be operated on the Missouri River above Sioux City and on the Yellowstone River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For a survey of the Missouri River above the Missouri River Falls, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of Missouri River above Missouri River Falls.</p></sidenote> Fort Benton, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions in the Missouri<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of snags, etc., from Missouri River.</p></sidenote> River, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing operations on the reservoirs at the headwaters of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River.</p></sidenote> Mississippi River, sixty thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the money hereby appropriated shall be used solely for the improvement of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> navigation of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and no part thereof shall be expended with the view to the improvement of private property. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Des Moines Rapids,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River from St. Paul to Des Moines Rapids.</p></sidenote> including the harbors of Andalusia, Muscatine, and Fort Madison, and including work for the protection of the bank of the Mississippi River at Winona,, Minnesota, and the. prevention of its erosion caused by dams erected above the city to improve the navigation of the river: Continuing improvements, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Lake City, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lake City, Minn.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids.</p></sidenote>Improving Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids, Iowa: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars; of which sum ten thousand dollars arc to be used in the construction of a pier at the outer wall of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, in accordance with the recommendation of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>the Engineer Corps: <i>Provided</i>, That said pier shall not be made unless the Secretary of War shall decide that the railroad bridge at that place was built in conformity with the act of Congress authorizing its construction.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dry-duck at Des Moines Rapids Canal.</p></sidenote>For the continuation of the construction of the dry-dock at the Des Moines Rapids Canal, on the Mississippi River, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River from Des Moines Rapids to mouth of Illinois River.</p></sidenote>Improving Mississippi River from Des Moines Rapids to the mouth of Illinois River, including the liver at Quincy and Quincy Bay, and the removal of the bar at the mouth of Whipple Creek, in said bay: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Falls of Saint Anthony.</p></sidenote>Improvements at the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota: Repairs to and preservation thereof, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River from month of Illinois River to or out of Ohio River.</p></sidenote>Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of Illinois River to the mouth of the Ohio River, including the completion of Alton Harbor, and also, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the improvement of the Illinois shore opposite the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement, five hundred and twenty thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars of which sum shall be used in extending the work for the protection of the easterly bank of the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, and the prevention of its wash or erosion, commencing at the southerly end of the present Government revetment work and Continuing down stream.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River from head of the passes to Cairo.</p></sidenote>Improving Mississippi River from the head of the passes to Cairo, including the improvement and preservation of the harbors of New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Greenville, Memphis, Hickman, and Columbus, the deflection of the waters of Red River from the Atchafalaya, and keeping open a navigable channel through the mouth of the Red River into the Mississippi River: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation, to be expended under the direction of Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>improvement, one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; which sum together with the sums herein appropriated for the Mississippi River from the Des Moines Rapids to the mouth of the Ohio, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, estimates, and recommendations of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>Mississippi River Commission: <i>Provided</i>, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to lands by overflows: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of Mississippi River commission.</p></sidenote><i>provided, however</i>, That the Commission is authorized to repair and build levees if in their judgment it should be done as a part of their plan to afford ease and safety to the navigation and commerce of the river and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>to deepen the channel: <i>Provided further</i>, That in view of the threatened injury to the harbor of Memphis and the Government property at that place and the necessity .of immediate protection thereof the sum of two hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be immediately applied to protect said harbor and property out of the foregoing appropriations.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River.</p></sidenote>For removing snags, wrecks and other obstructions in the Mississippi River, seventy-five thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys at South Pass Mississippi River.</p></sidenote>For examinations and surveys at South Pass Mississippi River; To ascertain the depth of water and width of channel secured and maintained from time to time by James B. Eads at South Pass of the Mississippi River, and to enable the Secretary of War to report during the maintenance of the work, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gauging waters of Lower Mississippi.</p></sidenote>For gauging the waters of the Lower Mississippi and its tributaries; Annual expense of gauging the waters of the Mississippi River, and its tributaries, continuing observations of the rise and fall of the river and its chief tributaries as required by joint-resolution of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuation of surveys of the Mississippi River between the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys of Mississippi River between the head of the passes and its headwaters.</p></sidenote> head of the passes, near its month, and its headwaters now in progress; to make additional surveys and examinations of said river and its tributaries; to make such additional examinations and investigations, topographical, hydrographical, hydrometrical as are necessary for maturing a plan for the permanent improvement of the entire river, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ganging the waters of the Columbia River below Astoria, Oregon,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gauging waters of the Columbia River.</p></sidenote> and elsewhere on said river and its principal tributaries, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Ohio River, continuing improvement, six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; of which sum, seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the completion of the Davis Island Dam,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of Davis Island Dam.</p></sidenote> shall be expended on that work; fifty thousand dollars shall be used in continuing work on the upper and lower dikes and other improvements<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Chain.</p></sidenote> at Grand Chain; anti seven thousand live hundred dollars for the ice<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice harbor at mouth of Great Kanawha.</p></sidenote> harbor at the mouth of the Great Kanawha and fifty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary for the improvement of the navigation of the river at Jeffersonville, and the protection of the Government property.</p>
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</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War shall prescribe such rules and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to prescribe rules, etc., to make report to Congress, in detail, all work, contracts, expenditures, etc., and in regard to public works in aid of commerce, etc.</p></sidenote> regulations as may be necessary to secure a judicious and economical expenditure of said sums, and shall cause to be made and submitted to Congress annual reports, on or before January first, giving detailed statements of the work done, contracts made, the expenditures thereunder or otherwise, and the effect of such work, together with such recommendations as he may deem it proper to lay before Congress. He shall also report to Congress, at its next session, all the instances in the United States in which piers, breakwaters, or other structures or works built or made by the United States in aid of commerce or navigation are used, occupied, or injured by a corporation or an individual, and the extent and mode of such use, occupation, or injury, and the facts touching the same. He shall also report whether any bridges, causeways, or structures, now erected or in process of erection do or will interfere with free and safe navigation, and if they do or will so interfere, to report the best mode of altering or constructing such bridges or causeways so as to prevent any such obstructions</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty of Secretary of War in expenditure of money for improvements, etc.</p></sidenote> the money herein appropriated for improvements other than surveys and estimates, in carrying on the various works by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for work, how made.</p></sidenote> be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities of the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract, and for the prompt payment of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution thereof for labor and material.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4 </num>
<content class="inline">That no tolls or operating charges whatsoever shall be levied<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls not to be levied or collected, etc.</p></sidenote> or collected upon any vessel or vessels, dredges, or other passing watercraft through any canal or other work for the improvement of navigation belonging to the United States; and for the purpose of preserving and continuing the use and navigation of said canals, rivers, and other public works without interruption, the Secretary of War, upon the application of the chief engineer in charge of said works, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments for actual expenses of operating and keeping certain works in repair, authorized.</p></sidenote><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury to pay the actual expenses of operating and keeping said works in repair, which warrants or requisitions shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money in The Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <i>Provided, however</i>, That an itemized statement
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of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of engineers.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for purchase of land for lock and dam at Beattyville, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That out of the money herein appropriated for the Kentucky River the sum of two thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary may be expended for the purchase of land for the construction of lock and dam at Beattyville; and so much thereof as may be necessary may also be expended for the same purpose at lock number six: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 190.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of dams in Yadkin River.</p></sidenote><i>And provided further</i>, That the sum of six thousand dollars authorized by the act approved June fourteenth eighteen hundred and eighty to be expended for the removal of dams in Yadkin River North Carolina may be used by the Secretary of War for acquiring the right of way by removal or otherwise of such dams as may be necessary for the con templared improvement, the said right of way or removal to be obtained by agreement with the parties interested or in event of failure to make a reasonable agreement, by condemnation as provided for by the laws of the State of North Carolina.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material for improvements authorized, how obtained.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That whenever, in the prosecution and maintenance of the improvement of the Mississippi River and other rivers harbors and public works for which appropriations are herein made it becomes necessary or proper, in the judgment, of the Secretary of War, to take possession of material found on bars and islands within the river banks, or other material lying adjacent or near to the line of any of said works and needful for their prosecution or maintenance, the officers in charge of said works may, when they cannot agree as to the price with the owners thereof, in the name of the United Slates take possession of and use the same after first having paid or secured to be paid the value thereof, which may have been ascertained in the mode provided by the laws of the State wherein such property or material <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>lies: <i>Provided, however</i>, That when the owner of such property or material shall fix a price for the same which in the opinion of said officer in charge, shall be reasonable,he may take the same at such price without further delay. The Department of Justice shall represent the interests of the United States in the legal proceedings under this act.</content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines Rapids Canal, St. Mary’s Falls Canal, and Louisville and Portland Canal; Secretary ofWar to prescribe rules and regulation s governing the use, etc., of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the. Secretary of War to prescribe such rules and regulations in respect to the use and administration of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, the Saini Mary’s Falls Canal, and the Louisville and Portland Canal, as in his judgment the public necessity may require; which rules and regulations shall be posted in some conspicuous place for the information of the public. Any person knowingly and wilfully violating such rules and regulations shall he liable to fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months; to be enforced in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed.</content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges over navigable rivers of U. S. obstructing navigation; companies owning to construct and maintain booms, dikes, and other aids to free navigation</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That, whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason to believe that any railroad or other bridge now or hereafter to be constructed over any of the navigable waters of the United States, under authority of the United States or of any State or Territory, is an obstruction to the free navigation of such waters, by reason of difficulty in passing the draw-opening or the raft-span of said bridge, by rafts, steamboats, or other watercraft, it shall be the. duty of the said Secretary, on satisfactory proof thereof, to require the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said draw opening or of said raft-span, or of both said draw-opening and raft-span to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for the guiding of said rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through said opening or span, or both said opening or span, as shall be specified in his order in that behalf; and on failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to construct., maintain, etc.; penalty.</p></sidenote>establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made
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at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit or district court of the United States in which such bridge, or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof; and ail moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States: <i>Provided</i>, That no greater sum than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars shall be required to be expended upon any one bridge in a single year: <i>Provided further</i>, That such sum of money as may be necessary to execute the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be paid on the requisition of the Secretary of War.</content>
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<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9 </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations id surveys—</p></sidenote> to cause examinations or surveys or both, and estimates of cost of improvements proper to be made, at the following points, namely:
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">alabama.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mobile River and Harbor, from lower anchorage up to the northern limits of the city of Mobile, with a view to securing twenty-three feet depth of water.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">rkansas.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little Red River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Red River, above Fulton.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Petit Jean River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Bartholomew, from present head of navigation to Lincoln County line.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">california.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Islias Creek, off San Francisco Bay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yuba River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Mateo River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Napa River, from the mouth thereof to Napa City.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">connecticut.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Connecticut.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Breakwater at Falkner’s Island.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">River and harbor at Niantic.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">delaware, maryland, and virginia.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lewes Creek and Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, Assateaque and Chinco-teaque Bays, Maryland, with a view to form continuous inland navigation from Chincoteaque Bay, in Virginia to Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Delaware.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">florida.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Outer and inner bar at the entrance of Pensacola Harbor; Anclote Harbor; Clearwater Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wekeiva River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Augustine Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Musquito Inlet.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amelia and Wacissa Rivers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Homosassa Bay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For canal and inland communication from the St.John’s River through Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River to Jupiter Inlet and Lake Worth, Florida.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charlotte Harbor. Florida.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">georgia.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examination and surveys continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Darien Harbor and the Altmaha River, from Darien to its mouth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Upper Oconee River, from Skull Shoals to the Georgia Railroad Bridge.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">illinois.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Calumet River, from a point half a mile east of Hammond to the forks of the river. Also to make survey of proposed ship-canal from Calumet River to Lake Calumet.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Soy Island Levee on the Mississippi River; and the Secretary of War shall report what benefit, if any, this levee has been to the improvement of the channel and navigation of the river, and he shall submit an estimate of the probable cost of strengthening and preserving said levee so as to assure and maintain that, benefit.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Shawneetown Harbor and Levee.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Removal of the bar and obstructions at and near the mouth of Whipple Creek, in Quincy Bay.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">iowa.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">From Guttenberg north for the ascertainment of needed improvements and in seeming a direct channel pointing to Guttenberg and by way of that channel south, and the protection of improvements already made at that locality.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">indiana.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lawrenceburg Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kankakee River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">New Albany Harbor and the river and shores adjacent to said harbor. Wolf Lake.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wabash River, from Logansport to Delphi.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">kentucky.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examination and survey of the bar in the Ohio River opposite the mouth of the Licking River, to determine the cost and practicability of removing or making a navigable channel through the same; and the engineer in charge shall report whether it is practicable to connect the navigation of the Licking River with the Ohio River without the removal of the said bar or making a channel through the same.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of War is hereby directed to report to Congress at its next session, or sooner if practicable, the condition of Green and Barren Rivers, and the Cumberland River above the mouth of the Jellico, in Kentucky, and the provisions and estimate of cost necessary to relieve the same from incumbrance, with a view to such legislation as will render the same free to commerce at the earliest practicable period.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Paducah.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Owensboro.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rough River.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">louisiana.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Plaquemine.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Atchafalaya River, above Berwick Bay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Outlets of Boeuf River, with view to closing same.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Carlin.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Natalbany River.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">maine.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maine.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saco River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">York Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wood Island Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Southern entrance to Owl’s Head Harbor.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">maryland.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tuckahoe Creek.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Skiptou Creek.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sassafras River, above Georgetown.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Easton Point, commencing at a point on Third Haven River where the Government work on the channel of said river was recently suspended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pocomoke River and Sound.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">massachusetts.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Gloucester, with a view to the removal of rock obstructions. Fort Point Channel.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Powow River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Salem, with a view to building a jetty running out from the mainland to deep water.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Marblehead, for repair of seawall.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Hingham.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Hyannis, with a view of deepening the harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A channel from Goose Point, in Plymouth Harbor, to the wharf of the Cordage Company.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">michigan.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michigan.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The State of Michigan having tendered to the United States the balance of tolls received by the State before the surrender of the Saint Mary’s Falls Ship-Canal, to aid in constructing a dry-dock at the canal, such balance being about sixty thousand dollars, the Secretary of War is directed to cause plans, estimates, and specifications for such dry-dock, above the locks, and also to report whether the old locks can be used for a dry-dock, and the cost of fitting the same for that purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lac La Belle Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mackinac Harbor; and report whether Mackinac Harbor or Mackinac Island Harbor should be improved.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little Traverse Bay, near the village of Petoskey, with a view to constructing a harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pine River, St. Glair County.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clinton River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Clair River: Examination and survey of the right bank from Lake Huron to Lake Saint Clair, to ascertain whether the erosion and wearing away of said bank is injuring the navigation of Saint Clair River and Saint Clair Flats Canal by shoaling the channel and obstructing navigation therein, and to report estimates of expense tor preventing such injury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For a further and more complete survey for a breakwater at or near Cross Village, in Michigan, in the west part of the Straits of Mackinac, with a view of making a harbor of refuge at Cross Village, Michigan.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">minnesota.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Agate and Burlington Bay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Minnesota, and Minnesota and Wisconsin, Saint Louis Bay, and Saint Louis River, from Connor’s Point, Wisconsin, and Rice’s Point, Minnesota, to foot of first falls.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Big Stone Lake, and Lake Traverse, with a view to connecting them.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">mississippi.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Pierre.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Deer Creek.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pascagoula River, from the mills at Moss Point down to the anchorage in the bay, with a view to securing a uniform depth of twelve feet of water.</p>
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<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys continued.</p></sidenote>Back Bay at Handsboro’.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Homochitto and Buffalo Rivers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cassidy’s Bayou.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">missouri.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yazoo Pass, to determine the cost of a lock at that place.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Osage River, from mouth to Linn Creek, with a view to movable locks and dams.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nisb-na-botna River, with a view to increasing the depth of channel in the Missouri River.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">new hampshire.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Hampshire.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Portsmouth, from the sea to the wharf.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little Harbor at Portsmouth, with a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Winnipeseogee Lake, at a point called “ The Weirs.”</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">new jersey.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Jersey.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hudson River, on the New Jersey side, from Weehawken to Bergen Point, Hudson County, New Jersey, with a view to deepening the water at the wharf on that side.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Corson’s Sound and Townsend Inlet.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mouth of Salem River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor of Atlantic City at Absecon Inlet.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">new york.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Huntington Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Horton’s Point, near Dutch Pond Point, for breakwater.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salmon River, at and below Fort Covingtou.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whitehall Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lake Champlain, at Four Channels.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hudson River, from Troy to mouth of canal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Scajaquada Creek, at Buffalo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Baldwin River, at Baldwin Station, to connect with Long Beach.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mouth of the Saranac River, at Plattsburgh.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Niagara River, from Youngstown to Lake Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mouth of Salmon River, and the inner natural harbor thereat, on Lake ntario, New York, with a view of making a harbor of refuge for vessels in distress and for purposes of commerce and navigation.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">north carolina.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Carolina.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Black River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pasquotank River, above mouth of canal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Perquimons River, above Hartfort.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Green River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cashie River, from its mouth to the town of Windsor, in Bertie County.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bouge Sound, between New River and Beaufort.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Northeast branch of Cape Fear River, resurvey.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">ohio.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Scioto River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Muskingum River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Cleveland, Ohio, on the opening and improving of the channel known as the old “<quotedText>river bed</quotedText>” of the Cuyahoga River.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">oregon.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bar at the mouth of the entrance to Nehalim Bay and River.</p>
</content>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">pennsylvania.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">West Branch of the Susquehanna River, between Salt Lick and Buttermilk Falls.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">rhode island.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pawcatuck River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Warren River, with a view to the removal of obstructions from the channel.</p>
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</level>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">south carolina.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">North Fork of the Edisto River, in the counties of Orangeburg and Lexington.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Congaree River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Entrance to Winyaw Bay, near Georgetown.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">tennessee.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Elk River, Tennessee and Alabama.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Holston River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Extension of the survey of Caney Fork River to Frank’s Ferry.</p>
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</level>
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<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">texas.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cypress Bayou: The Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause a resurvey of the work of improvement of the navigation of Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Jefferson, in Texas, and Shreveport, in Lonisaua, in order to ascertain if the necessary improvement cannot be made upon some other plan than building a dam across the Albany Flats, as recommended by the engineer; and for this purpose he is hereby authorized and directed to expend so much of the unexpended balance of appropriations to the credit of said work as may be necessary.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">vermont.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vermont.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Maquam Bay, Swanton.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">virginia.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cockpit Point, for ice harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Colonial Beach, formerly White Point, in county of Westmoreland.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">west virginia</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Green Brier River.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">wisconsin.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wisconsin.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ashland Harbor, in Ashland Bay, Lake Superior.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">idaho territory.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cceur d’Alene Lake and River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Joseph’s Rjver.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Snake River, between Lewiston and mouth of Boise River.</p>
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<content>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">washington territory.</inline></p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Territory.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Olympia Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Puyallup River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Willapah River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lewis River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Columbia River, above mouth of Snake River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examinations, surveys, and contingencies, and for incidental repairs,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for examinations, surveys, etc., not otherwise provided for.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> for which there is no special appropriation, for rivers and Harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That no survey shall be made of any harbors or rivers until the Chief of engineers shall have directed a preliminary examination of the same by
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys continued.</p></sidenote>the local engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for the purpose; and such local or detailed engineer shall report to said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preliminary examinations, reports of, to be made to Congress; printing.</p></sidenote>Chief of Engineers whether, in his opinion, said harbor or river is worthy of improvement, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the facts and reasons on which he bases such opinion, including the present and prospective demands of commerce. And it shall be the duty of the Chief of Engineers to direct the making of such survey if, in his opinion, the harbor or river proposed to be surveyed be worthy of improvement by the Genera] Government; and he shall report to the Secretary of War the facts, and what public necessity or convenience may be subserved thereby, together with the full reports of the local engineer. Said reports of preliminary examinations and surveys shall be made to the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made.</p>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10 </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriate one immediately available.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all moneys hereby appropriated shall be immediately available.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 230: authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>230</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>230.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 47.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas, the Congress of the United States did pass chapter eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, approved May second, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, nationalizing the Canadian-built propeller East, and did change her name to that of Kent; and</recital>
<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas a doubt has arisen as to whether said act entitled the steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances then in said Canadian built propeller to inspection pursuant to the laws of the United States regulating the construction and use of steam-boilers for marine purposes: Therefore,</recital>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of boiler, etc., of steamship Kent.</p></sidenote>,</enactingFormula>
</preamble>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued to tugboats or marine vessels not used for carrying passengers, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to the laws of the United States; and the tests to be applied on the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances to be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, steam pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found of sufficient strength and safety
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 231: granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Cloud Water-Power and Mill Company to construct a dam across the Mississippi River at Saint Cloud Minnesota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>231</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 154</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>231.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Cloud Water-Power and Mill Company to construct a dam across the Mississippi River at Saint Cloud Minnesota.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of dam, etc., across the Mississippi River, Saint Cloud, Minn., authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Saint Cloud Water Power and Mill Company to construct across the Mississippi River, at some point within the incorporated limits of the city of Saint Cloud, a dam, canal, and works
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch 231-233. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
necessarily incident thereto, for water power and other purposes, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wagon and foot bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to interfere with dam and mill at Sauk Rapids.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of Government of United States reserved.</p></sidenote> in connection therewith a wagon and footbridge for public travel: <i>Provided</i>, That said dam shall be so constructed as not to interfere with the existing dam and mill at Sank Rapids, and so that the Government of the United States can at any time construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes: <i>Provided also</i>, That the Government of the United States may at any time take possession of said dam, and control the same for purposes of navigation, by paying said company the actual cost of the same, but shall not do so to the destruction of the water-power created by said dam: <i>Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free passage of saw-logs, rafts, etc.</p></sidenote> the works be constructed so as to provide for the free passage of saw-logs and rafts, and, when necessary, to permit the passage of boats; and, further, that such changes or modifications in the works as the Secretary of War may from time to time deem necessary in the interest of navigation shall be made, at the expense of the water-power company: <i>Provided further</i>, That in case of any litigation arising from the obstruction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the channel by the dam, canal, or bridge, the cause may be tried in the district court of the United States in which the works are situated.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 232: to amend paragraph seven of section twenty five hundred and twenty seven of the Revised Statutes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>232</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 155</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>232.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend paragraph seven of section twenty five hundred and twenty seven of the Revised Statutes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Blouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2527, 496.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dennis Bonrne added to seventh collection district, Mass.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That paragraph seven of section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby is, amended by adding after the word “<quotedText> Provincetown</quotedText>” the words Dennis Bourne.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 233: supplemental to and amendatory of an act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>233</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 155</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>233.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">supplemental to and amendatory of an act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate></p>.</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to pay interest, etc., shall be deemed a lapse of the policy of insurance.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whenever the holder or holders of a policy or policies of insurance hereafter issued in the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia shall have failed for the full period of three years to pay the interest or any lawful assessment due upon his or their premium note or notes, such policy or policies of insurance shall be deemed to be lapsed, and the board of managers may proceed to settle and cancel the same, after a previous advertisement of their intention to do so, to be inserted in two newspapers printed and published in the city of Washington, once in each week, for the period of three consecutive months, and after serving, besides, whenever practicable, a personal notice in writing, for a like period of time, upon the holder or holders of such policy or policies, or in the event of his or their death, upon the legal representatives of such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement, etc.</p></sidenote> holder or holders.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the cost of such advertisement and notice shall be deducted from the sum or sums of money which may be found to be due on the settlement of said policy or policies to the holder or holders thereof.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 234: making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>234</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 156</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 234. 1884</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/156">156</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>234.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for service of Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the revenues <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">5 Stat., 81.</p></sidenote>of said Department, in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail depredations.</p></sidenote>Office of the Postmaster-General.—For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, including amounts necessary for fees to United States marshars shall be allowed four dollars per day in lieu of the charges now permitted, for personal expenses; and not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount may be expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and counsel necessarily employed by post-office inspectors of the Post-Office Department, subject to approval by the Attorney-General.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>For advertising, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters.</p></sidenote>Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General.—For compensation to postmasters, eleven million dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote>For compensation to clerks in post-offices, four million nine hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter - carriers; free delivery system; establishment of, etc.</p></sidenote>For payment to letter-carriers and the incidental expenses of the free delivery-system four million dollars; forty-five thousand dollars of which may be used, in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, for the establishment, under existing law, of the free-delivery system in cities where it is not now established.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrapping paper.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twine.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marking, rating, and canceling stamps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leiter-balances, test-weights, and scales.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, fuel, etc.; branch post-office, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., rent of building for, authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Safes, office furniture.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters a t money order post-offices designated as disbursing officers, etc.</p></sidenote>For wrapping-paper, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wrapping-twine, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post marking, canceling, and rating stamps, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For letter-balances, test weights, and scales, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building on Capitol Hill for use as a branch of the Washington City post-office, at a rate not exceeding thirty dollars per month.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For safes and other office furniture, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous and incidental expenses of post-offices, including repairs, gas-fixtures, and telegrams, eighty thousand dollars; and the Postmaster-General is authorized to designate postmasters at money-order post-offices as disbursing officers for the payment of the salaries of officers and employees of the postal service, and for such other payments as postmasters are now authorized to make from postal revenues.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland mail transportation.</p></sidenote>Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General.—For inland mail transportation, namely: For transportation on railroad routes, twelve million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and if any railroad company shall be for refuse to transport the mails, when <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refusal or failure of railroad company to carry mails on fastest trains; penalty.</p></sidenote>required by the Post Office Department, upon the fastest train or trains run upon said road, said company shall have its pay reduced fifty per centum of the amount provided by law. The Postmaster-General is authorized to pay, out of appropriations for transportation on railroad routes, for special railroad service between the union depot in East
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Saint Louis, Illinois, and the union depot in Saint Louis, Missouri, a sum not exceeding the lowest rate which private individuals, express companies, or others may pay for transportation between said points, but not to exceed for any fiscal year twenty-five thousand dollars, including allowance for depot room and transfer service at each terminal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For railway post office car service, one million six hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post-office ear service.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, two hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special facilities</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland transportation by steamboat, routes, six hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamboat service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Star-route service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal service in Alaska.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland transportation by star routes, five million six hundred thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the Postmaster-General may contract, under a miscellaneous advertisement, for the performance of necessary postal service in Alaska for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, without inviting proposals therefor by publication in a newspaper, as required by the act of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, no newspaper being published in that Territory.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For railway post-office clerks, four million three hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post- office clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mai 1 -messengers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail locks and keys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail bags and mailbag catchers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage-stamps, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail-messengers, nine hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail locks and keys, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mailbags and mailbag catchers, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General.—For manufacture of adhesive postage-stamps and of newspaper and periodical stamps, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp agency.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamped envelopes, etc.</p></sidenote> the agency, eight thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers and letter-sheets, six hundred and forty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes, newspaper-wrappers, and letter-sheets, and expenses of agency, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and thirty-two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal cards.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses of agency, seven thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For registered-package envelopes, locks and seals, and for office envelopes,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registered-package envelopes.</p></sidenote> and for dead-letter envelopes, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship letters.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drafts and warrants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of foreign mails.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances due foreign countries.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Superintendent of Foreign Mails.—For transportation of foreign mails, four hundred and twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For balances due foreign countries, seventy-five thousand dollars, including the United States’ portion of the expenses of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union Convent ion.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the expenses of delegates to the Universal Postal Union Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delegates to Universal Postal Union Congress, Lisbon; pay of expenses of.</p></sidenote> to be held at Lisbon, Portugal, on the first of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Postmaster-General.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That if the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency in revenues.</p></sidenote> insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this act, a sum equal to
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 234,235. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
such deficiency of the revenues of said Department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply the said deficiencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 362.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section twenty-nine of the act of March third, eighteen bundled and seventy-nine (United States Statutes at Large, page three hundred and sixty-two), be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">19 Stat., 335.</p></sidenote>“The provisions of the fifth and sixth section of the act entitled An act establishing post-routes, and for other purposes’approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, for the transmission of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official mail-matter.</p></sidenote>official mail-matter, be, and they are hereby, extended to all officers of the United States Government, not including members of Congress, the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letters, etc., on official business may be sent free, by : i11 officers of the United States Government; envelopes to bear statement of penalty, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official mail-matter of Smithsonian Institution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso;</i> penalty envelopes to be sent to persons from whom is to be received official mail-matter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso;</i> certain mail-matter may be registered free.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>envelopes of such matter in all eases to bear appropriate indorsements containing the proper designation of the office from which or officer from whom the same is transmitted, with a statement of the penalty for their misuse. And the provisions of said fifth and sixth sections are hereby likewise extended and made applicable to all official mail-matter of the Smithsonian Institution: <i>Provided,</i> That any Department or officer authorized to use the penalty envelopes may in close them with return address to any person or persons from or through whom official information is desired, the same to be used only to cover such official information, and indorsements relating thereto: <i>Provided further, </i>That any letter or packet to be registered by either of the Executive Departments, or Bureaus thereof, or by the Agricultural Department, or by the Public Printer, may be registered without the payment of any registry fee; and any part-paid letter or packet addressed to either of said Departments or Bureaus may be delivered free; but where there is good reason to believe the omission to prepay the full postage thereon was intentional, such letter or packet shall be returned to the sender: <i>Provided further,</i> That this act shall not extend or apply to pension agents or other officers who receive a fixed allowance as compensation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 3915,761.</p></sidenote>for their services, including expenses of postages. And section <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repealed.</p></sidenote>thirty-nine hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, so far as the same relates to stamps and stamped envelopes for official purposes, is hereby repealed.”</p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums are hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, as hereinafter provided, for the following purposes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fortifications and other works of defense.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine movable torpedoes.</p></sidenote>For the protection preservation, and repair of fortifications and other works of defense one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of such submarine movable torpedoes, propelled and controlled by power operated from shore stations, as may be recommended by the Board of Engineers of the Army of the United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Motors for movable torpedoes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine mines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo experiments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruction of Engineer Corps,</p></sidenote>and approved by the Secretary of War, fifty thousand dollars; for the improvements and test of motors for movable torpedoes, twenty-five thousand dollars; for purchase of submarine mines for harbor defense, five thousand dollars; for continuation of torpedo experiments and for practical instruction of engineer troops in the details of the service, twenty thousand dollars, in all one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 235, 331. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of machine guns of the latest improvement, twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machine guns.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the armament of seacoast fortifications, including the manufacture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armament of seacoast fortifications.</p></sidenote> and conversion of heavy gnus and carriages, projectiles, fuses, powder, and implements, their trial and proof, and all necessary expenses •incident thereto, including compensation of draughtsmen on gun construction while employed in the Ordnance Bureau, four hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars thereof, may be used for the expenses of experiments in the use of dynamite or other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Experiments in the use of dynamite, etc.</p></sidenote> high explosive projectiles</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preservation of Fort Marion, at Saint Augustine, Florida, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, Fla.</p></sidenote> for the enclosure and improvement of the grounds attached to the same, said grounds to be in charge of the commanding officer of said fort, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to cause the various<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caliber, length of ports, weight of guns, weight of projectile per caliber, el e., to be determined; report to be made to Congress.</p></sidenote> calibers, lengths of bore, greatest and least admissible weights of guns for each caliber, together with the greatest and least weights of projectiles for each caliber, of all the various calibers required for the service, together with the number of each caliber of gun required, to be determined, and to make the same known to manufacturers of ordnance on their application and to report the same to Congress at its next session for its approval.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That hereafter all rifled cannon of any particular material,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Test of rilled cannon, etc.</p></sidenote> caliber, or kind, made at the cost of the United States shall be publicly subjected to the proper test including such rapid firing as a like gun would be likely to be subjected to in actual battle for the determination of the endurance of the same to the satisfaction of the President of the United States or such persons as he may select; and he is hereby authorized to select not to exceed five persons, who shall be skilled in such matters; and if such gun shall not prove satisfactory, they shall not be put to use in the Government service.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of smooth-bore cannon for experimental purposes, only.</p></sidenote> are hereby authorized to sell to projectors of methods of conversion, for experimental purposes only, any smooth bore cannon on hand required by them, at prices which shall not be less than have been received from auction sales for such articles, and deliver the same, at the cost of the Government, at the nearest convenient place for shipment or public transportation; the cost of delivery to be deducted from the proceeds of sales, and the balance to be covered into the Treasury of the United States.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That so much of the act making appropriations for the naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 288.</p></sidenote> service for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as provides that the words “ordnance” and “ gunpowder” in section thirty-seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 3721, 735.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pro visions of act, etc., determining meaning of words ‘‘ordnance” and “<quotedText>gunpowder, </quotedText>” repealed.</p></sidenote> and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be construed to mean offensive and defensive arms, ammunition, and explosives, the apparatus for their military use, and the materials for producing the whole, and also transportation, necessary information concerning them, and whatever is requisite in military experiments with them, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations. Legislative, executive, and judicial expenses.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau>That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 331. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</chapeau>
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<heading>LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senate.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Senators.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For compensation of Senators, three hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage of Senators, thirty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of t he officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the Senate, two hundred and sixty- six thousand five hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty cents, namely: For Secretary of the Senate, four thousand five hundred dollars. including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, and for compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators, three hundred and ninety-six dollars hire of horse and wagon for the Secretary’s office, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal executive clerk, principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; six clerks, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; five clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For keeper of stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant in the stationery-room, one thousand dollars; two messengers, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; four laborers seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk of printing records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Chaplain, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For secretary to the Vice-President, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger to the Vice-President’s room, to be appointed by the Vice-President, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assistant clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger to the Committee on Appropriations, to be appointed by the committee, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk and stenographer to the Committee on Finance, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Committee on Claims; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Private Land Claims, clerk to the Committee on Pensions, clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, clerk to the Committee on the Census, clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, clerk to the Committee on Public Lands, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and clerk to the Committee to And it and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions, under resolution of the Senate of January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For seven messengers, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, for the following committees of the Senate,
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namely : Finance, Post-Offices and Post Roads, Pensions, Claims, District of Columbia, Judiciary, and Engrossed Bills, ten thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraph operator, twelve hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand live hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, one thousand eight hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four riding pages, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Postmaster to the Senate, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; five mail-carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent of the document-room (Amzi Smith), two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; two assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to the superintendent of the document room, under resolution of the Senate of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one page in the document-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant in the folding-room,one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk in the folding-room, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty-five messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger to the official reporters’ room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand tour hundred and forty dollars each; conductor of elevator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; three laborers in the engineer’s department, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; female attendant in charge of the ladies’retiring-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; twelve laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twelve laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty-one clerks to committees, at six dollars per day during the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Committees, per diem.</p></sidenote> session, fifteen thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteen pages for the Senate Chamber, including one telephone<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> page, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, four thousand five hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one foreman in folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; six folders,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folders.</p></sidenote> at three dollars per day while actually employed, six thousand five hundred and seventy dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Senate, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and newspapers, including six thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, and one hundred dollars for postage-stamps for the office of the Secretary, and one hundred dollars for postage-stamps for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, fifteen thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of maintaining and equipping houses and mail-wagons for carrying the mails, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and oil and cotton-waste for the heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars; for furniture and repairs of furniture, ten thousand dollars; for packing-boxes, seven hundred and seventy dollars; for miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, ten thousand dollars; and for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Andit and Control the Contingent expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents, per printed page, twenty-five thousand dollars; for clerks to Senators, twenty-four thousand dollars; in all seventy-six thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting debates.</p></sidenote>For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>congressional directory.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional directory.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of compiling and preparing the Congressional Directory, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on- Public Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars,</content>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>capitol police.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol police.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-two privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each ; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each ; in all, thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars, one- half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent fund, one hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>house of representatives.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>For compensation of members of the House of Representatives and delegates from Territories, one million six hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote>For mileage, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred and twenty- four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars and ten cents, namely: For Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, four thousand five hundred dollars, and for hire of horses and wagons for the use of the Clerk’s office, six hundred dollars; for chief clerk, journal clerk, two reading-clerks, and tally clerk, five in all, at three thousand dollars each, and for the journal clerk (H. H. Smith) for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum ; for printing and bill clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for disbursing clerk, file clerk, and enrolling clerk, three in all, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each ; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, superintendent of document-room, index clerk, and librarian, seven in all, at two thousand dollars each ; for distributing clerk and stationery clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars each ; for document clerk, upholsterer and locksmith, and two assistant librarians, four in all, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each ; and one page, at sixty dollars per month.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one assistant journal clerk, at six dollars per day during the session.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cue assistant index clerk, to be employed Horn December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to May thirty-first, following, at six dollars per day, one thousand and ninety-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bookkeeper and four clerks, one thousand six hand red dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the person preparing the general index to the Journals of Congress, under resolution of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two messengers in the ¿louse library, at three dollars and sixty cents per day each, two thousand six hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one laborer in the bathroom, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Agriculture, clerk to the Committee on Claims, clerk to the Committee on the Public Lands, clerk to the Committee on War Claims, clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, clerk to the Committee on foreign Affairs, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, at two thousand dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For private secretary to the Speaker, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the Speaker’s table, one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, four thousand dollars; for one horse and wagon for his use, five hundred dollars; one deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; one cashier, three thousand dollars; one paying-teller, two thousand dollars; One book keeper, eighteen hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, at sixty dollars per month; and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage-stamps fir the officers of the House of Representatives, namely: For the Sergeant-at-Arms, fifty dollars; the Clerk, fifty dollars; and the Postmaster, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Doorkeeper, three thousand dollars; and for hire of horses, five hundred dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand dollars; second assistant doorkeeper (George A. Bacon), under resolution of December twenty-one, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to be employed in the document-room, two thousand dollars; clerk for Doorkeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand dollars; three clerks in the folding-room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars, and two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the document room, two thousand dollars; chief assistant in the document -room, at two thousand dollars; document file-clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document tile clerk, under resolution of December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of additional folding-room, one thousand dollars; one night<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of room for folding.</p></sidenote> watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred dollars; for feed for horses and care and repairs of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; ten messengers, at one thousand dollars each ; seven laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; ten laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollar’s each per annum; one laborer, at six hundred dollars ; two laborers in charge of water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers in charge of cleaning the Hall of the House, known as “<quotedText> cloak room men,</quotedText>” at fifty dollars per month during the session ; and for one female attendant in ladies’ retiring room, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two messengers during the session, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one employee (John T. Chancey) tinder Doorkeeper, by resolution of the House of November sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one Department messenger (C. W. Coombs), under resolution of April sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For labor in folding books, speeches, and pamphlets the following employees are hereby authorized to be appointed by the Doorkeeper, namely: One foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one folder in the sealing room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, five hundred dollars; one laborer,four hundred dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders, dur ing the session, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum each; and fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote>For thirty-four pages, during the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, ten thousand two hundred and eighty five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Committees, per diem.</p></sidenote>For thirty-one clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day, during the session, twenty-three thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers on soldiers’ roll.</p></sidenote>For fourteen messengers on the soldiers’ roll, under the control of the Doorkeeper, and not subject to removal except for cause reported to and approved by the House, at one thousand two hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Postmaster, two thousand five hundred dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; nine messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four messengers, during the session, at eight hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session ; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and wagons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official reporters.</p></sidenote>For hire of horses and mail-wagons for carrying the mails, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief official reporter (John J. McElhone), six thousand dollars; and four official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each, twenty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief engineer, etc.</p></sidenote>For one chief engineer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, one thousand two hundred dollars each ; two conductors of the elevator, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrician.</p></sidenote>For one electrician, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; and one laborer, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services in cleaning Statuary Hall and watching statuary therein, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Meaning of words “during the session.”</p></sidenote>seven hundred and twenty dollars. And wherever the words “<quotedText> during the session </quotedText>” occur in the foregoing they shall be construed to mean four months.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, namely.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for folding, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture, and repairs of the same, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For packing-boxes, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cartage, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select Committees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate of compensation to stenographers to Committees ; bow appointed.</p></sidenote> including compensation, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee on Accounts, but not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per printed page, to stenographers to committees, to be appointed by the Speaker on the application of committees, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and newspapers for members of the House of Representatives,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> officers of the House, and committees of the House, including six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, forty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty- five dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public printing.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Public Printer, chief clerk, and clerks.</p></sidenote> dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars ; four clerks of class four; one clerk of class one; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of his office, namely: For stationery, postage,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> advertising, traveling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>library of congress.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library of Congress.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Librarian, four thousand dollars; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Librarian and assistants.</p></sidenote> twenty-five assistant librarians, two at two thousand five hundred dollars each, two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, two at one thousand six hundred dollars each, two at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, seven at one thousand four hundred dollars each, six at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one at nine hundred and sixty dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of books for the Library, five thousand dollars; for purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of books.</p></sidenote> of law books for the Library, two thousand dollars; for purchase, by the Librarian of Congress, of new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchased under the direction of the Chief Justice, two thousand dollars; for expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign Governments, one thousand dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand five hundred dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of Works of art.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copyright business.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Botanic garden.</p></sidenote> works of an, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of said Library, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Botanic Garden : For superintendent, one. thousand eight hundred dollars; for assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress, nine thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For concreting walks in Botanic Garden, and sundry necessary improvements to buildings, as per estimates of Edward Clark, Architect of the United States Capitol, four thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, and for labor and materials in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>EXECUTIVE.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of President of the United States.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vice-President.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive office, salaries.</p></sidenote>For compensation to the following in the office of the President of the United Stales: Private Secretary, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ; two executive clerks, at two thousand dollars each ; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a telegraph <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion, employees.</p></sidenote>operator; one clerk of class one; steward, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one day usher, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one day usher, at one thousand two hundred dollars; five messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one night usher, one thousand two hundred dollars; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one fireman, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses, and harness, eight, thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil Service</p></sidenote><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollar’s; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; and one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, nineteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>For necessary traveling expenses, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>For furniture and repairs of furniture, file cases and file boxes, books, stationery, printing, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, ice, car tickets, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including heating, lighting rooms, and care of same, three thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of State.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Secretary of State, assistant secretaries, chiefs of bureaus, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars; first assistant secretary of state, four thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant secretaries of state, at three thousand five hundred dollars each ; for chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for six chiefs of bureau and one translator, at two thousand’one hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one: four clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; and ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars- each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; ten laborers; one packer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof reading the Jaws, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, furniture, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books anti maps, and books for library.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For proof reading the laws and documents for the various legations and consulates, including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; for stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand dollars; for books and maps, and books for the library, three thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses and repairs of wagons and harness, one thousand two hundred dollars; and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, two thou
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sand dollars; for rent of stable and wagon-shed, six hundred dollars ; tor care of clock, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services of lithographer, and necessary materials for the lithographic<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lithographer. etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Editing and distribution or session’s laws.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Editing and distributing Statutes at Large of War Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Secretary, assistants, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> press, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the Forty-eighth Congress, one thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary’s Office.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk and ex-officio superintendent of the Treasury building, two thousand seven hundred dollars ; stenographer to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; chief of division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations, chief of division of customs, and chief of appointment division, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars each; one assistant chief of division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations, two thousand four hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; five assistant chiefs of di vision, at two thousand dollars each; assistant superintendent of the Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand dollars; two disbursing clerks, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; Government actuary under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; forty-one clerks of class four; additional to three fourth class clerks, namely, receiving clerk of bonds, and two bookkeepers, one hundred dollars each; thirty clerks of class three; twenty-seven clerks of class two; twenty four clerks of class one; sixteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; ten messengers ; ten assistant messengers; one foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; forty-six laborers; superintendent of the Treasury building, three hundred dollars; eleven laborers, at five hundred dollars each; three laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one machinist and gas-fitter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; sixty watchmen, and additional to two of said watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, one hundred and eighty dollars each; seven firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventy-five charwomen, atone hundred and eighty dollars each; three conductors at elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one gardener, eight hundred and forty dollars; one superintendent of paper-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; one paper counter, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty- six paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; and for the following employees while actually employed; one foreman of cabinet shop, at five dollars per day; one draughtsman, at four dollars per day; one cabinetmaker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day; twelve cabinetmakers, at three dollars per day; one cabinetmaker, at two dollars per day; one foreman of bindery, at five dollars per day; four binders, at four dollars per day ; one sewer and folder, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; one paper cutter, at three dollars per day; in all, four hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred and eighty- one dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising Architect, and others.</p></sidenote>Supervising Architect.—In the construction branch of the Treasury: For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars ; one principal clerk, at two thousand dollars; photographer, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, nineteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special employees; <i>proviso </i>limit of appropriation for.</p></sidenote>And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, computers, accountants, modelers, assistants to the photographer, copyists, and such other services as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order, may be employed in the Office of the Supervising Architect to carry into effect the various appropriations for public buildings, to be paid for from such appropriations: <i>Provided,</i> That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, shall not exceed one hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to make report, etc., to Congress.</p></sidenote>and forty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>First Comptroller of the Treasury.—For First Comptroller of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and eleven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-three thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Second Comptroller of the Treasury.—For Second Comptroller of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars, five chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; nine clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; fourteen clerks.of class two; twelve clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, one hundred and four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the additional force in the Second Comptroller’s Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, namely: Three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; and two clerks of class one; in all, twelve thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjusting accounts of the Sol diet’s Home.</p></sidenote>For continuing the adjustment of the accounts of the Soldier’s Home, under section forty-eight hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4818, 935.</p></sidenote>in the Office of the Second Comptroller and in the Office of the Second Auditor, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Customs, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Commissioner of Customs.—For Commissioner of Customs, four thousand dollars; deputy commissioner, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three ; eleven clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifty-one thousand six hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>First Auditor.—For the First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; three clerks at one thousand dollars each; two copyists and two counters, at nine hundred dollars meh; two assistant messengers; and two laborers; in all, eighty-eight thousand eight bundled and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Second Auditor. For Second Auditor, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fix chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks oi lass four; lory clerks of class three; additional to one clerk of class here as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-five clerks of class
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two; forty-eight clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, two hundred and forty-six thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the twenty additional clerks of class one in the Second Auditor’s Office, rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Third Auditor. For Third Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; <sup>1 </sup>seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; fifty-six clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; one assistant messenger; and six laborers; and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, two hundred and one thousand and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the additional force in the Third Auditor’s Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, namely : Five clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; and eight clerks of class one;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">in all, twenty-seven thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fourth Auditor.—For the Fourth Auditor, three thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three ; eight clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, sixty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fifth Auditor. For the Fifth Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fifth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and two laborers; in all, forty seven thousand six hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> For the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, who may be designated to sign, such letters and papers as the Auditor may direct, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; eight chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each ; fifteen clerks of class four, and additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty-six clerks of class three; eighty-two clerks of class two; sixty-seven clerks of class one; fifty- three clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; thirty-one female asserters of money-orders, at nine hundred dollars each; four asserters of money orders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistant messengers ; twenty laborers; and ten charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each ; in all, four hundred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the temporary force to dispose of accumulated money-orders, namely: Three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Treasurer.—For the Treasurer of the United States six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer, assistant treasurer, cashier anti assistant, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars ; assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars ; assistant cashier, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars, one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant-tellers, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty-six clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; fifteen clerks of class
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two; one coin clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; twenty- three clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eighty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; six messengers ; six assistant messengers ; twenty-six laborers ; and seven laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent redemption of national currency, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be reimbursed by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one principal teller and one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; and one assistant teller, at two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; fifteen clerks, atone thousand dollars each; fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; three assistant messengers; in all, eighty-one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Register of the Treasury.—For the Register of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; assistant register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four, one of whom shall receive two hundred dollars additional for services as disbursing clerk, and shall give bond in such amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine; seventeen clerks of class three; fifteen clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-five copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; five assistant messengers; and seven laborers; in all, one hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Comptroller of the Currency, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Comptroller of the Currency.—For Comptroller of the Currency, five thousand dollars ; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at. two thousand two hundred dollars each; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars ; eleven clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two ; eight clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twenty- five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman : three laborers; and two night watchmen; in all, one hundred and three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special examination of banks, etc.</p></sidenote>For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bank-plates, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of the national currency and others.</p></sidenote>For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by the national banks), namely: One superintendent, at two thousand dollars; one teller and one bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; and one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars; nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk of Light House Board and others.</p></sidenote>Light House Board.—For chief clerk of the Light House Board, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the following additional employees in the Office of the Light House Board, who shall be paid from the appropriations for the light house establishment, namely: One clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; fourteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Statistics.—For the officer in charge of the Bureau of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> Statistics, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, fifty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting statistics relating to internal commerce: For the payment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of collecting commercial statistics.</p></sidenote> of experts, and other necessary expenditures connected with the collection of information relative to the internal and foreign commerce of the United States, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Engraving and Printing—For Chief of Bureau, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief Bureau of Engraving and Printing, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars ; one assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars ; three copyists, at nine hundred dollars each ; two assistant messengers, and four laborers; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Life-Saving Service.—For General Superintendent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General superintendent of Life-Saving Service, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the Life Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life Saving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer and draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one principal clerk and accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secret Service Division.—For one chief, three thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief of the Secret Service Division, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; and one attendant, at. six hundred and eighty dollars ; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine Hospital Service.—<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising Surgeon-General, assistants,clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars; one surgeon, three thousand dollars; one passed assistant surgeon, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one hospital steward (employed as chemist). one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists; one messenger, at fitty dollars per month ; one. laborer, at forty dollars per month ; and one laborer, hundred dollars per month ; in all, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paid Twice the permanent appropriations for the Marine, Hospital Service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office .supervising Inspector-General Steamboat Inspection Service.—<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising inspector-General, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For Supervising Inspector-General, three thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, not. to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, not to exceed eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, ten thousand one hundred and forty dollars ; the same to be paid Horn the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat Inspection Service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Construction of standard Weights and Measures.—<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Standard weights and measures, etc.</p></sidenote>For construction and verification of .standard weights and Measures, including metric, standards, for the custom houses, other offices of the United States, and for the several States, and mitral standards of length in Washington. District of Columbia, the following, while actually employed, namely : One adjuster, at five dollars per day; verifier<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjuster, and others.</p></sidenote> and mechanical, at four dollars per day each ; laborer, at one dollar
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and fifty cents per day; one recorder, at sixty dollars per month ; and one watchman; in all, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of materials, etc.</p></sidenote>For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Committee on Weights and Measures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat.,709.</p></sidenote>For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the International Committee on Weights and Measures at the general conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Internal Revenue, deputy, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Commissioner op Internal Revenue.—For Commissioner of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; two heads of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; five heads of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one superintendent of stamp vault, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; twenty-five clerks of class three; thirty-four clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one: fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seventy-nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and ninety-four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp agent.</p></sidenote>For one stamp-agent, at one thousand six hundred dollars; and one counter, at nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collectors and deputy collectors.</p><i>Proviso.</i><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase, etc., of Dumber and salaries of deputy collectors, gaugers, etc., prohibited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents and surveyors, gaugers, storekeepers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscall an eons expenses.</p><i>Proviso;</i> compensation of storekeepers, etc., at certain distilleries.<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers in commission not to exceed fifteen per cent, of the number actually employed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents limited, in number, to twenty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of Treasury Apartment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote>For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors, one million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <i>Provided, hoarrer,</i> That the number of deputy collectors, gangers, storekeepers, and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue shall not be inert used, nor shall the salary of said officers and employees be increased beyond the salaries paid during the lust fiscal year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses of gaugers, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses two million three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>And provided,</i> That storekeepers, or storekeepers and gaugers, who are assigned to distilleries whose registered capacity is twenty bushels or less shall receive two dollars per day for their services ; and no collector in any district shall recommend, nor shall there be appointed or commissioned, more deputy collectors, storekeepers, storekeepers and gaugers, gaugers, inspectors, or other officers, or allowed to remain in commission more of any of said officers, at any one time, than fifteen per centum in excess of the number actually engaged in performing duty at the time, and indispensably necessary for the performance of said duty. And hereafter there shall not be employed exceeding twenty agents, in lieu of the number now authorized by law.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several Bureaus, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand and dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of material for binding canceled marine papers, requisitions, and other important records; newspapers.books, hand stamps, and repairs of the same (and of the amount appropriated not more than five hundred dollars max be used in the purchase of current publications), two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary traveling expenses, and for other traveling expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight, expressage, telegrams, telephone service, and cur tickets, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings, seven thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of subsistence of horses for office and mail wagons, including shoeing, and for wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of ice, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of file-holders and file-cases, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, engine hose and cotton waste, grates, grate-baskets and fixtures, stoves and fixtures, blowers, coal-hods, pokers, shovels, and tongs, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of gas, brackets, candles, candlesticks, drop-lights and tubing, gas-burners, gas-torches, globes, lanterns, matches, match-sates, and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of carpets, oilcloth, mats, and matting, and repairs, and for cleaning and laying of the same, by contract, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of boxes, bells and bell-pulls, book rests, chairs, chair-caning, chair-covers, cases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, desks, leather for covering sofas, locks, lumber, rugs, screens, shelving for tile-rooms, tables, turpentine, varnish, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, water coolers and stands, window-shades and fixtures, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings and fixtures, alcohol, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, cloth, chamois-skins, door and window fasteners, dusters, flour, garden and street hose, lace-leather, lye, nails, oil, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, spittoons, soap, sponge, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, tumblers, wire and zinc; and for blacksmithing, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpening tools, and other absolutely necessary articles, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>independent treasury.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Treasury.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Baltimore, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; for three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; for two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the Assistant Treasurer at Boston.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Boston, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, five thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying-teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant paying-teller, two thousand two hundred dollars ; vault clerk, two thousand dollars; receiving-teller, t wo thousand dollars; first bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; second bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; specie clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant specie clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; money clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; coupon clerk and redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receipt clerk and general clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant redemption clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; two watchmen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each ; in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Chicago.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Chicago, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; for paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; for bookkeeper and receiving teller, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one
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thousand five hundred dollars each ; one assistant bookkeeper and three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each ; for one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars ; one janitor at six hundred dollars ; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Cincinnati, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Office of Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati.—For assistant treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars ; for cashier, two thousand dollars; for bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for receiving-teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; check clerk and interest clerk, each one thousand two hundred dollars ; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; fractional silver and minor-coin clerk, one thousand dollars; night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; two watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each ; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer al New Orleans, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>Office of Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans. For assistant treasurer, four thousand dollars; cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars ; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; porter, nine hundred dollars; one watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars ; one night watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars ; in all, fourteen thousand and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at New York, and others.</p></sidenote>Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York.—For assistant treasurer, lt; ight thousand dollars; cashier and chief clerk, four thousand dollars; deputy assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief of coin division, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief of note paying division, three thousand dollars; chief of note receiving division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of check-paying division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of registered- interest division, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of coupon-interest division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief of minor-coin division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ; chief of canceled- check division, two thousand dollars ; two clerks, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each ; six clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four clerks, atone thousand seven hundred dollars each ; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; five messengers, at one thousand three hundred dollars each ; one messenger, at one thousand two hundred dollars ; keeper of building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistant detectives, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three hall-men, at one thousand dollars each ; six watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two porters, nine hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Philadelphia, and others.</p></sidenote>Office of Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia.—For assistant treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief interest clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; chief registered-interest clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin-teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; assistant coupon clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars ; assistant registered-interest clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant cashier, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant coin-teller, one thousand four hundred dollars; receiving-teller, one thousand three hundred dollars ; assistant receiving-teller.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of building, one thousand one hundred dollars; four male counters, at nine hundred dollars each ; five watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of assistant Treasurer at Saint Louis.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at Saint Louis, and others.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand-five hundred dollars ; chief clerk and teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five bundled dollars; assistant bookkeeper and one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each ; messenger,one thousand dollars; tour watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer at San Francisco, and others.</p></sidenote> treasurer, five thousand dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, two thousand dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper,two thousand dollars ; coin-teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars ; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; and four watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty seven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p></sidenote><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 02.</p></sidenote> and money on band at the several sub-treasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositories, under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, finishing, and binding interest, transfer, redemption,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheeks and drafts.</p></sidenote> pension, and other checks and drafts, including cost of paper for the same, for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United states mints and assay-offices.</p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mints and assay offices.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the Director.—For Director, four thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director, officers,, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> dollars; examiners, two thousand three hundred dollars; computer, two thousand two hundred dollars; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a stenographer; two clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; one messenger; two copyists; one helper in laboratory, eight hundred and forty dollars; one helper, at five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to be expended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint.</p></sidenote>under the direction of the Director, namely : For assay-laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries, one thousand dollars; for examination of mints, expenses in visiting the mints and assay-offices for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements and for special examinations, two thousand five hundred dollars; for books, pamphlets, periodicals, specimens of coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, one thousand dollars; and for the collection of statistics relative to the annual production of the precious metals in the United States, four thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mint at Philadelphia.—For salary of the superintendent, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> coiner, and engraver, four in all. at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; bookkeeper,
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two thousand dollars; abstract clerk and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each ; register of deposits, warrant clerk, and cashier’s clerk, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; assayer’s computation clerk and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery and repairs (and purchases, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Sau Francisco.</p></sidenote>Mint at San Francisco, California.—For salary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>superintendent, four thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, and warrant clerk, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; register of deposits, two thousand dollars; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computation clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendent’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and forty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expanses.</p></sidenote>For incidental and contingent expenses, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Carson.</p></sidenote>Mint at Carson, Nevada.—For salary of superintendent, three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars; for assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; chief Clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, bookkeeper, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each ; abstract clerk and register of deposits at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, fifty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at New Orleans.</p></sidenote>Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana.—For salary of the superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, three in all, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>and refiner, and assistant coiner, one thousand nine hundred dollars each; cashier and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; weigh clerk, abstract clerk, bookkeeper, mid assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; register of the deposits, warrant clerk, and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; cashier’s clerk, at one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, seventy-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs and new machinery, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Denver.</p></sidenote>Mint at Denver, Colorado.—For salary of the assayer in charge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer in charge, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>two thousand five hundred dollars; for melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand four hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay office, New York.</p></sidenote>Assay-office at New York.—For salary of superintendent, four thousand five hundred dollars; for assayer, and for melter and refiner,
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at three thousand dollars each; assistant melter and refiner, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, assayer, officers, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars ; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; weighing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; bar clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; abstract clerk and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; register of deposits, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for assayer’s first assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for assayer’s second assistant, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; for assayer’s third assistant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Assay-office at Helena, Montana.—For salary of assayer in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Helena.</p></sidenote> charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; and of melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer in charge, and others.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, eight thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay - office, Boise City.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer, melter, and clerk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay- office, Charlotte.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer and others.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, St. Louis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer in charge and clerk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent- expenses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">assay-office at Boise City, Idaho Territory.—For assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars ; in all, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Assay-office at Charlotte, North Carolina.—For assayer and melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; and assistant assayer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Assay-office at Saint Louis, Missouri.—For assayer in charge, two thousand five hundred dollars ; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial governments.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Arizona.—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>dollars each ; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator in the executive office,five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members and officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> of the legislative assembly; mileage of members; printing; rent; extra clerk; light, fuel, stationery, and other incidental expenses; hire of porter and messenger for secretary’s office; and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, including safe for same, twenty-five thousand six hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Dakota.—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and five associate judges, at three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, twenty-two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members and officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> of the legislative assembly; mileage of members; printing; rent
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of secretary’s office, legislative halls, and rooms for storage of Government property; postage; stationery and blanks; light, oil, and candles; fuel; repairs and purchase of furniture; messenger and porter; labor and care of Government property ; clerk in secretary’s office; and incidental expenses, thirty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote>Territory of Idaho.—For salary of governor, two thousand six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote>For legislative expenses, namely : For per diem of members and officers of the legislative assembly; printing; stationery and blanks; fuel, lamps, oils, and candles ; brooms and dusters ; rent of secretary’s office and legislative halls,library rooms, and storage rooms for Government property ; furniture and repairs to furniture; fuel; lamps, oil, candles, brooms, and dusters; postage and seals; ice; messenger and porter for secretary’s office; and incidental expense of secretary’s office, twenty-seven thousand and forty-five dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote>Territory of Montana.—For salary of governor, two thousand six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each ; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote>For legislative expenses, namely : For per diem of members and officers of the legislative assembly; rent of secretary’s office, legislative halls and committee-rooms, and storage-room for Government property; furniture, stoves, carpets, and repairing; porter and messenger for secretary’s office; postage ; stationery and printing; fuel and lights; furniture and repairs on furniture; clerk in secretary’s office; and telegraphing, twenty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote>Territory of New Mexico.—For salary of governor, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>six hundred dollars ; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each ; secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars ; and interpreter and translator in the executive office, at five hundred dollars, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, light, fuel, stationery, incidentals, and pay of messenger, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Utah.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars ; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each ; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of commissioners, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., 5253,1039.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 30.</p></sidenote>For legislative expenses, namely: For current and contingent expenses of the secretary’s office, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the salaries of the commissioners appointed under an act entitled “An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>For expenses of the commission, for printing, stationery, clerk-hire, <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>office-rent, fifteen thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That out of this sum the commission is hereby authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding six hundred dollars, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the officers of election, including contingent expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of officers of election.</p></sidenote> twenty-live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Washington.—For salary of governor, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territory of Washington.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of secretary’s office; hire<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> of messenger; light, fuel, stationery, postage, office furniture repairs, and other incidentals, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Wyoming.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at- three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely; For fuel, rent, light, stationery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> postage, and incidentals, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Alaska.—For salary of governor, three thousand dollars; judge, three thousand dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; four commissioners, one thousand dollars each; four deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each ; in all, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual and necessary expenses of the judge, marshal, and attorney<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the jail in the town of Sitka so as to render it suitable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of jail, Sitka.</p></sidenote> for a jail and penitentiary, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the governor, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Secretary, chief dork, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> one chief clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; twenty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; four messengers; six assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, one thousand dollars; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, at five hundred and forty dollars each ; and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the provisions of the act<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat.,237.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">ProvisionS of act, etc., authorizing appointment of Assistant Secretary repealed.</p></sidenote> entitled “<quotedText>An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,</quotedText>” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which authorized the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of War, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the Office of the Adjutant-General.—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of the Adjutant General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; twenty four clerks of class four; thirty-five clerks of class three ; sixty-seven clerks of class two; three hundred and fifty- three clerks of class one; sixteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five messengers; fifty-one assistant messengers; twenty watchmen; three laborers; in all, six hundred and ninety-one thousand nine hundred dollars. And not less than two hundred of the clerks in the Office of the Adjutant-General shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement of pension applications and soldiers’ claims.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks, appointment of.</p></sidenote>For the following additional clerks in the Office of the Adjutant-General, for the sole purpose of completing with the necessary detail from the existing force, the regimental registers of the volunteer forces of the several States during the late war, namely: One clerk of class four: two clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; in all, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hire of building, heating, furnishing, etc.</p></sidenote>For the hire of a suitable building, for heating the same, and for the purchase of the necessary desks, chairs, stationery, and so forth, in order to enable the Secretary of War to carry forward expeditiously the work of completing the volunteer registers of regiments, thirty-five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of inspector-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>In the Office of the Inspector-General.—For one clerk of class four; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Military .Justice.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Bureau of Military Justice.—One chief clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars ; two clerks of class three ; four clerks of class one; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, messengers, etc.</p></sidenote>In the Signal Office.—Two clerks of class four; three clerks of class one ; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; and one laborer, at four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, clerks, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observation and report of storms; telegraph lines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso, Secretary of War to report number of persona employed and compensation.</p></sidenote>six hundred and sixty dollars. And for the services of scientific experts, clerks, draughtsmen, copyists, messengers, mechanics, laborers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, to carry into effect the appropriations for observation and report of storms, and for the construction, maintenance, and repairs of military telegraph lines, forty-five thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Quartermaster General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>In the Office of the Quartermaster-General.—One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars; nine clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; twenty-three clerks of class two; forty-six clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each ; one female messenger, at forty dollars per month; two messengers; two assistant messengers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; six laborers; one laborer, two hundred and twenty-five dollars; two charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one fireman; five watchmen; one draughtsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, copyists, and others employed in investigating certain claims, etc.</p></sidenote>For the following clerks and others to be employed by the Quartermaster-General in the investigation of claims for settlement by the Treasury Department under the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty four: One clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; two clerks,at one thousand dollars each; eleven copyists; three assistant messengers; one watchman; and twenty-five agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each ; in all, seventy-three thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem in lieu of subsistence to agents traveling, etc.</p></sidenote>For per diem in lieu of subsistence of the agents employed while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of War, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissary-General.</p></sidenote>In the Office of the Commissary-General.—One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others in office of.</p></sidenote>three; four clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; two laborers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and two watchmen; in all, forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the Office of the Surgeon-General.—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of the Surgeon-General.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; thirty-two clerks lt; of class three; sixty-two clerks of class two; one hundred and seventy- , three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> clerks of class one; one hundred and nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars ; one engineer in division of records and museum, at one thousand four hundred dollars; eighteen assistant messengers; one messenger boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars; eight watchmen; two superintendents of buildings, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; and fifteen laborers; in all, five hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; and not less than three hundred of the clerks in the Surgeon-General’s Office shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement, of pension applications called for by the Commissioner of Pensions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the Office of the Chief of Ordnance.—One chief clerk at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Chief of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty-two clerks of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, forty-four thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the Office of the Paymaster-General.—One chief clerk,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of the Paymaster-General.</p></sidenote> at two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two ; nine clerks of class one; four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; one assistant messenger; seven watchmen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars ; and five laborers; in al),sixty-four thousand nine bundled and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the Office of the Chief of Engineers.—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Chief of Engineers.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three ; three clerks<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> of class two ; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, and such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of draughtsmen, civil engineers, etc., authorized.</p></sidenote> other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the virions appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys of military defenses, to be paid for from such appropriations: <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><i>Proviso;</i> amount o f appropriation limited.<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to report number of persons employed and compensation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, shall not exceed fifty-six thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion.—For one agent, two thousand dollars ; two clerks of class four ; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; six copyists, at nine hundred dollars each ; one foreman of printing, at one thousand six hundred dollars ; one pressman, one thousand two hundred dollars; five compositors, at one thousand dollars each; two copy-holders, at nine hundred dollars each ; two assistant messengers ; two watchmen; and one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the superintendent of the building at the corner of F and seventeenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of building, Fund Seventeenth streets, engineer, and others.</p></sidenote> streets, two hundred and fifty dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; four watchmen; two laborers; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, five thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage-stamps for the War Department and its Bureaus, as required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage stamps, under Postal Union.</p></sidenote> under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses</p></sidenote> Bureaus, buildings (except the War Department building), and offices of the War Department; purchase of professional books, law-books, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, furniture, carpets, matting,</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">oilcloth, file-cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus; telegraphing; freight and express charges; repairs to buildings and furniture : anti for other absolutely necessary expenses, including one clerk of class two and one assistant messenger, sixty- three thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote>For stationery for the War Department and its Bureaus and offices, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings.</p></sidenote>For rent of buildings for the of the War Department, as follows: For Adjutant General’s Office, four thousand one hundred dollars; for the Signal Office, seven thousand dollars: for the Quartermaster-General’s Office, ten thousand dollars; for the Pay master-General’s Office, three thousand six hundred dollars; for the Surgeon-General’s Office, nine thousand seven hundred dollars; for the Commissary-General’s Office, two thousand live hundred dollars ; for the Chief of Engineer’s Office, one thousand six hundred dollars; for the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings and grounds.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Public Buildings and Grounds.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, messenger.</p></sidenote>For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousand four hundred dollars; and for messenger in the, same office, eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public gardener and others.</p></sidenote>For the public gardener, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For overseer, draughtsman, foremen, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars. </p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw-keepers for Navy-Yard and Upper Bridges. Watchmen.</p></sidenote>For two draw-keepers for Navy-Yard and Upper Bridges, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For two day-watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two nightwatchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one watchman for Iowa Circle; one watchman for Fourteenth Street Circle and neighboring reservations; one for Rawlins Square and Washington Circle; one for Dupont Circle; one for McPherson and Farragut Squares; one for Stanton Place and neighboring reservations; one for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden ; one for Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations, eight in all. at six hundred and sixty dollars each, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one nightwatchman for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden, at seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge-keeper, Chain Bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>For one bridge-keeper at Chain Bridge, six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office, nine hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>state, war, and navy department building.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State, War, and Navy building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of superintendent, clerk, engineer, and others.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the superintendent: One clerk class one; one chief engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; six assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each ; one captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars, two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; forty-eight watchmen; one machinist, at nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen firemen; six conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; sixteen laborers; one laborer, at six hundred
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dollars; and fifty-four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each ; in all, eighty-five thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items, thirty-four thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Secretary .chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> for compensation of chief clerk of the Navy Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; one disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; one messenger boy, at four hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy, at two hundred and forty dollars; three laborers; one clerk of class two; and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class two, (for Examining and Retiring); one clerk of class one; and one assistant messenger (in care of library); in all, fifty-seven thousand four hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Yards and Docks.—For one chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> class two ; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.—For chief clerk, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two copyists, at nine hundred dollars each ; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Navigation.—For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand (dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; end two laborers; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nautical Almanac Office: For the following assistants, namely : Three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nautical Almanac Office.</p></sidenote> at one thousand six hundred dollars each ; two at one thousand four hundred dollars each ; three at one thousand two hundred dollars each;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistants and others.</p></sidenote> two at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one copyist, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Computers.</p></sidenote> American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, and improving the Tables of the Planets, eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hydrographic Office: For two clerks of class two ; one clerk of class<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hydro graphic Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and others.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draughtsmen, engraver e, and others.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of materials, etc.</p></sidenote> one; one assistant messenger; and one office attendant, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, five thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For draughtsmen, engravers, copyists, copperplate printers, printers’ apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of chart-paper, copper plates, electrotyping copperplates; ink and other materials necessary in printing division; materials for drawing division and for mounting charts; materials for engravers ; for photolithographing charts for immediate use, and transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; repairs to printing presses and purchase of new hydraulic press; for extra drawing and engraving, and for purchase of foreign charts and hydrographic works for the use of the vessels of the Navy ; for the purchase of drawing-paper, drawing-materials, and necessary instruments to be furnished
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naval vessels while surveying, and for repair of such instruments, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maury’s Pilot Chart.</p></sidenote>For new edition of Maury’s Pilot Chart, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruments fur examining the currents of the ocean, etc.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of instruments for a systematic examination of the currents of the ocean by the steam merchant marine, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, and San Francisco, including furniture, fuel, lights, and care of offices car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest nautical information for the pilot charts, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Observatory.</p></sidenote>Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, four thousand nine, hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assist commissioners and officers.</p></sidenote>instrument-maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; four watchmen, including one for new Naval Observatory grounds; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and seven laborers; in all, seventeen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous computations, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to buildings, fuel,  to.</p></sidenote>For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars; purchase of apparatus and material for repairs of instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of professional books and periodicals for the library, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to buildings, fuel, gas, furniture, chemicals, stationery, freight, and all contingent expenses, three thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observatory publications, freight on, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apparatus for setting clock used in transmitting time-signals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas-engine.</p></sidenote>For payment to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries, three hundred and thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For apparatus for setting clock used in transmitting time-signals, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas-engine for moving dome of large telescope, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completing reductions of the observations of transit of Venus.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of ordnance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, anti others.</p></sidenote>For completing reductions of the observations of the Transit of Venus (to be expended under direction of the Transit of Venus Commission), five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Ordnance. For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one. laborer; in all, eight thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of construction and Repair.</p></sidenote>Bureau of Construction and Repair. For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, one thousand four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; undone laborer; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote>Bureau of Steam-Engineering. For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief draughtsman, at two thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draughtsman, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger: and two laborers; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.</p></sidenote>Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. For chief clerk, one thousand eight, hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. For chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> assistant messenger; and one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy. For one clerk<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge-Advocate- General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one laborer; in all, six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the compilation of the naval records of the war of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compilation of naval records of war of the rebellion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the rebellion.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting, compiling and arranging the naval records of the war of the rebellion, including Confederate naval records; one clerk of class one, and two copyists at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For professional books for Department library, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Professional books for library.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing materials,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, furniture, etc.</p></sidenote> freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of rooms for use of the presses used for hydrographic printing,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of rooms for hydrographic printing presses, etc.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removal and resetting of said presses, one thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of the Interior.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Pension Appeals.</p></sidenote> dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building; three members of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each ; one superintendent of documents, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk; for one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; one clerk of class three (custodian), who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine ; one bookkeeper for custodian, one thousand two hundred dollars ; six clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one, one of whom shall be the telegraph operator of the Department and one the assistant stenographer; one returns-office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one female clerk, to be designated by the President to sign land-patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; nine copyists; three messengers ; seven assistant messengers; ten laborers ; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at six hundred dollars ; four packers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three copyists and three laborers for distributing the reports of the tenth census; for one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and six firemen; in all, one hundred and fifty one thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Assistant Attorney General. For three law clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of assistant Attorney-general and clerks.</p></sidenote> one at two thousand seven and fifty dollars, one at two thousand five hundred dollars and one at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five clerks, at two thousand dollars each ; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars ; one clerk, who shall act as stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of General Land Office : assistant commissioner authorized to be appointed, etc. : duties ; chief cleric, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>General Land Office, For the Commissioner of the General Land Office, four thousand dollars; one assistant commissioner to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers and documents, and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thon sand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each ; recorder, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, appointment of, authorized.</p></sidenote>dollars; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each ; three principal clerks, atone thousand eight hundred dollars each; forty clerks of class four; fifty six clerks of class three; sixty seven clerks of class two; seventy three of class one; fifty one clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and fifty eight copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; eight assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; in all, four hundred and ninety six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem in lieu of subsistence to inspectors, etc.</p></sidenote>For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors, and of clerks detailed to investigate fraudulent land-entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, ten thousand debars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law-books.</p></sidenote>For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote>For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared in the General Land Office, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Indian Office. For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one financial clerk, at two thousand dollars; one chief of division, at two thousand dollars; one principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class four, one of whom shall have charge of the educational division; ten clerks of class three; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a draughtsman; nine clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum ; undone laborer; in all, ninety seven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner o f Pensions, d e p u - tier, chief clerk, assistant, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Pension Office. For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand dollars; first deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; second deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars ; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief clerk, two thousand dollars; medical referee, three thousand dollars; assistant medical referee, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two qualified surgeons, who shall be experts in their profession, at two thousand dollars each ; eighteen medical examiners, who shall be surgeons of education, skill, and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twelve chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each ; law clerk, two thousand dollars; forty five principal examiners for Review Board, at two thousand dollars each ; twenty-four assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seventy five clerks of class four; one hundred clerks of class three; four hundred clerks of class two; four hundred clerks of class one; two hundred and twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; one superintendent of buildings, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one hundred and thirty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty messengers ; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; twenty five watchmen ; and twenty five laborers; five charwomen at four hun-
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dred dollars each ; in all one million nine hundred and fifty five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in lieu of subsistence for traveling examiners, while<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diemin lieu ‘ subsisterez to :andnerB, etc.</p></sidenote> traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, lt; not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses ‘ for transportation and assistance, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special examiners, appointment ’, authorized.</p></sidenote> for one year, at a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars each, two hundred and forty thousand dollars ; and no person so appointed shall be employee in the State from which he is appointed: <i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> all of said appointments shall be temporary and on probation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in lieu of subsistence for one hundred and fifty additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem in lieu f subsistence to special examiners ; transportation, etc.</p></sidenote> special examiners above provided for, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States Patent Office. For compensation of the commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of the Patent Office, assistant, chief clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> of the Patent Office, five thousand dollars; for assistant commissioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand dollars; three examiners-in-chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiners in charge of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; trade mark examiners and examiners of designs, at two thousand four hundred dollars each ; twenty four principal examiners at two thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty eight first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each ; twenty eight second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each ; thirty third assistant examiners at one thousand tour hundred dollars each ; thirty five fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one librarian, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; three assistant chiefs of divisions, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk ; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three (one of whom shall be a translator of languages); eighteen clerks of class two; fifty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars ; four skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three draughtsmen at one thousand dollars each ; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; thirty two permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each ; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; seventy five copyists, six of whom may be copyists of drawings; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; sixty two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; forty five laborers, at six hundred dollars each; forty laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, five hundred and ninety seven thousand one hundred and seventy dollars; and the Commissioner of Patents may, in his discretion, after such examination as he may prescribe, promote persons now employed in the Patent Office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Promotion of copyists in the discretion of the commissioner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books for scientific library.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plates for the Official Gazette.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Photolithographing copies of drawings, etc.; super* vision of; contracts for, authorized.</p></sidenote> and performing duty as copyists and who have been in service a year or or more.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of books for a scientific library for the Patent Office, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the Official Gazette, forty two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies; said photolithographing or otherwise producing plates and copies referred to in this and the preceding paragraph, to be done under
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the supervision of the Commissioner of Patents, and in the city of Washington, if it can there be done at reasonable rates; and the commissioner of Patents, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be authorized to make contracts therefor, eighty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publications of patents; expense of sending abroad.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public use or sale of inventions prior to filing application for patent, investigation o f quest ion of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits against the commissioner of Patents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Education, collector and compiler, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign Governments, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventions for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and for expenses attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bureau of Education.—For the Commissioner of Education, three thousand dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one translator, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; seven copyists; two copyists, at eight hundred dollars each; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two laborers; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred dollars ; one laborer, ar three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books for library.</p></sidenote>For books for library, five hundred dollars; current educational periodicals, two hundred and fifty dollars; other current publications, two hundred and twenty five dollars; completing valuable sets of periodicals, two hundred dollars, in all, one thousand one hundred and seventy- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collect ion of statistics, etc.</p></sidenote>For collecting statistics for special reports, and circulars of information, two thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution and exchange of documents, etc.</p></sidenote>For the distribution and exchange of educational documents and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture, and models of school-buildings illustrative oi foreign and domestic systems, and methods of education, and for repairing the same, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Railroads.</p></sidenote>Office of Commissioner of Railroads.—For Commissioner, four thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and others.</p></sidenote>dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; railroad engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one copyist; undone assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examination of books and accounts of certain subsidized and land-grant railroad companies, and inspecting roads, shops, machinery, and equipments of same three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Architect of the Capitol.</p></sidenote>Office of the Architect of the Capitol.—For Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, draughts-man, and others.</p></sidenote>draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars ; one assistant messenger; person in charge of heating apparatus of the Congress and Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty four dollars; one laborer in charge of water- closet in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars ; and for three laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each ; for the pay of six watchmen employed on the Capitol Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. seventeen thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director of the Geological Survey, executive officer, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>Office of the Director of the Geological Survey.—For Director, six thousand dollars; executive officer, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief disbursing clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; one photographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three assistant photographers, one at nine hundred dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and one at four hundred and eighty dol-
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p></sidenote>
lars; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one watchman, at eight, hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty five thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of office of so rotary of the interior, etc.</p></sidenote> and the Bureaus, offices, and buildings of the Interior Department, I including the Civil Service Commission; for furniture, lumber, hard- J ware, advertising, telegraphing, expressage, ice, wagons and harness, food and shoeing for horses, car-tickets, diagrams, awnings, constructing model eases, portfolios for drawings, tile-holders, cases for library, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights and heating apparatus, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> Bureaus and offices, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new books and books to complete broken sets, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the Pension<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of building or Pension Office.</p></sidenote> Office, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, subject to existing provisions of law, to contract with the owner of said building or other buildings for the rent thereof to the Government, at a rate not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars, from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of a building for use of the Bureau of Education, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of building for Bureau of Education.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings for use of Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of additional buildings for Pension Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage-stamps under the Postal Union.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyors-general and clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings for use of the Department of the Interior, in the discretion of the Secretary, not exceeding twenty thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of additional buildings for use of the Pension Office, not exceeding eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage-stamps for the Interior Department and its Bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Surveyors-general and their clerks.—For survey or-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of California, two thousand seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> and fifty dollars; and for the clerks in his office, including those completing, translating, copying, and indexing original Spanish archives, and preserving from destruction originals greatly defaced in the office of the surveyor-general of California, thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Territory of Dakota, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> dollars; and for the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Idaho, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, five thousand dol-
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lars; and for the clerks in his office, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of Minnesota, two thousand dollars; and for the clerks in his office, eight thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of the Territory of Montana, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of Nevada, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska and Iowa.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, two thousand dollars; and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territory of Washington.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of the Territory of Washington, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote>For surveyor-general of the Territory of Wyoming, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all. six thousand dollars.</p>
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<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Postmaster-General, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the Postmaster-General, eight thousand dollars; chief clerk to the Postmaster-General, two thousand five hundred dollars ; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; law-clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars; and one clerk of class four (in office of Assistant Attorney General for Post-Office Department); two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; one assistant messenger; in all, thirty-one thousand and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Assistant Postmaster- General, chief clerk, chiefs of division, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For First Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars, and while the office is held by the present incumbent five hundred dollars additional; chief of salary and allowance division, two thousand two hundred dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars ; twenty clerks of class three; one clerk of class three, to act as stenographer and Department telegraph operator; six clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; superintendent division post-office supplies, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four assistant messengers; seven laborers (for division of post office supplies); superintendent of free delivery, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class four ; one clerk of class two; and one clerk of class one (office of superintendent of free delivery); in all, one hundred and six thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Assistant Postmaster-General, chief clerk, chiefs of division, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote>For Second Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of inspection, two thousand dollars; superintendent of railway adjustment,two thousand dollars; ten clerks of class four; thirty-four clerks of class three; eight-
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een clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, one hundred and forty three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Third Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Assistant Postmaster- General, chief clerk, chiefs of division, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of dead letters, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of division of postage stamps, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one chief of finance Division, who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General may determine for the faithful discharge of his duties, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; nineteen clerks of class three; thirty clerks of class two; forty-two clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight female clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each ; two additional clerks of class two: fifty-four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; six female clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, two hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Postmaster-General to employ an agent and necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent and assistants for supervision of manufacture, etc., of post-office envelopes.</p></sidenote> assistants to supervise the manufacture and distribution of post-office envelopes, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, to be paid from the appropriation “for registered-package envelopes, locks, and seals, and for office envelopes and for dead-letter envelopes” in the post-office appropriation act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of foreign mails, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of money-order system, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three ; five clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; six clerks,’at one thousand dollars each ; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two firemen ; four watchmen ; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars ; four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and ten laborers; in all, seventy three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For office of mail depredations: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief of mail depredations, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For topographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; four skilled<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Topographer, draughtsmen, and others.</p></sidenote> draughtsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, atone thousand six hundred dollars each; four skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two ; one map-mounter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant map-mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen ; and four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For office of disbursing clerk and superintendent of building: disbursing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerk and superintendent of building, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> clerk and superintendent, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class two (accountant.); one clerk of class one (storekeeper); one engineer, atone thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, at one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, at nine hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be a steam fitter, at nine hundred dollars; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one
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carpenter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant carpenter, at one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, at one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen; twenty laborers; one plumber, nine hundred dollars; one awning-maker, at nine hundred; and fifteen charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each ; in ail, forty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of the Post Office Department: For stationery and blank-books, nine thousand dollars; fuel, and for repairs to beating apparatus, seven thousand two hundred dollars; for gas, six thousand six hundred dollars; plumbing and gas-fixtures, four thousand seven hundred dollars; telegraphing, five thousand nine hundred dollars; painting, four thousand seven hundred dollars; carpets and matting, five thousand nine hundred dollars; furniture, seven thousand five hundred dollars; keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, one thousand five hundred dollars; hardware, one thousand seven hundred dollars; miscellaneous items, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings, etc.</p></sidenote>For rent of topographer’s office, one thousand five hundred dollars; for rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money-order office of the Post-Office Department, and of the money order Division of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, eight thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of Official Postal Guide.</p></sidenote>For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, twenty-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-route maps, side of, at cost, authorized; disposal of proceeds.</p></sidenote>For miscellaneous expenses of the topographer’s office in the preparation and publication of the post-route maps, twenty thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post-route maps to the public at cost, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDICIAL.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Attorney-general, Solicitor-General, Assistant Attorney - General, and others.</p></sidenote>Office of the Attorney-General.—For compensation of the Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars: Solicit or-General, seven thousand dollars; three Assistant Attorneys-General, at five thousand dollars each; one Assistant Attorney-General of the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars; Solicitor of the Internal Revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; examiners of claims, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; three assistant attorneys,at two thousand five hundred dollars each ; one assistant attorney, at two thousand; law clerk and examiners of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and ex officio superintendent of the building, two thousand two hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; five clerks of class four; additional for disbursing clerk and clerk in charge of pardons, two hundred dollars each ; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; seven copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; three laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; five charwoman, at one hundred and eighty dollars each ; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand one hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of the Department, namely: For furniture and repairs, one thousand dollars; for law and miscellaneous books for library of the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars; to supply deficiencies in sets of State statutes, five hundred dollars; for stationery, one thousand nine hundred dollars; for miscellaneous expenditures, such as telegraphing, postage, fuel, lights, labor, and other necessaries, including ordinary repairs of building and care of grounds.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twelve thousand and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and subsistence of horses, purchase of new horses, and repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care, subsistence, and purchase of horses, etc.</p></sidenote> of wagons and harness, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new boiler, heating coils, construction of air-ducts, and general<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boiler, heating coils, and repairs to building, etc.</p></sidenote> repair to heating apparatus, paving the cellar and yard east of building, repairs to sewers, new water-tank, stand pipe running to roof, and general repairs to building, ten thousand five hundred dollars, the work to be done under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of court house, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> courthouse in the District of Columbia, who shall be under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer and others.</p></sidenote> engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; four laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; six assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury.—For compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Solicitor of the Treasury, assistant, chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger, and one laborer; in all, twenty eight thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For law and miscellaneous books for Office of the Solicitor of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote> Treasury, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warden of jail.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States courts.—For the Chief Justice of the Supreme<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court, U.S.</p></sidenote> Court of the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, ten thousand dollars each ; in all, ninety thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the salaries of the United States judges retired under section<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. judges retired.</p></sidenote> seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 714,135.</p></sidenote> and eighty-five, is hereby appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nine circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit judges.</p></sidenote> each, fifty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the fifty-six district judges of the United States, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District judges.</p></sidenote> hundred and three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme court, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> of Columbia and the five associate judges, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Court of Claims.—For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars ; one assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; and messenger thereof; in all, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, books, fuel, labor, postage, and other contingent and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous expenses, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reporting the decisions of the court, and superintending the printing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting decisions, etc.</p></sidenote> of the nineteenth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 1765,314.</p></sidenote> paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 109.</p></sidenote> sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four chapter three hundred and twenty-eight.</p>
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<content class="inline">That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of assistant messengers, etc., rated.</p></sidenote> laborers provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, seven
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hundred and twenty dollars per annum each ; for laborers, six hundred’ and sixty dollars per annum each.</content>
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<content class="inline">That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>332.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
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<chapeau>That the following sums be, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sundry civil expenses.</p></sidenote>the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, namely:</chapeau>
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<heading>UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of International conference for fixing common zero of longitude and standard of time, etc.; appointment of two additional delegates to represent the U. S.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 217.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scientific commission for conduct of conference of electricians, etc.; appointment of; powers, duties.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the international conference for fixing a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning, including cost of printing and translations, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars ; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint two delegates to represent the United States at said international conference, in addition to the number authorized by the act approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and who shall serve without compensation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint a scientific commission which may, in the name of the United States Government, conduct a national conference of electricians in Philadelphia in the autumn of eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That said commission may invite scientific men, native and foreign, to participate in the conference, and may, in general, determine the scope and character of its work.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated to meet the expenses of the commission in conducting the conference and investigations, and to meet the expenses of preparing reports of the <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>same: <i>Provided,</i> That the whole amount of the expense incurred by said commission shall not exceed the said sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; and the members of said commission shall not receive- any compensation for services.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of expenses of Siamese embassy.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of State to pay expenses already incurred for the Siamese embassy, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dies, etc., seal of the U. S.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of State to obtain dies of the obverse and reverse of the seal of the United States, and the appliances necessary for making impressions from and for the preservation of the same, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to widow of General Judson Kilpatrick.</p></sidenote>That the sum of five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eleven cents of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for contingent expenses foreign missions, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, re appropriated and made available to pay the widow of General Judson Kilpatrick, late United States minister to Chili, the amount found due him on the settlement of his accounts for contingent expenses of the legation of the United States in Chili in eighteen hundred and eighty-two.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monetary commission.</p></sidenote>To enable the President to continue negotiations with foreign governments respecting the establishment of a common ratio between gold and silver, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Representatives to conference of Red Cross Association.</p></sidenote>To pay the expenses of representatives of the United States to the conference of the Red Cross Association to be held at Geneva on the first of September next, said representatives to be appointed by the-President, two thousand dollars.</p>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 332. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings under Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Baltimore, Maryland: For continuation of building, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and subtreasury at Boston, Massachusetts: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston.</p></sidenote> of building and additional vaults, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and post-office at Cincinnati, Ohio: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cincinnati.</p></sidenote> of building, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Charleston, West Virginia: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, W. Va.</p></sidenote> fencing, pump, tank, and connections for water supply, and for sewer, four thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse at Charleston, South Carolina: For building one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, S. C.</p></sidenote> stone wharf in front of customhouse, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse at Cleveland, Ohio: For completion of building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Columbus, Ohio: For continuation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus.</p></sidenote> of building, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Danville, Virginia: For approaches,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Danville.</p></sidenote> sidewalks, iron fence, and for retaining-wall in rear of building, ten thousand three hundred dollars, of which sum not less than one thousand seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to building a substantial stone wall in the rear of the lot upon which said building stands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Denver, Colorado: For continuation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denver.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Des Moines, Iowa : For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines.</p></sidenote> of extension and remodeling interior, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and post-office at Dubuque, Iowa: For purchasing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dubuque.</p></sidenote> lot immediately north of the customhouse lot, Dubuque, Iowa, five thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That, no part of the purchase-money shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> be paid until the Attorney-General of the United States shall be satisfied that there is a good title to said premises in the United States, free from all incumbrance.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Fort Wayne, Indiana: For continuation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Wayne.</p></sidenote> of building, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Galveston, Texas: For continuation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston.</p></sidenote> of building, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Harrisonburg, Virginia: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrisonburg.</p></sidenote> of building, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post office at Jackson, Mississippi: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jackson.</p></sidenote> of building and approaches, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom house and post-office at Kansas City, Missouri: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City.</p></sidenote> of building and approaches, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Key West, Florida: For completion of sea-wall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West.</p></sidenote> to protect marine-hospital property, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Leavenworth, Kansas: For continuation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaven worth.</p></sidenote> fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post office at Lynchburg, Virginia: For continuation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynchburg.</p></sidenote> of building, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse, courthouse and post office at Memphis, Tennessee:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis.</p></sidenote> For completion of building and approaches, fifty thousand dollars; and for the construction of a supporting wall for the customhouse lot at the city of Memphis, Tennessee, where the same has been cut away along the river front thereof by certain railway companies, fifty thousand dollars: in all, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Minneapolis, Minnesota: For extension of site and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis.</p></sidenote> continuation, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Montgomery, Alabama: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montgomery.</p></sidenote> of building and approaches and inclosing grounds with an iron fence, five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans</p></sidenote>For customhouse at New Orleans, Louisiana: For plumbing, and for completion of repairs, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Haven.</p></sidenote>For courthouse and post-office at New Haven, Connecticut: For extension and repairs of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paducah.</p></sidenote>For courthouse and post-office at Paducah, Kentucky: For iron fence and gates, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Peoria.</p></sidenote>For post-office and court house at Peoria, Illinois: For continuation of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 170.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Poughkeepsie.</p></sidenote>And the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, authorizing the construction of a building at Poughkeepsie, New York, is so amended as to require an open space of not less than thirty- five feet in lieu of fifty feet on the west and north sides of said building</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy.</p></sidenote>For post office and courthouse at Quincy, Illinois: For continuation of building, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scranton.</p></sidenote>For post-office at Scranton, Pennsylvania: For completion of building, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph.</p></sidenote>For post-office at Saint Joseph, Missouri: For continuation of building, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Syracuse.</p></sidenote>For post-office and courthouse at Syracuse, New York: For continuation of building, seventy five thousand dollars; stone used in the construction of said building to be procured from quarries in the State of New York.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo.</p></sidenote>For customhouse and courthouse at Toledo, Ohio: For continuation , of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Topeka.</p></sidenote>For courthouse and post-office at Topeka, Kansas: For approaches, fencing, and grading, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utica.</p></sidenote>For courthouse and post-office at Utica, New York: For outstanding bills for completion of building, seven hundred and nineteen dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Williamsport.</p></sidenote>For courthouse and post-office at Williamsport, Pennsylvania: For continuation of building, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D.C.</p></sidenote>For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: Annual repairs to Treasury building, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and preservation of public buildings.</p></sidenote>For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation of customhouses, courthouses, post-offices, and other public buildings, under control of Treasury Department, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine hospitals.</p></sidenote>For repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penitentiary, Deer Lodge, Montana.</p></sidenote>To erect the unfinished portion of the United States penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, and to complete the same in accordance with the original plans, fifteen thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the work shall be carried on under the direction and general supervision of the governor of the Territory of Montana.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States mint building, Denver.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hydraulic passenger elevator, Winder’s Building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector of public buildings, furniture, etc., appointment of; compensation.</p></sidenote>For the repair of the United States mint building at Denver, Colorado, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hydraulic passenger elevator for building at corner of seventeenth and F streets, known as Winder’s Building, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to inspect all public buildings and examine into their requirements for furniture and other furnishings, including fuel, lights, and other current expenses, three thousand dollars; and for necessary expenses, not exceeding three thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That a report in detail of all such inspection shall be made to the Secretary of the Treasury who shall annually transmit the same to Congress.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>lighthouses, beacons, and fog-signals.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lighthouses, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eric Land Light-House, reestablishment of.</p></sidenote>That the Erie Land Light-House, discontinued by Light-House Board, be, and the same is hereby, reestablished on the site where it stood
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when discontinued: <i>Provided,</i> That the same can be obtained for that<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> purpose at a cost not exceeding four thousand dollars. That the Light-House Board is authorized and required, immediately after the passage of this act, to purchase, upon the terms herein prescribed, from the owner or owners thereof, the site of the original Land Light-House, for the reestablishment and maintenance of the Land Light-House herein authorized ; and for the purpose aforesaid, and for the reestablishment of said light, seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used and expended by the Light-House Board, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hyannis Light-Station, Massachusetts: For establishing a small beacon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hyannis Light-</p></sidenote> to range with the main light at Hyannis, Massachusetts, the lease<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Station.</p></sidenote> of the site for the purpose being hereby authorized, three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saybrook Beacon-Light, Connecticut : For completing the erection of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saybrook beacon-Light.</p></sidenote> a beacon-light on the end of the west jetty wall at Saybrook, Connecticut, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of erecting a light-house on the north end of Connect<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house, Connect Island.</p></sidenote> Island, Narragausett Bay, Rhode Island, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hell Gate electric lights, New York : For duplicating the apparatus<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hell Gate electric lights.</p></sidenote> and machinery necessary for the production of electric light in the tower at Ballet’s Point, near Hell Gate, New York, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lease of ground for electric light at Hell Gate, four hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lease of ground for electric fight at Hell Gate.</p></sidenote> and the Light-House Board is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to lease such parcel of land as is required for the establishment of said electric light at Hell Gate.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of lights on Hudson River, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights on Hudson Bi ver.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, Cape Fear River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, Saint John’s River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, Lake Champlain.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of lights on Cape Fear River, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of lights on Saint John’s River, Florida, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lights, Lake Champlain : For the establishment of lights on Watch Point, and to guide through the channel between North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cape Charles Light-Station, Virginia : For protecting the site of Cape<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Charles light station.</p></sidenote> Charles Light-Station, entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For establishing a small light, and fog-signal on Killick Shoal, in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light and fog-signal on Killick Shoal.</p></sidenote> Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Croatan Light-Station, North Carolina: For removing the Croatan<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Croatan light-station.</p></sidenote> Light-House to a point where it will be of more value to navigators, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removal of the Cape Henlopen Beacon to the Delaware Breakwater,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal ofCape Henlopen Beacon to Delaware Breakwater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light on Lud- lam’s Island.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buoy, etc., Fortress Monroe.</p></sidenote> and for the establishment of a small light at each end of the latter, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of a light on Ludlam’s Island, New Jersey, five thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Depot in the fifth district, Virginia : For establishing a buoy and supply-depot at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, in place of the one now at Portsmouth, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rebecca Shoal Light-Station, Florida: For completing the erection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house on Rebecca Shoal.</p></sidenote> of a light-house on Rebecca Shoal, Florida Reefs, Florida, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sand Island Light-Station, Alabama: For protecting the site or commencing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house at Sand Island.</p></sidenote> the rebuilding of the light-house at Sand Island, Alabama, ten thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house on Northwest Seal Rock.</p></sidenote>Northwest Seal Rock Light-Station, California: For continuing the construction of a light-house on the Northwest Seal Rock, off Point Saint George, California, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light at entrance of Gray’s Harbor.</p></sidenote>Gray’s Harbor, Washington, Territory: For the establishment of a light at the entrance of Gray’s Harbor, Washington Territory, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house at Port Sanilac.</p></sidenote>For commencing the construction of a light-house at or near Port Sanilac, Lake Huron, Michigan, ten thousand dollars; and said light-house shall not cost, when completed, exceeding twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam-tender for Pacific coast.</p></sidenote>Steam-tender for the Pacific coast: For building a steam-tender for service on the Pacific coast, eighty-eight, thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighted buoys.</p></sidenote>For maintenance of lighted buoys: For the maintenance of lighted buoys now in use, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures of appropriations, except for surveys, may be made under contracts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents.</p></sidenote>That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Light-House Board to apply the money appropriated, other than for surveys, as far as can be without detriment to the interests of the Government, by contract.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life-saving stations.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows: On the coasts of Maine and Now Hampshire one, and on the coast of Massachusetts one, at one thousand five hundred dollars each ; on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, of one assistant superintendent on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island who shall reside on the mainland of the State of Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one superintendent on the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, one, at one thousand five hundred dollars; on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one superintendent for life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, one thousand two hundred dollars; of one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; and of one on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving and lifeboat stations : One on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one on the coast of Lake Michigan, and one on the coasts of Washington Territory, Oregon, and California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keepers of life-saving stations, etc.</p></sidenote>For salaries of two hundred and sixteen keepers of life-saving and lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, one hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crows of surf-men, etc.</p></sidenote>For pay of crews of surf man employed at the life-saving and lifeboat stations, during the period of actual employment; compensation of volunteers at life-saving and lifeboat stations, for actual and deserving service rendered upon any occasion of disaster, at such rate, not to exceed ten dollars for each volunteer, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine; pay of -volunteer crews for drill and exercise; fuel for stations and houses of refuge; repairs and outfits for same; rebuilding and improvement of same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, labor, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, six hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New life-saving stations, etc.</p></sidenote> sea and lake coasts of the United States, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>revenue-cutter service.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter Service.</p></sidenote> lieutenants, engineers, cadets, and pilots employed, and for rations for the same; for pay of petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, and for rations for the same ; for fuel for vessels, and repairs and outfits for the same; ship-chandlery and engineers’ stores for the same; traveling expenses of officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department; instruction of cadets; commutation of quarters; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, eight hundred and seventy five thousand dollars; and hereafter revenue cutters shall be used exclusively for the public service, and in no way for private purposes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rebuilding the revenue steamer Richard Rush, including a new<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebuilding steamer Richard Rush.</p></sidenote> hull, boiler, and outfits, but retaining the present engines, eighty thousand dollars; and a sure not exceeding ten thousand dollars to so obtained from sale of the old hull and materials: <i>Provided,</i> That the same<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> shall be sold only after due appraisement and advertisement, and at a price not less than the appraised value. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to advertise for bids for the rebuilding of the Richard Rush, and for the construction of the steam light house tender herein provided for, according to the plans and specifications, which shall be open for inspection by persons proposing to contract. Advertisement shall be made for a period of not less than one mouth. The bids shall be opened and the contract or contracts let. The Secretary of the Treasury may reject all bids; but in the event of acceptance of any bid, the lowest and best bidder shall have the contract or contract awarded to him.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>engraving and printing.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and printing.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, and for labor (by the day, piece or contract), including labor of workmen skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States and national-bank notes, the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, at rates not exceeding the rates usually paid for such work; and for other expenses of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States and national-bank notes; for materials other than distinctive paper required in the work of engraving and printing; for purchase of engravers’ tools, dies, rolls, and plates, and for machinery and repairs of same; and for expenses of operating macerating machines for the destruction of the United States notes, bonds, and other obligations of the United States authorized to be destroyed, four hundred and seventy five thousand seven hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and from said sum work may be executed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the following purposes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and finishing United States notes, gold and silver certificates, registered bonds for transfers, and other securities, three hundred and sixty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving (except face-plates), printing, and finishing circulating notes for national banking associations, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and finishing certificates of letters patent, seven hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>light-house establishment.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-Loose supplies.</p></sidenote>For supplies of lighthouses: For supplying the lighthouses, beacon lights, and fog-signals on the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake and Pacific coasts with illuminating and cleansing materials, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption, including the expenses of inspection and delivery of the same ; for books and furniture for stations, and other incidental and necessary expenses; and the Light-House Board is hereby authorized to lease, for the sum of one dollar per annum, a wharf for the landing of supplies near the Currituck Beach Light-House, North Carolina, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of lighthouses.</p></sidenote>For repairs of lighthouses: For repairs and incidental expenses of lighthouses and stations, including the two lights at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, which shall remain as they are until Congress shall otherwise direct, and including the restoration of Portland Head Light to its former height and power, which is hereby directed ; for rebuilding, renovating, and improving the same, and buildings connected therewith; for the establishing and repairing of pier-head lights; and for the purchase and repair of illuminating apparatus and machinery, three hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keepers of lighthouses, etc.</p></sidenote>For salaries of keepers of lighthouses : For salaries, fuel, rations, rent of quarters, where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of one thousand and fifteen light-keepers and fog-signal keepers, five hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-vessels.</p></sidenote>For expenses of light-vessels: For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs, salaries, supplies, and incidental expenses of thirty lightships, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buoyage.</p></sidenote>For expenses of buoyage: For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, removing, and supplying losses of buoys, spindles, and day-beacons, and for the maintenance of whistling-buoys and bell-buoys, and for chains, sinkers, and similar necessaries, three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fog-signals.</p></sidenote>For expenses of fog-signals : For establishing, renewing, duplicating, and improving fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs and incidental expenses of the same, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buoyage of rivers.</p></sidenote>For inspecting lights: For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspecting lights.</p></sidenote>For lighting and buoyage of rivers : For maintenance of post lights and buoys on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, Rivers, and at the mouth of Red River, Louisiana, the Light-House Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence cannot be made permanent, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of light-house sites.</p></sidenote>For survey of light-house sites : For examination and survey of sites for proposed lighthouses, and preparing plans for proposed structures, five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>coast and geodetic survey,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.</p></sidenote>For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States, including the survey of rivers to the head of tidewater or ship navigation ; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coasts and throughout the Gulf stream and Japan Stream flowing oil the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot; a magnetic map of North America, and the compilation of data for a general map of the United States; and including compensation not otherwise appropriated for of persons employed on the fieldwork, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and including allowance for subsistence to officers of the Navy attached
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 332. 1884.</p></sidenote>
to the Survey, not exceeding one dollar per day, as allowed by act of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, continued.</p></sidenote> Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, and also including the repairs, outfit, and equipment of vessels used in the Survey, to be expended under the following heads:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For party expenses:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Party expenses for surveys, resurveys, examinations, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the unsurveyed portions of the coast of Maine eastward from Chandler’s River toward Quoddy Head, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examination of reported dangers and changes on the eastern coast and Vineyard Sound, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing resurvey of Long Island Sound, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing resurvey oi’ Delaware Bay, including current observations, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing examination of changes and resurveys on the seacoast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of estuaries of Chesapeake Bay, including Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, and of sounds and tide water passages in North and South Carolina not heretofore surveyed, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the- sounds on the eastern coast of Florida, including the Saint John’s River, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the western coast of Florida from San Carlos entrance southward, and from Bayport southward, and hydrography of same, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examining the changes in Mobile Bay, and surveying around [he Chandeleur Islands and the waters on the east coast of Louisiana, one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Louisiana from Bayon La Fourche westward and between Vermillion Bay and Mermenteau Pass, including hydrography on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For making the requisite verification of the work and for re-examinations of entrances on the coast of Texas, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To make off shore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to harbors and bars, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For determinations of geographical positions (longitude party) two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the primary triangulation from Atlanta toward Mobile, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing an exact line of levels from the Gulf to the transcontinental line of levels between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue tide observations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and researches relating thereto, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue magnetic observations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue gravity experiments, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot, and to make special hydrographic examinations for the same, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the compilation of data for a general map of the United States, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of California, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For topography from San Louis Capistrano toward San Diego, from Point Piedras Blancas to Cape San Martin, and supplementary surveys near San Francisco, Five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Party expenses for surveys, resurvey, examinations, etc.</p></sidenote>For primary triangulation from San Louis Obispo northward, from Santa Clara southward, and from Trinidad northward, including a line of precise levels from Sausalito to the transcontinental line of levels, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hydrography off the same coast, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Oregon, namely: Survey from Umpquah River southward, and including such river mouths as may be specially called for, and offshore hydrography, and the survey of Columbia River and Willamette River to the head of ship navigation, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Washington Territory, namely: For continuing the triangulation, topography, and hydrography of Fuca Strait, of the estuaries of Puget Sound and of Possession Sound, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the transfer of the steamer Patterson from New York to San Francisco, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska; the preparation for and making hydrographic surveys in the same, three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous work and contingencies of all kinds, including traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty, not specified in the above, and for any special</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">surveys that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing tide observations on the Pacific coast, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For magnetic observations on the Pacific coast, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of the Superintendent and his party on duty of inspection, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named: in all, for party expenses, one hundred and twenty thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furnishing points for State surveys, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transcontinental geodetic work:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transcontinental geodetic work, including line of leveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of field officers.</p></sidenote>Pay of field officers:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Superintendent, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of six assistants, at rates between three thousand dollars and four thousand dollars per annum, twenty thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of nineteen assistants, at rates between two thousand dollars and three thousand dollars per annum, forty three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of twenty one assistants, at rates between one thousand five hundred dollars and two thousand dollars per annum, thirty six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of nine sub assistants, at rates between one thousand one hundred dollars and one thousand four hundred dollars per annum, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of nine aids, at rates between seven hundred and twenty dollars and nine hundred dollars per annum, seven thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; total pay in field, one hundred and twenty four thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of officers and employees, Coast Survey office, etc.</p></sidenote>Pay of office force:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In office of Superintendent, five persons, from seven hundred and twenty dollars to one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, six thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In office of disbursing agent, three persons, from one thousand four hundred dollars to three thousand dollars per annum, six thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In office of hydrographic inspector, five persons from six hundred and forty dollars per annum to two thousand dollars per annum, live thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In office of the Coast Pilot, three persons, from seven hundred and twenty dollars to one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In office of the assistant in charge, nine persons, from six hundred dollars to one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, nine thon sand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In computing division, seven persons, from seven hundred and twenty dollars to one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In division of tides, four persons, from seven hundred and twenty dollars to two thousand dollars per annum, four thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In drawing division, twelve persons, from five hundred dollars to two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In engraving division, twenty-six persons, from six hundred dollars to two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, thirty seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In miscellaneous division, eighteen persons, from three hundred and thirteen dollars to two thousand dollars per annum, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In instrument shop, eight persons, from seven hundred and thirty dollars to two thousand dollars per annum, nine thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In San Francisco sub office, three persons, from eight hundred and forty dollars to one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, three thousand five hundred and forty dollars ; total pay in office, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rent of office buildings:</p><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of office buildings.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings for offices, workrooms, and workshops in Washington, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of fireproof building numbered two hundred and five New Jersey avenue, including rooms for standard weights and measures; for the safekeeping and preservation of the original astronomical, magnetic, hydrographic and other records; of the original topographical and hydrographic maps and charts; of instruments, engraved plates, and other valuable property of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, six thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office expenses:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of office, etc., Coast Survey.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of new instruments, for materials and supplies required in the instrument-shop for reconstruction and repairs, and for books, maps and charts, including subscriptions, eleven thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for the drawing division and for chart mounting, including drawing-paper; for copper plates, chart-paper, printer’s ink; copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping; engravers’ and printers’ supplies; materials for carpenter’s shop; for extra engraving, including map of the United States, and the necessary copper plates therefor; and for photolithographing charts for immediate use, seventeen thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the office and field parties; transportation of instruments, supplies, and so forth ; office wagon ; fuel; gas; telegrams; ice; washing; extra labor; office furniture and repairs; and for allowances to the assistants in charge of office details, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, thirteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, and for traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office, sent on special duty in the service of the office, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; total general expenses of office, forty four thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publishing observations.</p></sidenote>Publishing observations;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc., of vessels.</p></sidenote>For continuing the publication of observations and their discussion, made in the progress of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the Government Printing Office, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous, Treasury.</p></sidenote>For repairs and maintenance of vessels: For repairs and maintenance of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including new boilers for the steamer Hassler, forty two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects under the treasury department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paper and stamps for internal-revenue.</p></sidenote>For paper and stamps for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, four hundred and ten thousand dollars; the engraving and printing of said stamps to be done in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violation of Internal-revenue laws.</p></sidenote>For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal-revenue laws, or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 3653, 719.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection, safekeeping, and transfer of public moneys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for transportation of moneys, etc., of United States given to lowest bidder.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight on bullion and coin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Currency.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distinctive paper.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses under the requirements of section thirty six hundred and fifty three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, fifty five thousand dollars, and hereafter whenever it is practicable contracts for the transportation of moneys, bullion, coin, notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, and paper shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, after notice to all parties having means of transportation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight on bullion and coin: For freight on bullion and coin between the mints and assay-offices, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the national currency : For paper, express charges, and other expenses, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the distinctive paper for United States securities: For paper, including mill expenses, transportation examination, counting, and delivery, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silver coin, transportation of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recoinage of gold and silver coin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States mint building, Denver.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of State of Massachusetts, for certain travel expenses incurred, to le examined, etc., and reported to Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 226.</p></sidenote>For transportation of silver coin : For transportation of silver coin as required by law, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Recoinage of gold and silver coins: For recoinage of gold and silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the repair of the United States mint building at Denver, Colorado, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to examine the claim of the State of Massachusetts for expenses incurred and paid, at the request of the President and Secretary of State, during the war, in protecting the harbors and strengthening the fortifications on the coast, now on file with the Third Auditor, under the act of July twenty-seventh,eighteen hundred and sixty-one (twelfth Statutes at Large page two hundred and seventy-six), and report the amount to Congress.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>under the commissioner of fish and fisheries.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish and fisheries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the propagation of food-fishes: For the introduction by the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food-fishes.</p></sidenote> States Fish Commission into, and to increase in, the waters of the United States of useful food-fishes, including lobsters, oysters, and other shellfish, and for continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of the food-fishes of the United States, including salaries or Compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the office of the United States Fish Commission : For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of rooms.</p></sidenote> rent of rooms in the city of Washington, one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the maintenance of fishponds: For the maintenance of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">fishponds.</p></sidenote> States fishponds in Washington and elsewhere, and the distribution of carp and other young fish, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the maintenance of vessels : For the maintenance of the vessels<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels.</p></sidenote> of the United States Fish Commission, including salaries or Compensation of all necessary employees, for storage and wharfage, and for the boats, apparatus, and machinery required for use therewith, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of the car for the distribution of carp and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish-car for distribution of food-fishes, etc.</p></sidenote> useful food-fishes to distant portions of the United States, authorized by act approved March third, eighteen bundled and eighty-three, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat.,332.</p></sidenote> its equipment, four thousand live hundred dollars ; and the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars appropriated by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the construction of a car<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reappropriation.</p></sidenote> for the distribution of carp and other useful food-fishes to distant portions of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty- five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of the necessary constructions at Wood’s Holl Harbor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wood’s Hall Harbor, constructions, etc., at.</p></sidenote> Massachusetts, and their equipment, for the propagation of and investigation in regard to useful sea-fishes and other marine animals, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the inquiry of food-fishes: For collecting statistics of the seacoast<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting statistics of seacoast and lake fisheries, etc.</p></sidenote> and lake fisheries of the United States, especially those covered by the Washington treaty of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, including salaries and compensation of all necessary employees, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For illustrations for the report on food-fishes: For preparation of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illustrations for report on food-fishes.</p></sidenote> illustrations for the report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, one thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>current expenses public buildings.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant custodians and janitors : For pay of assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant custodians and janitors.</p></sidenote> custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, three hundred thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating apparatus for public buildings, including new buildings:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating apparatus.</p></sidenote> For heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings including marine hospitals, under control of the Treasury Department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, including new buildings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaults, safes, locks, and repairs of.</p></sidenote> For vaults, safes, and locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For plans for public buildings: For books, photographic materials,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote> and in duplicating plans required for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand five hundred dollars,</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, water, etc.</p></sidenote>For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings: For fuel, lights,, water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors and firemen in the proper care of the buildings, furniture and heating-apparatus, exclusive of personal services, for all public buildings, including marine hospitals, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, five hundred thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and repair* of, carpets, etc.</p></sidenote>For furniture and repairs of furniture, including carpets, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, including marine hospitals, and for furniture, carpets, chandeliers, and gas-fixtures for six new buildings, namely: Buffalo, New York; Frankfort, Kentucky; Jackson, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis Tennessee, three hundred thousand dollars. And all furniture now owned by the United States in other buildings in said cities, respectively, shall be used as far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plans for furniture or not,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shore protection of marine hospital, Chicago.</p></sidenote>For shore protection of the marine hospital near Chicago, Illinois, eight thousand dollars,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>suppressing counterfeiting and similar felonies;</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detection a n d punishment of counterfeiters, etc.</p></sidenote>For the expenses of detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, and for no other purpose whatever, sixty thousand dollars,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>compensation in lieu of moletles.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation in hen of moieties, etc.</p></sidenote>For compensation in lieu of moieties certain cases under the customs-revenue laws, thirty-five thousand dollars,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>alaskan seal-fisheries,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents at seal-fisheries.</p></sidenote>For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in Alaska, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant agents.</p></sidenote>For one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each, four thousand three Hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>For necessary traveling expenses of agents in going to and returning from Alaska at six hundred dollars each per annum, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of seal-fisheries, etc.</p></sidenote>For the protection of sea-otter hunting-grounds and seal-fisheries in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to use revenue steamers for the protection of the interests of the Government on the seal-islands and the sea-otter hunting-grounds, and the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>LANDS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custody, care, and sale of lands, etc., of the U. S.</p></sidenote>For custody, care, protection, and sale of lands and other property belonging to the United States, one thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>LIBRARY OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of books for library of Treasury Department. ‘</p></sidenote>For purchase of law-books and suitable books of reference for the library of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese immigration, etc.</p></sidenote>To meet such expenses as may be necessary to be incurred in carrying out the provisions of the act to execute certain treaty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stdt., 58.</p></sidenote>stipulations-relating to Chinese, approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in case of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Epidemic, etc.</p></sidenote> threatened or actual epidemic, to use the unexpended balance of appropriation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 315.</p></sidenote> made by act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 613.</p></sidenote> eighty-two, and act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same and maintaining quarantine at points of danger.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To establish and maintain quarantine stations, and to provide proper<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarantine stations for care, etc., of imported neat cattle.</p></sidenote> shelter for and care of neat cattle imported at such ports as may be deemed necessary twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture under the general supervision of the secretary of the Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount necessary to pay direct-tax purchasers the amount paid<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to certain direct-tax purchasers.</p></sidenote> by said purchasers for real estate sold under the direct-tax taws, and from which they have been evicted by judgment of a United States court, two thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states executive departments at the world’s industrial and cotton centennial exposition at new orleans, louisiana.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the several Executive Departments, the Department of Agriculture, and the Smithsonian Institution to participate in the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition to be held at New Orleans, Louisiana, under act of Congress of February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as follows: For the War Department, fifteen thousand dollars ; for the Navy Department, ten thousand dollars; for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 413.</p></sidenote> the State Department, ten thousand dollars; for the Treasury Department, twelve thousand dollars ; for the Interior Department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ; for the Post Office Department, ten thousand dollars; for the Department of Agriculture, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the Department of Justice, three thousand dollars; for the Smithsonian Institution (including the National Museum and Commission of Fish and Fisheries), seventy five thousand dollars; for necessary incidental expenses of administration by the board, including office rent, fuel, gas, stationery, telegrams, and expressage, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, three hundred thousand dollars, to be disbursed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursements, under whom made.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Board on United States Executive Departments appointed under executive order of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; and no expenses of any kind beyond the amounts herein provided for shall be incurred by any of the said Departments, or any officer thereof on account of said exposition.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the several Executive Departments of the Government including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Departments, etc., to participate in Cincinnati Industrial Exposition and in Southern Exposition, Louisville.</p></sidenote> the Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution, to participate in the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, during the months of September and October, eighteen hundred and eighty four, ten thousand dollars; and to participate in the Southern Exposition, to be held at Louisville Kentucky, from August sixteenth to October twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty four; ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars; <i>Provided,</i> That in case more than the said sums is required for the<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> execution of this provision the same shall be paid by said Expositions.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy-yard, New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cob-dock, Brooklyn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 620.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For navy-yard, New York; For dredging, thirty thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Navy to continue the improvement of the cob-dock at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty three (twenty-second Statutes, page six hundred and twenty), is hereby re appropriated and made available for expenditures</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Executive Departments, etc., to participate in World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans.</p>
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during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Continuation of stone dry-dock, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coasters’ Harbor Island.</p></sidenote>For Coasters’ Harbor Island, Rhode Island : For completion of wharf, dredging, heating apparatus, wafer supply for drill hall and training-ships, repairs to old building and main causeway, and for lighting thoroughfares, houses, and vessels at Coasters’ Harbor Island, twenty one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy-yards and stations.</p></sidenote>For navy yards and stations, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs Creek.</p></sidenote>To complete the improvement of the Hot Springs Creek, in the town of Hot Springs, Arkansas, seventy-five thousand dollars,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of labor.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Labor, chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote>For salary of Commissioner of Labor, three thousand dollars; salary of chief clerk, two thousand dollars; rent of rooms .for use of Bureau, and for fuel, light, and stationery, three thousand dollars; and for other necessary expenses of said Bureau, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and as provided by law. seventeen thousand dollars ; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>For completing the reconstruction of the south and east wings of the building occupied by the Department of the Interior, by completing the work on the south wing and main portico on F street ready for occupancy, ninety-one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing the heating apparatus of the south wing, two thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of coal-vaults on the north front of the building, and the replacing of flagging ruined by the debris from fire of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, seven thousand five hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rebuilding of furnaces in the east wing, and putting them in serviceable and safe condition, one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For casual repairs of the Interior Department building: For casual repairs of the Department building, five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p></sidenote>For the Capitol extension: For work on the Capitol, and for general repairs thereof, including wages of mechanics and workmen and fresco-painter, forty thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol grounds.</p></sidenote>For improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of the improvement of the Capitol Grounds, and for care of the grounds, including the pay to landscape architect, one clerk, and wages of mechanics, gardeners, and workmen, fifty-two thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For constructing terraces north of the Capitol, section marked A. as shown on printed plan accompanying the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury (Executive Document Number Nine, first session Forty eighth Congress), sixty thousand dollars, including wages of mechanics and <sidenote><i>Proviso,</i></sidenote>laborers: <i>Provided,</i> That the work under this appropriation shall be confined to the north front of the Capitol building, and shall not extend westward beyond the line of the west front of the Senate wing of the Capitol.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting Capitol, etc.</p></sidenote>For lighting the Capitol and grounds: For lighting the Capitol and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden and Senate and House stables: For gas, electric lighting, pay of superintendent of meters, lamplighters, gas-fitters, and for materials for gas or electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/209">209</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the increase of the openings in the floor of the Senate Chamber,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ventilation.</p></sidenote> the openings in the roof, and the arrangement for the exhaust fans to draw air from the corridors and stairway’s, as recommended by the Chief Engineer of the United States Senate and Architect of the United States Capitol, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cleaning the outside marble walls of the House and Senate wings of the Capitol, and the approaches thereto, three thousand dollars. And hereafter it shall be the duty of the Architect to clean and keep in proper order the exterior of the Capitol.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Enlarging courthouse, Washington District of Columbia: For work<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court-house, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> on terrace, water closets in upper story, iron window guards, and for painting roof, and for general repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving sidewalk on south and east fronts of National Museum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Museum.</p></sidenote> building, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">New Pension Building: For completion of the new Pension Building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Pension Building.</p></sidenote> as per estimate contained in Senate Executive Document Number One Hundred and Eighty-eight, present session, two hundred and sixty-six thousand five hundred and fifty nine dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public lands.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of indices of surveyors-genet a 1 for—</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor general of Arizona:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor general of Arizonia:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> For rent of office for the surveyor general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor-general of California:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor general of California:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor-general of Colorado:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Colorado :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor-general of Dakota:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Dakota :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> For rent of office for the surveyor general fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor general of Minnesota:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of surveyor-general of Minnesota :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote> For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor general of Florida:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor general of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote> Florida: For rent of office for the surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of survey or-general of Idaho:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Idaho: For rent of office for the surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor-general of Louisiana;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Louisiana: For fuel, books, stationery, messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor general of Montana:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Montana : For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the surveyor-general of Nevada:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Ne-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/210">210</page>
vada: For rent of office for the surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, purchase of safe, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska and Iowa.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor general of Nebraska and Iowa:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa: For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor general of New Mexico:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of New Mexico: For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor-general of Oregon:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Oregon: For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor-general of Utah :</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of 1he office of surveyor-general of Utah: For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor-general of Washington:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Washington : For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote>Office of the surveyor-general of Wyoming:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the office of the surveyor-general of Wyoming: For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public lands.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of depositing moneys, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of protecting timber.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of public lands, &amp;c.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Swamp lands.</p><i>Proviso.</i><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents; allowed per diem, etc.</p></sidenote>For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys at district land-offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses of the several land-offices, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of depositing money received from the sale of public lands, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To meet expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, seventy- five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection of public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of agents employed in adjusting for swamp lands, and for indemnity for swamp lands, twenty thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That agents and others employed under the three preceding paragraphs, while traveling on duty, shall be allowed per diemin Heu of subsistence at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Worn and defaced plats of surveys.</p></sidenote>To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys now on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and also to furnish local land-officers with the same, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New map of the United States.</p></sidenote>To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to prepare and publish a new map of the United States, five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>surveying the public lands.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of public lands.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at rates not. exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander miles, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of standard and meander lines through lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense under growth, a sum not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines; or where, for any cause not provided for by law, in Oregon or Washington Territory, he is unable to get the necessary surveys made at the rates aforesaid, he may allow a sum, not exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for standard lines, ten dollars for township lines, and six dollars for section lines; and of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding fifty thousand dollars thereof may be expended for occasional examinations of public surveys in the several surveying districts, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, and inspecting mineral deposits, coalfields, and timber districts, and for the making of such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For such resurveys of the public lands as, in the discretion of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurveys,</p></sidenote> Commissioner of the General Land Office, may be considered necessary, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For establishing initial monuments of a permanent character to govern<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monuments,etc., in mineral surveys.</p></sidenote> mineral survey, in order to secure accuracy in survey of mineral claims, and to connect the monuments with each other and with the public lands, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of confirmed and preliminary survey of unconfirmed private<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preliminary surveys, etc., in Arizona.</p></sidenote> land claims in Arizona, at a rate not exceeding eleven dollars per linear mile, and office expenses, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of confirmed and preliminary survey of unconfirmed private<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote> land-claims in New Mexico, at a rate not exceeding eleven dollars per linear mile, and office expenses, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of confirmed private land-claims in California, at the rate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private land claims, California.</p></sidenote> prescribed by law, including office expenses incidental to the service, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of private land claims in Louisiana, at the rates prescribed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> by law, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of iron monuments, cost of transportation to the offices<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iron monuments, etc.</p></sidenote> of surveyors general, and storage, to mark the lines of public surveys passing over public lands<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> devoid of timber and stone, five thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That all appropriations herein under public lands shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection and improvement of the Yellowstone National<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone national Park.</p></sidenote> Park: For every purpose and object necessary for the protection, preservation, and improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, including compensation of superintendent and employees, forty thousand dollars, two thousand dollars of said amount to be paid annually to a superintendent of said park, and not exceeding nine hundred dollars annually to each of ten assistants, all of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and reside continuously in the park, and whose duty it shall be to protect the game, timber, and objects of interest therein; the balance of the sum appropriated to be expended in the construction and improvement of suitable roads and bridges within said park, under the supervision and direction of an engineer officer detailed by the Secretary of War for that purpose.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creek Nation of Indians.</p></sidenote>For this amount, to pay the Creek Nation of Indians for one hundred and fifty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy and forty eight, hundredths acres of land, being the amount taken by the United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">14 Stat., 786.</p></sidenote>in excess of the estimate made in the third article of the treaty with said Indians proclaimed August eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, at thirty cents per acre, forty five thousand five hundred and sixty- one dollars in full payment for said land.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. J. Smith, payment to,</p></sidenote>To pay amount found due N. J. Smith, as per certificate of Second Comptroller numbered eighteen hundred and forty-eight, dated June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, under appropriation made by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">19 Stat., 197.</p></sidenote>the act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for “ payment of indebtedness incurred by Silas H. Sweetland,” one hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states geological survey.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States Geological Survey. Appropriation.</p></sidenote>For the United States Geological Survey: For the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, including the pay of temporary employees in the field and office, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, three hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars. And the scientific employees of the Geological Survey shall be selected by the Director, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior exclusively for their qualifications as professional experts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>For salaries of the scientific assistants of the Geological Survey: For salary of five geologists, at four thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists at three thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one geologist, at two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists, at two thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one paleontologist, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one paleontologist, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one chemist, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one chemist, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary’ of one chief geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of three geographers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one general assistant, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of three topographers, at two thousand dollars each, in all sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>tenth census.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenth census; appropriation for completing.</p></sidenote>For the work of taking the tenth census, and closing the Bureau on January first eighteen hundred and eighty-five, including the salary of the Superintendent and of all clerks and other employees, thirty thon sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote>And in addition to the number of printed copies of the reports of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 341.</p></sidenote>tenth census authorized by the act entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the tenth census,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, there shall be printed twenty-five thousand copies of the Compendium of the Tenth Census, of which eight thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compendium.</p></sidenote>copies shall be for the use of the Senate, sixteen thousand copies for the use of the House, and one thousand copies for the use of the Department of the Interior; and there shall also be printed and separately bound in paper covers an edition of each of the following-named monograph reports, the number of copies of each edition to be as follows.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">namely: Of the reports on the seal-islands of Alaska, on shipbuilding,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monograph reports on seal-islands of Alaska, shipbuilding, cereals, etc.</p></sidenote> on the cereals, on the manufacture of glass, on the resources of Alaska, on tobacco culture, on the factory system, on wages paid in manufacturing industries, three thousand copies each; of the reports on the newspapers and publishing interests, on silk manufacture, on chemical products and salt, on flour milling, on meat production, on the production of petroleum, on the manufacture of coke, on the manufacture of tobacco, on the manufacture of shop-tools, two thousand five hundred copies each; of the report on cotton culture in the United States, including reports on cotton fiber and cotton seed oil, three thousand copies; of the report on cotton culture in Louisiana, in Mississippi, in Tennessee and Kentucky, in Missouri, in Arkansas, in Texas, in Alabama, in Georgia, in North Carolina, in South Carolina, in Virginia, in California, and in the Indian Territory, two thousand copies each: <i>Prodded,</i><sidenote><i>Proviso.</i><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> That of the above-named separate editions one-fourth shall be for the use of the Senate, one-half for the use of the House, and one-fourth for the use of the Census Office: <i>Provided also.</i> That the copies of the Compendium and monograph reports herein provided for shall be distributed through the Interior Department, according to the provisions of existing law : <i>Provided further,</i> That the changes or corrections<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corrections.</p></sidenote> necessitated by errata in former editions of the reports herein referred to shall first be made by the Superintendent of Census; and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reappropriation.</p></sidenote> sum of sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the expenses of printing and binding the publications herein provided for, shall be paid out of the appropriation made by the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “<quotedText>An act to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 341.</p></sidenote> provide for the publication of the tenth census</quotedText>”.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>government hospital for the insane.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insane of the Army, etc.</p></sidenote> For support, clothing, and treatment, in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane of the Army and Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue-Cutter Service, and those committed from the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States, and of all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, and who are indigent, two hundred and eight thousand three hundred dollars; and not exceeding one. thousand dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expenses of the removal of patients to their friends.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And in addition to the persons now entitled to admission to the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admission of insane of Soldiers’ Home; expense of maintenance to be paid, etc.</p></sidenote> Hospital for the Insane, any inmate of the Soldiers’ Home who is now or may hereafter become insane shall, upon an order of the president of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home, be admitted to said hospital and treated therein; and the expenses of maintaining any such person shall be paid from the Soldiers’ Home fund.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote> Insane, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general repairs and improvements, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvements.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the work of protection from fire, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For building and to complete a barn for stock and the storage of farm products, three thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>columbia institution for the deaf and dumb.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deaf and dumb.</p></sidenote> Dumb: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, and for books and illustrative apparatus, for general repairs, and improvements, fifty-five thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That no more<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for salaries, etc., limited.</p></sidenote>than twenty-five thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended for salaries and wages.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote>For the improvement and in closure of the grounds, and repairs of buildings, three thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>howard university.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard University.</p></sidenote>For maintenance of the Howard University: To be used in payment of part of the salaries of the officers, professors, and teachers, and other regular employees of the university, a portion of which will be paid from donations and other sources, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>freedmen’s hospital and asylum.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedmen’s hospital.</p></sidenote>For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, Washington, District of Columbia, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, twenty-two thousand dollars; for salaries and compensation of the surgeon-in-chief, two assistant, surgeons,engineer,clerk, matron, nurses, laundresses and cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers, thirteen thousand dollars; for rent of hospital buildings and grounds, four thousand dollars; for fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicines and medical supplies, repairs and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, ten thousand dollars, in all forty-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For building four bathrooms and water-closets, relaying floors, and repairing porches, one thousand five hundred dollars; the same to be paid from any unexpended balances of appropriations for the said hospital for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national museum.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Museum.</p></sidenote>For the preservation of collections of the National Museum: For the preservation and exhibition and increase of the collections received from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director to report, etc., annually to Congress.</p></sidenote>ninety-one thousand dollars. And the Director of the National Museum is hereby directed to report annually to Congress the progress of the museum during the year and its present condition.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of collections of American Institute of Mining Engineers.</p></sidenote>For transfer and arrangement of the collections of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, presented to the Government, including expenses already incurred, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collections, Armory Building.</p></sidenote>For the preservation of collections of the National Museum in the Armory Building: For care of the Armory Building and grounds and expense of watching, preservation, and storage of the duplicate collections of the Government and of the property of the United States Fish Commission contained therein, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cases, furniture, and fixtures; salaries, etc., of employees.</p></sidenote>For furniture and fixtures of the National Museum: For eases, furniture, and fixtures required for the exhibition of the collections of the United States National Museum, and for salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating and lighting.</p></sidenote>For heating and lighting the National Museum: For expense of heating, lighting, and telephonic and electrical service for the new museum building, six thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>smithsonian institution.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian Institution.</p></sidenote>For finishing, heating, gas-fitting, plumbing, and completely furnishing the eastern portion of the Smithsonian Institution, and for finishing the fourth and fifth stories, including liabilities already incurred, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ethnological researches; salaries, etc., of employees.</p></sidenote>For North American ethnology, Smithsonian Institution: For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the American
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Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries and compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>armories and arsenals.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armories and arsenals.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing shop H, an iron-finishing shop, for the armory, fifty- five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For armory-shop K, an iron-finishing shop, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing storehouse numbered four, fifty four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For machinery and shop-fixtures, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general care, preservation, and improvement; for building new roads ; for care and preservation of the water ¡lower; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings, bridges, and shores of the island ; for building fences, grading grounds, and repairs and extension of railroad, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of the improvement of the water-pool above the dam, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Rock Island bridge as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island bridge.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and preservation of the Rock Island bridge, and expenses of maintaining and operating the draw, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For protecting the Rock Island bridge by means of sheer-booms, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benicia, Cal.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent repairs of post and fences, four thousand and fifty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frankford, Philadelphia.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For connecting outlet of brick sewer in the vicinity of officers quarters with Frankford Creek, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For woodworking machinery, one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one rectilinear lens and outfit for photographing drawings, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new slate roof on niter storehouse, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Antonio.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the two-story storehouse, ten thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing one set of officers’ quarters, and sheds to the same, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Picatinny Powder Depot, Dover, New Jersey, forty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Picatinny powder Depot.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey :</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of repairs and alteration of buildings at Sandy Hook;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandy Hook Proving Ground.</p></sidenote> purchase and repairs of machinery, steam-engines, shafting and belting, and all other permanent repairs and improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For building for storage purposes at the proving-ground, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery not. used for manufacturing purposes, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of arsenals : For repairs of arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of arsenals.</p></sidenote> expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erecting a new wall and underpinning part of old wall of south<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. arsenal, Gray’s Ferry road, Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> side of United States arsenal on Gray’s Ferry road, at Philadelphia, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>buildings and grounds in and around washington.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings and grounds, Washington, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site and pedestal for monument to late President Garfield.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of the late President Janies A. Garfield, thirty thousand dollars; said site to be selected by and said pedestal to be erected under the supervision of the Secretary of War, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library’, and the chairman of the Garfield Monumental Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unveiling statue of late Rear-Admiral Du Pont.</p></sidenote>To defray the expenses attending the unveiling of the statue of the late Rear Admiral Du Pont, to be erected in Du Pont Circle, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of His Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement and care of public grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote>For the improvement and care of public grounds, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving, care, and maintenance of grounds south of the Executive Mansion, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving reservation on South Carolina avenue between Fourth and Sixth streets east, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving reservation on North Carolina avenue between Second and Third streets east, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Lafayette Square, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Franklin Square, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and improvement of reservation numbered three (Monument Grounds), one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen, and site of old canal, northwest of same, twenty thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That no part thereof shall be expended upon other than property belonging to the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair of iron fences, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manure, and hauling the same, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For painting iron fences, vases, lamps, and lampposts, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of tools, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trees, tree-stakes, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removing snow and ice, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For flowerpots, twine, baskets and lycopodium, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care, construction, and repair of fountains in the public grounds, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For abating nuisances, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving, care, and maintenance of various reservations five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian Grounds, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement of Washington Circle, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion.</p></sidenote>For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and repair of and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel for the Executive Mansion and greenhouses, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and necessary repair of greenhouses, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For gas, pay of lamplighters, gas-fitters, plumbers, gas-fitting and plumbing, purchase and erection of lamps and lampposts, purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office, stables, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, fifteen thousand <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That for each six-foot burner not connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty-two dollars shall be paid per lamp for gas, including lighting, cleaning, and
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keeping in repair the lamps, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for I he same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that, purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repair of water-pipes and fireplugs: For repairing and extending<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of water pipe, dealing of springs, etc.</p></sidenote> water-pipes, purchase of apparatus to clean them, and cleaning the springs and repairing and renewing the pipes to the same that supply the Capitol, the Executive Mansion, and the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments, two-thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments and Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph connecting Capitol and Departments.</p></sidenote> Printing Office: For care and repair of the same, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building for State, War, and Navy Departments.</p></sidenote> continuing the construction of t be building walls of the several stories of the west and center wings, preparation of cut granite for the upper stories of the same, and for each and every purpose connected with the construction of the building, including the rent of necessary office-rooms, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military posts.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military posts.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such military posts as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the addition of one story to the public building for a quartermaster and commissary depot, in process of construction at Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be used as offices for officers of the Department of Dakota, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>signal service.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To be expended by the Secretary of War:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the observation and report of storms: For expenses of the meteorological<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observation and report of storms.</p></sidenote> observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal, or otherwise announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture throughout the United States; for manufacture, purchase, and repair of instruments, five thousand five hundred dollars; for telegraphing reports, one hundred and thirty six thousand dollars; for expenses of storm, cautionary, offshore, and other signals on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, ten thousand dollars; for cotton-belt reports, seven thousand dollars; for continuing the connections of stations at life-saving stations and lighthouses, including services of operators, repairmen, materials, and general service connected therewith, five thousand five hundred dollars; <i>Provided,</i> That such connections,<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service and the Light-House Board, shall be deemed necessary; for manufacture, purchase, and repair of instrument-shelters, two thousand dollars; for rent, hire of civilian employees, furniture, and other expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities and ports receiving reports, outside of Washington, District of Columbia, forty thousand dollars; for river and flood reports, ten thousand dollars; maps and bulletins to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards of trade rooms, and for distribution, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, two hundred and<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> forty-one thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the work of no other Department, Bureau, or Commission authorized by law shall be duplicated by this Bureau.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance and repair of military-telegraph lines, twenty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military-tele-graph lines.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of signal stations upon the island of Nantucket,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal stations on Nantucket Island; submarine telegraphic communications, etc.</p></sidenote> and of submarine telegraphic communication from such stations to the mainland twenty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, etc.</p></sidenote>Pay: For pay of one brigadier-general and fourteen second lieutenants, twenty-six thousand live hundred dollars; for longevity pay to officers, to be paid with current monthly pay, four thousand dollars; for pay of one hundred and fifty sergeants, thirty corporals, and three hundred and twenty privates, including payment due on discharge, two hundred thousand dollars; for mileage to officers when traveling on duty under orders, five thousand dollars; cost of telegrams in regard to discharged men, two hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of contract surgeon, one thousand two hundred dollars; for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers at places where there are no public quarters, eight thousand two hundred and eight dollars; in all, two hundred and forty-five thousand one hundred and fifty eight dollars. And the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers d for duty in Service.</p></sidenote>Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to detail for the service in the Signal Corps not to exceed six commissioned officers, exclusive of the second lieutenants of the Signal Corps authorized bylaw; and of the three officers serving in the Arctic Seas.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote>Subsistence: For the subsistence of Signal Service enlisted men, and for commutation of rations of Signal Service enlisted men, including nine thousand and ninety dollars and ninety cents for subsistence stores, authorized articles for sales to officers and enlisted men and company messes, as allowed by paragraph twenty-one hundred and ninety-nine, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regular supplies.</p></sidenote>Regular supplies: Fuel, authorized allowance for officers and enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia, and for various offices at Fort Myer, Virginia, and on the United States military-telegraph lines, six thousand two hundred dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and twenty enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at nine dollars each per month, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and forty-three enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at eight dollars each per month, twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars; forage for twenty-five mules and six horses, three thousand one hundred dollars; straw for thirty one animals, at seven dollars each per annum, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety-right, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and seventeen dollars; straw’ for forty enlisted men at post of Fort Myer, Virginia, and for hospital at that post, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, forty-six dollars and eight cents; stationery, one hundred dollars; stoves and repairs to heating apparatus, six hundred dollars; lights, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty one dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>Incidental expenses: Office furniture for post of Fort Myer, Virginia, one hundred dollars; horse and mule shoes, five hundred dollars; blacksmith’s and miscellaneous tools, four hundred dollars; veterinary supplies, three hundred dollars; fire apparatus and disinfectants, two hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interment of officers and men.</p></sidenote>For interment of officers and men, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deserters.</p></sidenote>For apprehension of deserters, one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation,</p></sidenote>Transportation : For transportation of material and funds, twenty- five thousand dollars; for transportation of men, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; means of transportation, namely, five mules, at not exceeding two hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars ; one set six-mule harness, eighty-five dollars ; one set four-mule ambulance harness, forty-five dollars ; for leather, iron, and timbers for repairs to means of transportation, five hundred dollars; in all, thirty- five thousand five hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p></sidenote>Barracks and quarters: For commutation of quarters to enlisted men of the Signal Corps, eighty-four thousand one hundred and eight dollars; work and supplies at Fort Myer, Virginia, one thousand five
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hundred dollars; work and supplies at Fort Myer, Virginia, on hospital account, three hundred dollars ; in all, eighty-live thousand nine hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing, camp and garrison equipage: For six wall tents, complete,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, camp and garrison equipage.</p></sidenote> at nineteen dollars and thirty cents each, and for other articles to replace 1 hose worn out in service, four hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty cents; clothing issues in kind, say complete outfits for one hundred and twelve men of the Signal Corps, at an average of forty-three dollars and seventy five cents per man per annum, four thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Medical department: For medical attendance and medicines for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical Department.</p></sidenote> officers and enlisted men of the Signal Corps, five thousand dollars ; medical attendance and medicines for officers doing duty in connection with the Signal Service, one hundred dollars; medical and hospital supplies at. Fort Myer, Virginia, seven hundred dollars; medicines furnished to officers and enlisted men from purveying depots and Army dispensaries, one thousand dollars; materials for repairs of hospitals at Fort Myer, Virginia, two hundred dollars ; in all, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And there shall not be expended from any moneys appropriated by<sidenote><i>Post,</i> p. 107.</sidenote> the act entitled ‘‘An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes,” any money for the support of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for expenses of Signal Service of Army limited, etc.</p></sidenote> Signal Service or Corps, except the pay of such commissioned officers as the Secretary of War may detail for service in that corps, and except the appropriation of five thousand dollars therein contained for expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, and excepting also the pay and allowances of fourteen enlisted men detailed from the line of the Army serving with Lieutenant Greely in the Arctic regions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That a joint commission, consisting of three Senators, to be appointed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint Congressional committee appointed to secure greater efficiency, etc., in Signal Service, etc.; to report to Congress.</p></sidenote> by the President of the Senate, and three members of the House, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall consider the present organizations of the Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, with the view to secure greater efficiency and economy of administration of the public service in said Bureaus; and said joint commission shall report to their respective Houses on or before the third Monday in December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, their conclusions, by bill or report.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national cemeteries.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Cemeteries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendents of national cemeteries: For pay of seventy-three superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For grading, sodding, and erecting a suitable monument, with headstones, and for curbing or fence for the cemetery lot at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, occupied by the bodies of soldiers dying in the service, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the Macadam road from Fort Scott, Kansas, to the national cemetery near said city, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To transfer the remains of forty-six soldiers buried at Fort Churchill to the cemetery at Carson City, Nevada, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To purchase additional grounds at or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a national cemetery, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of additional land for the Cyprus Hills National Cemetery, near Brooklyn, New York, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the completion of the road from Chattanooga to the national cemetery near that city, two thousand five hundred dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That Said work shall be first advertised and let to the lowest bidder; and no
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part of this sum shall be expended for anything except for labor and material on said road.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction and completion of a macadamized road from Springfield, Missouri, to the national cemetery near that city, twenty thousand dollars; and none of said money shall be expended until contracts shall be made for the completion of said road for the sum hereby appropriated.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps for War Department.</p></sidenote>For publication of maps for use of the War Department, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of northern and northwestern lakes.</p></sidenote>Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For printing and issuing charts for use of navigators, electrotyping copperplates for chart-printing, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River Commission.</p></sidenote>For the Mississippi River Commission, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and traveling expenses of the Mississippi River Commission, and for salaries and traveling expenses of assistant engineers under them, and for office expenses and contingencies, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of maps and reports to foreign countries.</p></sidenote>For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries: For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support, etc., of paupers.</p></sidenote>For the support and medical treatment of transient paupers: For the care, support, and medical treatment of seventy-five transient paupers, medical and surgical patients, in the city of Washington, under a contract to be made with such institution us the Surgeon-General of the Army may select, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artificial limbs.</p></sidenote>For artificial limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and appliances, or commutation therefor, and transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgical appliances.</p></sidenote>For appliances for disabled soldiers: For providing surgical appliances for persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication official records the rebellion.</p></sidenote>For the publication of the official records of the war of the rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate armies, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the publication of the official records, and printing and binding, under direction of the Secretary of War, of a compilation of the official records, Union and Confederate, of the war of the rebellion, so far as the same may be ready for publication during the fiscal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat.,618.</p></sidenote>year, to be distributed as required by act of March third, eighteen <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>hundred and eighty three, thirty-six thousand dollars : <i>Provided,</i> That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for distribution extended.</p></sidenote>the time fixed in said act during which said publication oh all be subject to the order of Senators Representatives and Delegates and shall be extended from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty five; and any act or joint resolution to the contrary be, and the same is hereby, repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military convicts.</p></sidenote>For the expenses of military convicts: For payment of costs and charges of State penitentiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts confined in them, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Replacement of bridge across Republican River, Fort Riley, Kansas.</p></sidenote>For the replacement of a bridge across the Republican River, near Fort Riley, Kansas, under direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to reserve and retain out of any moneys due or that may become due from the Government of the United States to the State of Kansas a sum equal to the amount expended for the replacement of said bridge in accordance with the action of the legislature of Kansas approved November sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty three</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty to volunteers, their widows and legal heirs.</p></sidenote>Bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs: For payment of amounts of bounty to volunteer soldiers who served in the war of the rebellion, and their widows and their legal heirs, which may be cer-
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tified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bounty under act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty, act July 28, 1866.</p></sidenote> sixty-six: For payment of amounts of additional bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, which may be certified to be’ due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of two and three year volunteers: For payment of amounts to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, two and three year volunteers.</p></sidenote> two and three year volunteers who served in the war of the rebellion which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas: For supplying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.</p></sidenote> the bathhouse, main building, and annex with hot and cold mineral waters, eight thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states military prison at fort leavenworth.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States military prison, Fort Leavenworth.</p></sidenote> as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence for prisoners, five teamsters, and two watchmen, twenty-eight thousand four hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence for prisoners while being transferred under guard, one hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For oil, wicking, and for lamps, lanterns, and chimneys for illuminating buildings and grounds, one thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For tobacco for prisoners on special or excessive hard labor five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For prisoner’s iron bunks, bed sacks, hay, and blankets, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and blank-books for offices of governor, adjutant, quartermaster; stamped envelopes and letter paper for use of prisoners; and for books, periodicals, and newspapers for prison library, nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hard wood, or its equivalent in coal, for making steam, heating, and cooking, and for rubber hose, belting,oil, cotton waste, steam-pipes, and fixtures, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For tools and material in shops, laundry, stables, and for police purposes ; repair of harness and wagons; disinfectants; horse medicines, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stoves and stovepipe in buildings not heated by steam, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bricks for cisterns and walks, and for coping-stone to complete prison-wall, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For medicines, medical and surgical appliances, and articles required in the care and treatment of the sick; hospital repairs, furniture, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses for pursuing escaped prisoners and rewards for their capture, three hundred dollars. -</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For donations of five dollars each for prisoners on discharge, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising for proposals for supplies, one hundred dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For grain and hay for horses and mules, used exclusively at the prison, three thousand five hundred and seventy one dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of civilian employees: One clerk, at one hundred and fifty dollars per month ; one clerk, at one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty- six cents per month ; one clerk, at one hundred dollars per month ; six foremen of mechanics, at one hundred dollars per month each; two nightwatchmen and five teamsters, at thirty dollars per month each; in all, fourteen thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra-duty pay to eight members of the prison-guard, seven hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair of prison buildings and officers’ and guards’ quarters, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For material for clothing for prisoners, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artillery School, Fortress Monroe.</p></sidenote>For the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia: To provide for textbooks, drawing materials, models, and material necessary in the science of engineering and artillery, stationery, and miscellaneous necessaries for use of the school, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled volunteers, Dayton, Ohio.</p></sidenote>For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers as follows: For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio, five hundred and ninety-six thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milwaukee,Wisconsin.</p></sidenote>For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the Northwestern Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one hundred and twenty four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Togus, Maine.</p></sidenote>For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the Eastern Branch, at Togus, Maine, one hundred and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Virginia.</p></sidenote>For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia, one hundred and fifty-three thousand two hundred and thirty seven dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing and bedding.</p></sidenote>For clothing and bedding for six thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven members of the Home, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New hospital.</p></sidenote>For Southern Branch, to build and complete new hospital, eighty-seven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>For outdoor relief and incidental expenses, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty and prize money to colored soldiers and sailors, etc.</p></sidenote>For the collection and payment of bounty, prize money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors: For payment of agents; rent of offices; stationery, office furniture, and repairs; mileage and transportation of officers and agents; telegraphing, postage, and post office • money-orders, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leave of absence to letter carriers,</p></sidenote>To enable the Postmaster-General to carry out the provisions of the law allowing fifteen days’ leave of absence with pay to letter carriers, fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ELECTORAL MESSENGERS.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electoral for President and Vice-President, expenses, etc.,of.</p></sidenote>Conveying votes of electors for President and Vice President: For the payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveying to the seat of Government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President of the United States, at the rate of twenty- five cents for every mile of the estimated distance, by the most usual road traveled, from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of Government of the United States, computed for the one distance only, nine thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Home of Little Sisters of the Poor.</p></sidenote>For the construction of an addition to the building known as the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in the City of Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Po Lieu-court building.</p></sidenote>District of Columbia, twenty five thousand dollars; for repairs to the police court building, District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred
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dollars; one half of said sums to be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, and the other half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Reform School, District of Columbia: For one school-bell in tower of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform School</p></sidenote> main building, one hundred and fifty dollars; necessary repairs to main building, including painting outside and inside, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the court house at’Washington, District of Columbia:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courthouse.</p></sidenote> For annual repairs to the courthouse in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For defraying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial courts in Utah.</p></sidenote> the contingent expenses of the courts, including fees of the United States district attorney and his assistants; the fees and per diems of the United States commissioners and clerks of the court; and the fees, per diems, and traveling expenses of the United States marshal for the Territory of Utah, with the expenses of summoning jurors, subpoenaing witnesses; of arresting, guarding, and transporting prisoners; of hiring and feeding guards; and of supplying and caring for the penitentiary, to be paid under the direction and approval of the Attorney-General, upon accounts duly verified and certified, twenty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For defending suits in claims against the United States: For defraying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in claims against the United States.</p></sidenote> the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and the District of Columbia pending in any Department, and for necessary expenses incurred in defending suits in the Court of Claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the prosecution and collection of claims: For expenses to be incurred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution,etc., of claims duo the United States.</p></sidenote> in the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For punishing violations of the intercourse acts and frauds: For detecting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violations of intercourse acts and frauds.</p></sidenote> and punishing violations of the intercourse acts of Congress, and frauds committed in the Indian service, the same to be expended by the Attorney General in allowing such fees and compensation to witnesses, jurors, marshals, and agents, and in collecting evidence, and in defraying such other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the prosecutions of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution of crimes.</p></sidenote> crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment, and for the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of officers of the courts, including the investigation of the accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of the United States courts, and United States commissioners, under the direction of the Attorney General, and for this purpose all the records and dockets of these officers, without exception, shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Records and</p></sidenote> open to the examination of his duly authorized agents, thirty five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">dockets open to examination, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compiling and printing two hundred copies of the compilation of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compilation of certain laws affecting the government of Alaska.</p></sidenote> laws applicable to the. duties of the governor, attorney, judges, clerk, marshals, and commissioners for the district of Alaska, provided for by section eleven of the act approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, five hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDICIAL</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states courts.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of United States courts.</p></sidenote>For expenses of the United States courts: For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court, the circuit and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; of the jurors and witnesses, and expenses of suits in which the United States is interested; of the prosecution for offenses committed against the United States; for the safekeeping of prisoners; for defraying the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of the provisions of title twenty six of the Revised Statutes, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, namely, those stated in the following itemized list:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals and deputies.</p></sidenote>For payment of the fees and expenses of United States marshals and deputies, six hundred thousand dollars. For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys and assistants.</p></sidenote>For payments of United States district attorneys and their assistants, three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States, twenty thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote>For fees of clerks, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States shall, on the first day of January next, or within thirty days thereafter, and annually thereafter, make to the Secretary of the Treasury a return of all costs collected by him in cases disposed of at the preceding term or terms of said Supreme Court; and, after deducting his compensation as provided by law, and the incidental expenses of his office, including clerk-hire, said expenses to be certified by the Chief Justice or a justice of said court, shall pay any surplus that may remain into the Treasury of the United States at the time of making said return.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States Commissioners,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of United States prisoners.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of courtrooms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bailiffs, criers, janitors, etc.</p></sidenote>For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing: and medical aid, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of United States courtrooms, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of bailiffs, criers, and for janitors, watchmen, and interpreters experts, and stenographers whose employment is authorized by the Attorney-General; expenses of district judges who may be sent out of their districts to bold a court; furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is a party in interest; meals for jurors, when ordered by the court; compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars for each day actually and necessarily employed, not exceeding three days for any one term of the court; and other miscellaneous expenses, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Convicts, support of.</p></sidenote>Fort be support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, and for the necessary traveling expenses incident to the collection of criminal statistics, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uniform system of bookkeeping for court officials.</p></sidenote>For providing a uniform system of bookkeeping for court officials, to be expended under direction of the Attorney-General, ten thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hartford and New York Transportation Company ; payment to.</p></sidenote>To reimburse and pay the Hartford and New York Transportation Company for labor and money expended in removing obstructions and dredging and improving the bars and piers in the Connecticut River, be-
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low Hartford, in eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, under the advice and by the recommendation of the United States engineer officers in charge, six thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse and pay the Hartford and New York Transportation Company for money expended in maintaining a temporary light on the breakwater at the mouth of the Connecticut River from February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to February first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, while the work was in progress, and under an arrangement with the United States engineer officers in charge of the work, the same to be paid from the unexpended appropriation for the erection of a Government light there, made in eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and to be immediately available, two thousand one hundred and twenty four dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SENATE</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to J. P. Voorhees, H. G.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. P. Voorhees.</p></sidenote> Williams, and C. B. Lapham, clerks during the second session of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. G. Williams.</p></sidenote> Forty seventh Congress to the Select Committees of the Senate on Additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C. B. Lapham.</p></sidenote> Accommodations for the Library, on the River Front of Washington, and on Woman Suffrage, respectively, an amount sufficient to malto the compensation of each equal to that paid to per diem clerks of other committees during said session, the same being the difference between the sum paid to said clerks by way of compensation during said session and the allowance under the legislative bill of August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, construing the words “<quotedText> during the session </quotedText>” to mean four months; and a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated and made immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Mrs. Mary Ross,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Ross.</p></sidenote> widow of James Ross, deceased, late an employee of the Senate, the sum of fifty-one dollars, due him for services rendered in the folding-room of the Senate.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay W. C. Frye, assistant conductor of the elevator, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. C. Frye.</p></sidenote> and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-three cents being the difference between the pay of a laborer and that of a skilled laborer from October fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Benjamin Durfee for money advanced by him and to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benjamin Dur-fee.</p></sidenote> compensate him for labor bestowed in the compilation of the tariff statistics of the United States (Senate Report Number Twelve, Forty -eighth Congress, first session), in pursuance of Senate resolution or March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Joint Committee on Public Printing to complete the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Classified, etc., catalogue of Government publications.</p></sidenote> preparation, proofreading, and indexing of the classified, analytical, and descriptive catalogue of Government publications, and of publications of public interest purchased by the United States for use or distribution, four thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the final completion of the work, which may be expended us additional pay or compensation to any officer or employee of the United States.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six hundred copies of volume two of Lewis Heyl’s work entitled<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heyl’s United States Duties on Imports.</p></sidenote> “United States Duties on Imports,” edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand five hundred dollars; one copy for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate, and the residue for the use of the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay J. C. Courts for clerical services rendered to the House members<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. C. Courts.</p></sidenote> of the Joint commission to consider the question of the salaries of the officers and employees of the House and Senate, authorized by the
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act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra pay.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives borne on the annual and session rolls on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, including the official reporters of the two Houses and the Capitol police, one months extra pay, at the compensation then paid them by law, which sum shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ono month’s extra pay.</p></sidenote>That all officers and employees of the Senate and House, including the Capitol police, who were employed on the third day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty three, or subsequently by resolution of either House, and who prior to the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty four, ceased to be so employed, shall be paid a sum equal to one months pay at the rate they were severally receiving on the third day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, or subsequently, as above provided; and an amount sufficient for this purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote>otherwise appropriated, and the same shall be immediately available: <i>Provided,</i> That but one months allowance shall be paid in any ease, and the same shall not be paid to any person who shall receive one month,s extra pay under the preceding paragraph.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles H. Evans.</p></sidenote>To pay Charles H. Evans, Treasury clerk, for services rendered on request of Ways and Means Committee, one hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. B. Green.</p></sidenote>To pay W. B. Green one hundred and eighty dollars, for services as clerk to the subcommittee on accounts from January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, inclusive.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles Carter.</p></sidenote>To pay Charles Carter for cleaning extra room of the House Committee on Appropriations, sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. B. Fay.</p></sidenote>To pay J. B. Fay for services rendered in the Library of Congress in classifying, cataloguing, and placing in rooms prepared for them in the Library of Congress the collection of bound volumes of newspapers turned over from the State and War Departments, three hundred and thirteen dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick W.</p></sidenote>To pay Frederick W. Steigelman, being the difference between his <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steigelman.</p></sidenote>salary and that of a messenger at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to February first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant, preparing general index to Journals of Congress.</p></sidenote>For the assistant to the person preparing the general index to the Journals of Congress, authorized under the resolution of May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing, binding, paper, and materials.</p></sidenote>For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding may be done by the Public Printer to the amounts following, respectively, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote>For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedings and debates, one million one hundred and fifty three thousand one hundred and seventy dollars; for the State Department, ten thousand eight
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.332, 333. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
hundred dollars, for the Treasury Department, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars; for the War Department, one hundred and fifty seven thousand five hundred dollars (of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon General’s Office); for the Navy Department, sixty three thousand dollars ; for the Interior Department, three hundred and forty two thousand dollars (of which sum ten thousand dollars is appropriated for rebinding tract-books for the General Land Office); for the Department of Justice, nine thousand dollars ; for the Post Office Department, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars ; for the Agricultural Department, twenty two thousand five hundred dollars; for the Supreme Court of the United States, eighteen thousand dollars; for the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; for the Court of Claims, nine thousand dollars; and for the Library of Congress, thirteen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. And no<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursement of appropriation.</p></sidenote> more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended in the two first quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one-fourth thereof may be expended in either of the two last quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be expended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That it shall not be lawful for the head of any Executive Department<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority for printing.</p></sidenote> or of any Bureau, branch, or office of the Government, to cause to be printed, nor shall the Public Printer print, any document or matter of any character whatever except that which is authorized by law and necessary to administer the public business, nor shall any Bureau officer embrace in his annual or other report to be printed any matter not directly pertaining to the duties of his office as prescribed by law,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Joint Committee on Public Printing is hereby instructed to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint Committee on Public Printing to investigate and report on printing and binding, etc.</p></sidenote> examine into the numbers printed of the various documents, reports, bills, and other papers published by order of Congress, or of either House thereof, and of the Congressional Record, and to report a bill in December next, making such reductions in the numbers and cost of printing, and such changes and reductions in the distribution of said publications as they may deem expedient with a report giving their reasons therefor; and that the said committee is also instructed to investigate the printing anti binding for the Executive Departments, executed at the Government Printing Office and at the branch printing offices and binderies in the various Departments and report a bill in December next making such reductions in expenses and imposing such checks as they may deem expedient, with a report giving their reasons therefor; and said committee is further instructed to make any other investigations calculated in their opinion to reduce the cost of the public printing, and report the result thereof j and the said committee is hereby authorized to summon and to examine experts and witnesses, and to call upon the heads of Executive Departments and the Public Printer for such information regarding the preceding matters as they may desire; and any expenses necessarily incurred in making the investigations aforesaid shall be defrayed equally from the contingent funds of the two Houses of Congress.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>333.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
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<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated for the consular and diplomatic service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 333. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
and eighty-five, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Envoys ; plenipotentiary.</p></sidenote>For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Japan, China, Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at twelve thousand dollars each, in all eighty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the United States of Colombia and Turkey, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to be accredited to the several Central American states of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, and to reside at such place in either of said states as the President may direct, ten thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ministers resident.</p></sidenote>For salaries of ministers resident in Belgium, Netherlands, Hawaiian Islands, and Sweden and Norway, at seven thousand five hundred dollar’s each, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minister resident and consuls-general.</p></sidenote>For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general in Venezuela, and Argentine Republic, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general in Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Liberia, Bolivia, Hayti, Persia, Corea, and Siam, at five thousand dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; and the minister resident and consul-general at Hayti shall also be accredited as charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charge d’affaires.</p></sidenote>For salary of charge d’affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charge d’affaires ad interim, etc.</p></sidenote>For charges d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries of legation.</p></sidenote>For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in London, Paris, Berlin, and Saint Petersburg, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the secretary of legation in China, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the secretary of legation in Japan, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Spain, Turkey, Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at one thousand eight hundred dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk to legation in Spain.</p></sidenote>each, five thousand four hundred dollars. For salary of a clerk to the legation in Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Chili, and Peru, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second secretaries of legations.</p></sidenote>For salaries of the second secretaries to the legations at London, Paris, and Berlin, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to secretaries, etc., other than that provided hy law, prohibited.</p></sidenote>And no secretary or second secretary of any legation shall be entitled to or receive any compensation over and above his salary as such Secretary for acting as charge d’affaires during the temporary or other absence without leave of the minister to whose duties he may succeed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second secretaries of legations, Japan and China; duties.</p></sidenote>For salaries of second secretaries of the legations in Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters; salary restricted, etc.</p></sidenote>For the salaries of interpreters to the legations in China, at three thousand dollars, and in Japan and Turkey, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, eight thousand dollars. But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For secretary of legation and consul general at Bogota, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of legation, etc., Bogota.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For secretary of legation in Central American states and consul-general<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of legation, Central American States, etc.</p></sidenote> at Guatemala, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">Schedule B.</inline></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at London, Paris, Havana, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular service.</p></sidenote> Rio de Janeiro, at six thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Calcutta and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Berlin, Panama, Montreal, and Kanagawa, at four thousand dollars each, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Frankfort, Vienna, Bucharest, Saint Petersburg, and Halifax at three thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of consul-general at Ecuador, to reside at such place as the President may direct, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Constantinople and Rome, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul-general at Mexico, at two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul at Liverpool (Great Britain), six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul at- Hong Kong (Great Britain), five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and thirteen consular clerks, three hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Class I.—At four thousand dollars per annum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class one.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</section>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Honolulu.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Class II.—At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class two.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHINA.</heading>
<content>Foochow; Haukow; Canton; Amoy; Tien-Tsin; Chin-Kiang; Ningpo</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PERU.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Callao.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Class III.—At three thousand dollars, per annum;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class three.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Ottawa; Manchester; Glasgow; Bradford; Demerara; Belfast.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Havre.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Matan zas.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Vera Cruz.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA</heading>
<content>Colon (Aspinwall)</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">JAPAN.</heading>
<content>Nagasaki; Osaka and Hioga.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHILI.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Valparaiso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clues four.</p></sidenote>Class, IV.—At two thousand live hundred dollars per annum:</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Singapore; Tunstall; Birmingham; Sheffield; Dundee; Leith; Nottingham; Victoria (British Columbia)</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Marseilles; Bordeaux; Lyons.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Cienfuegos; Santiago de Cuba.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Antwerp; Brussels.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Saint Thomas.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TDRKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Smyrna.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Hamburg; Bremen; Dresden.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREECE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Athens.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class five.</p></sidenote>Class V.—At two thousand dollars per annum.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Cork; Dublin; Leeds; Toronto; Handlton; Saint John (New Brunswick); Kingston (Jamaica); Nassau (New Providence); Cardiff; Port Louis (Mauritius); Sidney (New South Wales)</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>San Juan (Porto Rico); Sagua la Grande (Cuba).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BARBARY STATES.</heading>
<content>Tangier.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Rotterdam. </content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">RUSSIA. </p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Odessa.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sonneberg; Nuremberg; Barmen; Cologne; Chemnitz; Leipsic;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Crefleld.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.</heading>
<content>Trieste; Prague.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Palermo.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/231">231</page>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SWITZERLAND.</heading>
<content>Basle; Zurich.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Acapulco; Matamoras.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Pernambuco.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MADAGASCAR.</heading>
<content>Tamatave.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">VENEZUELA.</heading>
<content>Maracaibo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">URUGUAY.</heading>
<content>Montevideo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TURKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Beirut.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HONDURAS.</heading>
<content>Tegucigalpa.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">COSTA RICA.</heading>
<content>San Jose.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">NICARAGUA.</heading>
<content>Managua; San Juan del Norte.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SAN SALVADOR.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Salvador.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Class VI.—At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class six.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Bristol; Newcastle; Auckland; Gibraltar; Cape Town; Saint Hel-ma ; Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island); Port Stanley; Clifton; Picton; Winnipeg; Mabe; Kingston ; Prescott; Port Sarnia; Quebec; Saint Johns (Canada); Barbadoes; Bermuda; Fort Erie; Goderich Canada West); Amherstburg (Canada West); Windsor (Canada West); Southampton; Ceylon; Antigua; Saint Stephen’s; Malta.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS</heading>
<content>Nice; Martinique; Guadeloupe.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Cadiz; Malaga; Barcelona.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Fayal (Azores); Funchal.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Verviers and Liege.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Munich; Stuttgart; Mannheim; Aix la Chapelle.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Amsterdam.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Copenhagen.</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRIENDLY AND NAVIGATORS ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>Apia.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SWITZERLAND.</heading>
<content>Geneva.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Genoa; Naples; Milan; Leghorn; Florence; Messina.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TURKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Jerusalem.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Tampico; El Paso del Norte.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">VENEZUELA.</heading>
<content>Laguayra; Puerto Cabello.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PARAGUAY.</heading>
<content>Ascunsion.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Bahia; Para.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>Manila.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SAN DOMINGO.</heading>
<content>San Domingo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">Schedule C.</heading>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class seven.</p></sidenote>Class VII.—At one thousand dollars per annum.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Gaspe Basin ; Windsor (Nova Scotia); Bombay; Sierra Leone; Turks Island.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Stettin.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Ghent.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Nantes; Algiers.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Venice.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HAYTI.</heading>
<content>Cape Haytien.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA,</heading>
<content>Sabanilla.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Batavia.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Rio Grande del Sul.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HONDURAS.</heading>
<content>Ruatan and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">EASTERN AFRICA.</heading>
<content>Mozambique.</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Guaymas; Neuro Laredo; Piedras Negras.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MUSCAT.</heading>
<content>Zanzibar.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS,</heading>
<content>Santiago (Cape Verde Islands).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SOCIETY ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>Tahati.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHILI.</heading>
<content>Talcahuano.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commercial agencies.</p></sidenote>
<content></content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">Schedule C.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Paul de Loando; Levuka; Gaboon,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, no consul<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls and consuls-general prohibited from receiving any portion of salary of secretary,etc.</p></sidenote> or consul-general shall be entitled to or allowed any part of any salary appropriated for payment of a secretary or second secretary of legation or an interpreter.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for clerks at consulates, forty-seven thousand nine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks at consulates.</p></sidenote> hundred and twenty dollars, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the consul at Liverpool, a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars for any one year; and for the consuls-general at Lon- Ion, Paris, Havana, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars for any one year; for the consuls-general at Berlin, Frankfort, Vienna, and Kanagawa, md for consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Manchester, Lyons, Hong-Kong, Havre, Crefeld, and Chemnitz, each a sum not exceeding the rate of me thousand two hundred dollars for any one year: for the consul-general at Montreal, and for the consuls at Bradford and Birmingham, each a sum not exceeding the rate of nine hundred and sixty dollars for any one year; for the consuls-general at Calcutta, Port an Prince, Hayti, and Melbourne, and for the consuls at Leipsic, Sheffield, Sonneberg, Dresden, Marseilles, Nuremberg, Tunstall, Antwerp, Bordeaux, Colon ; Aspinwall), Glasgow, and Singapore, each a sum not exceeding the rate if eight hundred dollars for any one year; for the consuls at Belfast, Barmen, Leith, Dundee, and Matamoras, and for the consul-general at Halifax, each a sum not exceeding the rate of six hundred and forty dollars for any one year; for the consul-general at Mexico, and for the consuls atNaples, Genoa, Stuttgart, Florence, Mannheim, Prague, Zurich, Panama, and Demerara, each a sum not exceeding the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars for any one year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an additional allowance for clerks at consulates to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional allowance for clerks at consulates.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Secretary of State, at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk-hire, no greater portion of this sum than “our hundred dollars to be allowed to anyone consulate in any one fiscal Fear, six thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That the total sum expended in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote> my one year shall not exceed the amount herein appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For consular officers not citizens of the United States, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular officers not citizens.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the interpreters to the following consulates: At<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters to consulates.</p></sidenote> Shanghai, Tien-Tsin, Foochow, and Kanagawa, at two thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the interpreters to the consulates at Hankow, Amoy, Danton, and Hong-Kong, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each, three thousand dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That no person otherwise receiving a<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> salary, in any capacity whatever, from the United States, shall be entitled to any part of the above sum.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interpreters, guards, and other expenses at the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Beirut, in the Turkish dominions, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of interpreter to the legation and consulate-general at Bangkok, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals for consular courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam-launch, etc., at Constantinople.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost and expense of making exchange of money, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, etc.</p></sidenote>For salaries of eight marshals for the consular courts in Japan, China, and Turkey, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hiring of steam-launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from the several consulates and consulates-general, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expense of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight foreign and domestic, telegrams, advertising, messenger service, including six thousand dollars, for other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and commercial agencies in the the transaction of their business, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prisons.</p></sidenote>For the expense of a prison and prison keeper at the consulate general in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts in China, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual expense of renting a prison in Kanagawa for American convicts in Japan, six hundred dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of paying the keepers of prisoners in China, Japan, Siam, and Turkey, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That no more than seventy-five cents per day for the keeping and feeding of each prisoner, while actually confined, shall be allowed or paid to any such keeper; and such payment shall cover all expenses attending the keeping, feeding, and care of any such prisoner.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of prisons for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of keepers of the same, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings for legation, etc., at Peking, etc. ~</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extradition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of American seamen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital, Panama.</p><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>For rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual contribution toward the support of the foreign hospital at Panama, three hundred dollars; <i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of State shall be satisfied that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rescuing shipwrecked Americans.</p></sidenote>For expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipping and discharging seamen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R.S., 1749,311.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance to widow of consular officer deceased in a foreign country.</p></sidenote>For expenses of shipping and discharging seamen at Liverpool, London, Cardiff, Belfast, and Hamburg, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, of the widows or heirs-at-law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, blanks, seal’s, irises, flags, etc., or legations, including miscellaneous expenses,</p></sidenote>For the purpose of enabling the President to provide at the public expense all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/235">235</page>
telegrams, furniture, and traveling expenses including for miscellaneous expenses, fifteen thousand dollars, in all seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expenses of an international exchange of books, documents,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International exchange of books, etc., including salaries to employees.</p></sidenote> and productions of the United States with foreign countries, in accordance with the Paris convention of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including salaries and compensation to all necessary employees, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of the actual and necessary expenses of two civilian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian experts at international commission for establishment of electrical units.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Spartel and Tangier light.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular reports, etc.; printing, and distribution.</p><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> experts as delegates of the United States to an international commission for the establishment of electrical units, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangier light, on the coast of Morocco, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and distributing the publications by the Department of State of the consular and other commercial reports, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, twenty thousand dollars, <i>Provided, </i>That no part of such reports discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Bureau of Weights and Measures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat.,709.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Prison Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation for interment of ministers and consuls dying abroad.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loss by e x - change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc., of monument, Bogota to Benjamin A. Bid-lack.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent to states of the Congo Association; appointment of, duties, compensation.</p></sidenote> Weights and Measures for the calendar year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, or so much thereof as may be necessary, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contribution to the maintenance of the International Prison commission, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of ministers and consuls of the United States to their former homes in this country for interment, where such ministers or consuls have died or may die abroad while in discharge of their official duties, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from legations, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing and inclosing with an iron railing the monument in the foreign cemetery of Bogota above the grave of Benjandn A. Bidlack, formerly charge d’affaires of the United States to the Republic of New Grenada, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an agent to the states of the Congo Association, five thousand dollars; said agent to be charged with introducing and extending the commerce of the United States in the Congo Valley, and for such purpose the further sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: and the President is hereby authorized to appoint in the recess of the Senate such agent whose commission shall expire at the end of the next session of the Senate.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees, etc., in extradition cases.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 215.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners, to secure international and commercial relations between United States and Central and South. America.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation, duties.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary; compensation.</p></sidenote> the fourth section of “An act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,” approved August third, eighteen hundred a nd eighty-two, to be disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three commissioners to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, at a compensation of seven thousand five hundred dollars each. Said commissioners shall ascertain the best modes of securing more intimate international and commercial relations between the United States and the several countries of Central and South America, and for that purpose they shall visit such countries in Central and South America as the President may direct.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one secretary to said commission, to be appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three thousand dollars; and in addition to the foregoing amounts such further sum as may be required for the reasonable expenses of said commission, such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses oí commission.</p></sidenote>
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expenses to be paid upon the certificate of the chairman thereof and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote>approved by the Secretary of State; and said commission shall report their action to the President, for transmission to Congress, with such recommendation as he may deem fitting.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 334: making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for prior years, and for those certified as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid from permanent appropriations, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>334</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 236</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>334.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for prior years, and for those certified as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid from permanent appropriations, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency appropriations, 1884, and for prior years, and under section four, act of June 14, 1878.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of State.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, furniture, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Francis P. Van Wick, removal of remains of, etc., burial.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimonials to umpire, etc., of Spanish and American Claims commission.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau>That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four and for other objects hereinafter stated namely:</chapeau>
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<heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seven dollars and fifty cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six hundred and sixty-three dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of State to pay the expenses of the removal of the remains of Francis P Van Wick, late United States consul at Turks Island, to the United States, and the expenses of burial, nine hundred and thirty-four dollars eighty four cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the President be, and ho is hereby, authorized to unite with the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain in tendering to the distinguished gentlemen who have successively filled the post of umpire in the late. Spanish and American Claims Commission suitable testimonials to express the high appreciation with which the two Governments regard the service they have rendered in the adjustment of an important international question by the and cable resort of arbitration ; and that to do so, in Compliance with the terms of the protocol of June two, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between the two Governments, there is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for compensation of the pork commission</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pork Commission.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the compensation of five commissioners appointed by the president to examine and report ‘‘upon the asserted unhealthfulness of the swine products of the country,” October third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>foreign intercourse</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. S. Potter, payment to. ‘</p></sidenote>To reimburse J S Potter for money expended by him in the performance of his duties as consul at Crefeld, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand five hundred dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts of certain consular officers.</p></sidenote>To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of certain consular officers, on account of contingent expenses, United States
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consulates, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-three, nineteen thousand four hundred and sixty- three dollars and eighty-five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand four hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-two cents. And hereafter it shall not be lawful for any consular officer to appropriate to his own use or expend from the amount received from the fees of his office any sum in excess of the allowance of salary and fees directly authorized by law, and consular officers paid exclusively by fees and consuls paid in part by salary and in part by fees, shall only appropriate to their own use or expend such portion of the fees as is authorized by law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amount found due A La Comte, deceased, late consul at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A La Comte, deceased, payment of amount found due him.</p></sidenote> Puerto Cabello, on account of salaries, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts of certain consular officers.</p></sidenote> from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of certain consular officers, on account of salaries, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> thousand three hundred and one dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. T. Robeson, settlement of account of,</p></sidenote> from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the account of J T Robeson, consul at Beirut, on account of expenses for interpreters, guards, and so forth, in Turkish dominions, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, three hundred and nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of the remaining expenses connected with the service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Fishery Exhibition, 1883.</p></sidenote> of the International Fishery Exhibition held at London in eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for the preparation of the report called<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat. ,387.</p></sidenote> for by act approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be expended by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, under the direction and regulations of the Department of State, ten thousand dollars, the same to be available until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT,</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury for services rendered and articles supplied in the construction of courthouse<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utica, Now York.</p></sidenote> and post-office building at Utica, New York, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, forty-four dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Austin, Texas.</p></sidenote> for services rendered and articles supplied in the construction of courthouse and post office building at Austin, Texas, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seventeen dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John W. Cahill for services as conductor of the elevator in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Cahill, payment to,</p></sidenote> the United States court house and post office building in Indianapolis from January first to March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">internal revenue.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dies, plates, and stamps.</p></sidenote> Treasury on account of alteration of dies, plates, and stamps: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and seventy-one cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc., collectors of internal revenue.</p></sidenote>For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, thirty-two dollars and sixty-nine cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, etc., salaries and fees.</p></sidenote>Salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses of gauges, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, eighty-thousand dollars</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life saving service.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteer surf-men, payment to.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to expend from the appropriation “Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty- three,” for payment of volunteer surfmen of the Point Marblehead and Cleveland lifeboat Stations, seven men two days each, three men one day each, and seven men eight days each, respectively, for services rendered under the direction of the keepers of the stations named on the occasions of the great floods of the Cuyahoga and Ohio Rivers in the month of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, such sum as in his discretion shall be just, not exceeding eight dollars per day to each person for each day’s service</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>territories.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members, etc., legislative assembly, Washington Territory, payment, etc,, to.</p></sidenote>For compensation of officers and members of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory, during special session of the legislative assembly from December second to December seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, as per proclamation of Governor William A. Newell, one thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>miscellaneous.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfers of appropriations.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “contingent expenses Treasury Department, furniture, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,” a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Boise City.</p></sidenote>Assay-office at Boise City, Idaho Territory: For wages of workmen and contingent expenses, four hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Currency.</p></sidenote>For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of expenses national currency, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coast and Geodetic Survey, western division.</p></sidenote>For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of Coast and Geode: in Survey, western division, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of vessels, Coast Survey.</p></sidenote>For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of repairs of vessels, Coast Survey, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eighty-eight dollars and fifty-six cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observations of eclipse of the sun.</p></sidenote>For this amount to supply a deficiency in the appropriation made by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to enable the National Academy of Sciences to make observations of the eclipse of the sun on the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-four dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Doctor D. M. Burgess in full compensation for services rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D. M. Burgess, payment to.</p></sidenote> by him as health inspector at Havana, Cuba, from July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to June second, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at the rate of two thousand live hundred dollars per annum, two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the States of California,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to States of California, Oregon, and Nevada, per cent-um of quota of direct tax, etc.</p></sidenote> Oregon, and Nevada, respectively, the fifteen per centum of the amount of their quota of the direct tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on account of the proper costs for assuming the collection of the same, as follows, to wit: To the State of California, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventeen cents; to the State of Oregon, five thousand two hundred and seventy-one dollars and ten cents; and to the State of Nevada, six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and ninety cents; in all, forty-three thousand one hundred and fifty one dollars and seventeen cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation in lieu of moieties in certain cases under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation in lien of moieties.</p></sidenote> customs-revenue laws, ten thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to the New York Herald on account of advertising done for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Herald, payment to.</p></sidenote> the Treasury Department, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, seven thousand nine hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Treasurer of the United States to redeem a promissory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Promissory note of the Republic of Texas, redemption of.</p></sidenote> note, numbered one hundred and thirteen, of the late Republic of Texas, for one hundred dollars, with interest at ten per centum from the date thereof to January first eighteen hundred and forty-one, one hundred and twenty five dollars and fifty-six cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of liabilities contracted on account of propagation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Propagation of food-fishes.</p></sidenote> of food-fisheries during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment to the Baker Salvage Company for services rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baker Salvage Company, payment to.</p></sidenote> July fourteenth to eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, inclusive, in floating and lightering the steamer Fish Hawk, one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the maintenance of vessels of the United States Fish Commission,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels, United States Fish commission.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">From the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles W. Copeland, payment to.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-four, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars is hereby authorized to be paid to Charles AV, Copeland, consulting engineer, for the preparation of the plans and specifications and for supervising the construction of the steamer vessel Albatross, authorized March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; and the sum of ten dollars and eighty cents is likewise authorized to be paid from the same appropriation to the New York Herald, for advertising proposals for the construction of the Steam-vessel Albatross,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Herald, payment to.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the act passed May thirty first, anno Domini eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat., 150.</p></sidenote> and eighty, entitled “<quotedText>An act making appropriations for a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” shall be construed as having given to the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, but no longer, the same authority in regard to allowances for subsistence<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for subsistence to certain officers, etc., employed in Fish Commission service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S.4689,910.</p></sidenote> to officers and men of the Navy serving in the operations of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries as is given to the secretary of the Treasury in regard to service of officers and men of the Navy in the Coast Survey by section forty-six hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Bea-man, payment to.</p></sidenote> Alaska: To pay John W, Beaman, late special agent of the Treasury at
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the seal-fisheries in Alaska, on account of traveling expenses for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, eight dollars and fourteen cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. Mendoza, refund of money to</p></sidenote>To refund to A, Mendoza, a Mexican citizen, so much of the proceeds of fourteen cattle stolen from him (which were seized and sold as smuggled, by the collector of customs at El Paso, Texas) as was used to defray the expenses of seizure and sale, the forfeiture having been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, seventy dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albino Girot and Romulo Lucero, refund o money to.</p></sidenote>To refund to Albino Giron and Romulo Lucero, Mexican citizens, so . much of the proceeds of twenty-two cattle belonging to them (which were seized and sold as smuggled, by the collector of customs at El Paso, Texas) as was used to defray the expenses of seizure and sale, the forfeiture having been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. L. Casio fund, etc., to.</p></sidenote>To refund to N L, Case, master of schooner I L Quinby, so much of fines incurred under section thirty-one hundred and twenty-five Revised <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 3125, 599.</p></sidenote>Statutes as was remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury but erroneously covered into the Treasury, thirty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 424,425.</p></sidenote>For the payment to the governor of the State of South Carolina of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to governor of South Carolina, on account of leases and sales of lands, etc.</p></sidenote>one-fourth of the proceeds of leases and sales of lands in the said State under the act of Congress of Juno seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, according to the account stated by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, sixty thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars and ninety-eight cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Reynolds, payment to.</p></sidenote>For the payment to John Reynolds in full satisfaction of a judgment for sixty-one thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars and sixty-three cents rendered in his favor by the circuit court of the United States for the district of California, sitting in San Francisco, California, against H, L, Dodge, superintendent, and Alexander Martin, melter and refiner of the United States miut at San Francisco, California, for an alleged violation of certain letters patent, number fifty-three thousand three hundred and forty issued to said John Reynolds by the Government of the United States, of date March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, for a patented process of refining bullion thirty thousand <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>dollars: <i>Provided, however,</i> That before any part of said sum shall be paid to said John Reynolds he shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury a paper or papers duly executed and acknowledged by which full and complete satisfaction of the above-recited judgment shall be acknowledged; also that any and all claims against the Government of the United States, and of any officer thereof, for the use or infringement of the said letters patent for said process of refining bullion, at any of the mints of the United States or other place, which have heretofore accrued or may hereafter accrue, shall be released and satisfied; and hereafter the Government of the United States, and the officers thereof, shall have the right to use said patent process at will free from any claim for damages or compensation therefor by said Reynolds or any assignee. ‘ ‘ “</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. D. Culp, payment of judgment in favor of.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a judgment rendered by the United States court in California in favor of J. D. Culp and Company against William Higby, collector of internal revenue, five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>COURT OF CLAIMS.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments of the Court of Claims, payment of.</p></sidenote>For payment of the judgments of the Court of Claims as follows: To Emeline H. Dale, administratrix, three thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; Augustus G. Kellogg, three hundred and sixteen dollars and forty cents; the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company, twenty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents; the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty- due dollars and sixty-five cents ; James O. Nixon, one thousand and ninety-two dollars and fifty-five cents; Samuel G. Lawton, nine hundred
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and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; Frank A. Behan, thirty three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments of the Court of Claims, payment of, continued.</p></sidenote> thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty cents with interest at five per centum per annum from the date of present lion for payment ; Albert Grant fourteen thousand and sixteen dollars and twenty-nine cents; Morris Joy, forty two dollars and forty one cents ; Samuel McKeever, nine thousand and twenty-one dollars and forty cents; William L. Foulk, seven dollars and forty-six cents ; George W. Campbell and George A. Thayer, survivors of Ludlow D. Campbell, seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents; Joseph S. Lockwood, trustee for the use of Anson Mills, two thousand seven hundred dollars; William Mathews, one hundred and fifty dollars ; Anderson J. Wray, administrator of William S. Baker, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-three cents ; Medorem Crawford, seventy-three dollars and twelve cents; Daniel P. Jenkins, three hundred and one dollars and fifty-two cents ; Thomas B. Ellis, three hundred and three dollars and thirty-one cents; John E. Fripp, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-eight cents; Robert De T, Ellis, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-two cents; William J, Thomson, administrator of C. H. Thomson, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents; John W. Hobbs, assignee in bankruptcy of Campbell K. Peck, two thousand five hundred and forty- four dollars and ninety cents ; Weave C. Little, six hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-three cents; James T, Barker, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents; Alfred T, Mahan, five hundred dollars and forty cents; Louis Mankel, eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents ; the Swift and Courtney and Beecher Company, twenty-eight thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars; Mary C, McKay and E. P, Bliss, executors of Donald McKay, three thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty-two cents; Charles E. Tallman, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents; Joseph L, Thatcher, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents; Frank T, Bennett, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-two cents; Vincent Païen, two thousand four hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-two cents ; George W, Campbell, George A. Thayer, and L, D, Campbell, one thousand and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents ; Alexander C. Burns, and G. E. Creecy, one hundred dollars ; the Swift and Courtney and Beecher Company, fifteen thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventeen cents; the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company, five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars and seventy-four cents; William A. Chisholm, two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents; Thomas G. White, executor of J. D. Èdings, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-eight, cents; William S, Muse, three hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-seven cents; James L, Clarke, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars; John D. Sybrandt and Edward Murphy, three hundred and fifty-one dollars; James M, and William K, Marcum, fifteen dollars and forty-two cents ; M. C, Meigs, one thousand two hundred and ten dollars ; Winslow Allderdice, three hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-six cents ; William G. Hannum, three hundred and fourteen dollars and eight cents ; Francis A, Gibbons, junior, five thousand and thirty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents, with interest from May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty, at five per centum per annum; Philip W. Schneider, four thousand five hundred dollars; Ephriam K, Smith, one thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars; John W, Eisenhart, six hundred and forty-nine dollars ; Clara Zaiss, executrix of Frederick Zaiss, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and one dollars ; Mary W. Kidder, executrix of Mary W. Rhett, one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-six cents ; John M, Mueller, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; William P. Gould, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents ; John H, Simons, forty dollars and eighty cents ; Martha S, Baynard one hundred and
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seventy-five dollars and ninety-six cents; Thomas G, White, administrator of W. O. P. Fripp, deceased, two hundred and sixty- nine dollars and sixty-four cents; John R, Ely and others, six thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents; Edgar W. Fripp, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and six cents; Pierre S. Weitz, administrator of Edward Dupasseur, live hundred and twenty-nine dollars; Moses Prescott and others, seven thousand seven hundred and nine ty-nine dollars and sixty cents; James D, Graham, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents, and interest thereon at the rate of five per centum per annum from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three; Walton Goodwin, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents; William D. Toy, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents; Charles E. Hawkins, two thousand one hundred and eighty four dollars and sixty-three cents; John W. Jordan, one thousand and four dollars and eighty-six cents; in all, two hundred and fifty thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents, and a sufficient sum, in addition thereto, as may be necessary to pay the interest on the judgments in favor of Frank A, Behan. Francis A, Gibbons and James D, Graham, as above <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>provided, is hereby appropriated: <i>Provided,</i> That none of the aforesaid judgments shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees, payment to.</p></sidenote>For payment upon order of the Court of Claims of referees heretofore and hereafter appointed by said court under the act approved June <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">21 Stat.,284.</p></sidenote>sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand five hundred dollars; but no moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid to any referee who at the time of such reference was in the employment of the Government, and under pay in such employment, and hereafter no person in the employ of the Government shall receive any pay for acting as such referee,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings and grounds.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion,</p></sidenote>For lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For gas; pay of lamplighters, gas-fitters, and plumbers; gas-fitting and plumbing; purchase and erection of lamps and lampposts; purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office and stables, for watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and repair of and for refurnishing the Executive Mansion, and for care and repair of its greenhouses, and for fuel, three thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>quartermaster’s department,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed as clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>For extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers at division, department, and district headquarters (one hundred and fifty-seven clerks and sixty-nine messengers), authorized by general orders fifty-four of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, Adjutant-General’s Office, twenty-five thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy five cents,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reappropriation of unexpanded balance for pay of Army.</p></sidenote>That so much of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as may be required, not to exceed two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, is hereby re appropriated and made available to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mrs. D.C. Smith, reimbursement to.</p></sidenote>To reimburse Mrs. D C, Smith, widow of D. C. Smith, late an assistant paymaster in the United States Army, for moneys paid by her into the Treasury on account of an indebtedness charged against her late
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husband in the settlement of his accounts as such assistant paymaster, two hundred and ninety-one dollars,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>medical department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, expenses of purveying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical and hospital supplies, pay of employees, etc.</p></sidenote> depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, and for other miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, right hundred and twenty two dollars and ninety-six cents,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>signal service.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forage for horses and mules, one thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For straw for horses and mules, two hundred and seventeen dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For straw for enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia, and for hospital at that post, eighty-six dollars and forty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interment of officers and men, four hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For apprehension of deserters, sixty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commutation of quarters for fourteen men detailed from other organizations for Arctic service, at twenty-one dollars per month for twelve months, three thousand five hundred and twenty eight dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of officers, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of ten second lieutenants, mounted, one thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay to officers for length of service, two thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of fourteen enlisted men detailed from other organizations for duty with Arctic expeditions, say for twele months, three thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John Murdock and Middleton Smith, enlisted men of the Signal Corps, who served with the expedition to Point Barrow. Alaska, for commutation tor fuel during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and sixteen dollars each, and for commutation for quarters for eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and fifty-two dollars each; in all, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the work of scientific observation at Point Barrow, Alaska, being for the pay of civilians employed, one each, as astronomer, carpenter, and cook, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty seven cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the expenses incurred for support of the Signal Service during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, in excess of the amounts allowed by the sundry civil appropriation act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be paid from appropriations for support of the Army for said .year, arc hereby authorized to be paid from said appropriations, respectively.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>state, war, and navy department building.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State, War, and Navy Department building.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items, four thousand dollars,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval establishment,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Marine Corps: Hire of quarters four thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marino Corps.</p></sidenote> dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, miscellaneous, forty-eight thousand six hundred and forty- five dollars and twenty-nine cents; for pay of the Marine Corps, one hundred and four dollars and sixteen cents; for provisions for the
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Marine Corps, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; for hire of quarters for the Marine Corps, one thousand and one dollars and sixty cents; in all, fifty-one thousand six hundred and thirty dollars, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of ordnance.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses, Bureau of Ordnance, four hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, Navy Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred dollars, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation on account of Marine Corps.</p></sidenote>The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to transfer from the appropriation “<quotedText>provisions, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,</quotedText>” the sum of two thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars and two cents, and carry the same to the credit of the following appropriations, for the purpose of closing said accounts on the books of the Treasury, namely: Repair of barracks, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents; contingent, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, two thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents; contingent Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses and compensation of civil Commissioner.</p></sidenote>For payment in full of expenses and for compensation of civil commissioner, appointed under provisions of act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George T. Bates, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to George T, Bates on account of pay of the Marine Corps, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty-one dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. F. Delaney, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to E. F. Delaney on account of provisions for the Navy, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one dollar and eighty cents,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>farragut prize money.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farragut prize money.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to the officers and crews of the United States naval vessels under command of Flag-Officer D G. Farragut the difference between the amount of bounty heretofore distributed to them and that to which they are respectively entitled under the decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia dated May first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for destruction of enemy’s vessel near Now Orleans, in April eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and forty-three thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars and forty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote><i>Provided,</i> That the warrants to be issued under this appropriation shall be delivered to the claimants, or, in case of their decease, to their legal representatives, and to no other persons,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel and light.</p></sidenote>For this amount, for fuel and light, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas,</p></sidenote>For this amount, to pay gas bill for the month of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, General .and Office.</p></sidenote>For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, General Land Office, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, sixty dollars and seventy-five cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, office commissioner of Pensions.</p></sidenote>For amount required on account of contingent expenses, office of commissioner of Pensions, for the payment of bills contracted during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six thousand five hundred and forty dollars and thirty-five cents,</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay two accounts of the New York Herald for advertising for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Herald, payment to.</p></sidenote> proposals for stationery, one in May and June, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, amounting to sixty dollars and eighty cents, and one in April and May, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, amounting to thirty dollars and eighty cents; in all, ninety-one dollars and sixty cents,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public lands service,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers of lands, etc.; receivers of public moneys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteer clerks making new set of records for land-office, etc., Olympia, Washington Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys at district land-offices, twenty-seven thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation in full of volunteer clerks employed in transcribing a new set of records for the office of the United States surveyor-general and United States land-office at Olympia, Washington Territory, the records of which were destroyed by fire on the twelfth of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That in all cases where the clerks so employed are paid a regular salary from an existing appropriation, the amount which they may be found entitled to shall be paid them in addition to the compensation now authorized by law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse the appropriation for reproducing worn and defaced<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of appropriation expended for copies of plats for offices, etc., at Olympia.</p></sidenote> official plats of surveys, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty- four, for amount expended therefrom in procuring lithographic copies of plats for the offices of the United States surveyor-general and register at Olympia, Washington Territory, to take the place of originals destroyed by fire, six thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of contingent expenses of land-offices, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eighty-five dollars and twenty- six cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and forty-five dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depredations on public timber,payments on account of.</p></sidenote> of depredations on public timber, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to George W. Cooke, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents; to P. J. Glover, four hundred and sixty four dollars and eighty three cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to William Callon, nineteen dollars and twenty five cents; to W. T, Griffith, one hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty- six cents; to John H. Welch, two hundred and twenty four dollars and seventy nine cents: to William Miller, one hundred and seven dollars; and to B. B. Sanders, twenty-five dollars and ten cents; in all, one thousand dollars and fifty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana.</p></sidenote> of salaries, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred and six dollars and sixty-two cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seventy-one dollars and twenty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, office sur- v eyor-gen eral, Colorado.</p></sidenote> of contingent expenses, oflice of surveyor-general of Colorado, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay T. P. McElrath the amount due him as receiver of public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. P. McElrath, payment to.</p></sidenote> moneys at Miles City, Montana, sixty-five dollars and one cent, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty- two.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Paul J. Strobach the amount due him as receiver of public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paul J. Strobach, payment to.</p></sidenote> moneys at Montgomery, Alabama, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-five cents: <i>Provided,</i> That of this amount seventeen dollars<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> shall be carried to his credit on his account as late receiver of
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public moneys, under his bond dated April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to close his accounts on the books of the Treasury,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS,</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard University.</p></sidenote>Buildings and grounds, Howard University: To be used in paying to the proper officer of the Howard University for expenses incurred by the said university in making repairs during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, including the amount of vouchers and parts of vouchers for expenses in said year prior to August eighth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S.3732,736.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and eighty-two, disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department under section thirty-seven hundred and thirty-two of the Revised Statutes, four thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. Stranes A Sone, refund of duty.</p></sidenote>To refund the duty paid by L. Strauss and Sons, May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, upon a Sevres vase presented by them to the National Museum, two hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statue of Joseph Henry, expense of freight, etc.</p></sidenote>For expense of freight on statue of Joseph Henry from Rome to Washington, and all expenses by the Smithsonian Institution connected with the erection and ceremonies of unveiling said statue, nine hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian affairs.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Goods, supplies, etc., for Indian service.</p></sidenote>To pay all the expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, for advertising and telegraphing, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census, North Carolina Cherokees.</p></sidenote>For amount necessary to pay indebtedness on account of services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with taking a census of North • Carolina Cherokees, two thousand six hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles H. Howard, settlement of account of.</p></sidenote>For amount required to effect a transfer in the settlement of the accounts of Charles H. Howard, Indian inspector, he being a creditor under the appropriation for “ contingencies of the Indian Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” to the amount of twelve dollars and fifteen cents, and a debtor to the like amount under “<quotedText> traveling expenses of Indian inspectors, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,</quotedText>” as per certificate of Second Comptroller numbered thirteen hundred and fifty- one, March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty - two, but involving no expenditure, twelve dollars and fifteen cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John N. T. Gooch, payment to.</p></sidenote>For amount due John N. T, Gooch for services as farmer at Oakland Agency, Indian Territory, in June, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as per certificate of Second Comptroller numbered thirteen hundred and ninety, March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, seven dollars and forty-two cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A.D.Fisher, payment to estate of.</p></sidenote>For payment to the estate of A D. Fisher for lands in Indian reservation in Washington Territory, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one,one thousand five hundred and twenty- one dollars,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>telegraphing and purchase of indian supplies,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian supplies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Herald, payment to.</p></sidenote>For amount due the New York Herald for advertising for proposals for Indian supplies in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, and eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as per certificate of the Second Comptroller numbered fifteen hundred and eighty-three, April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pioneer Press, payment to.</p></sidenote>For amount certified to be due the following newspapers for advertising for proposals, being a deficiency for the fiscal year cubing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three: Pioneer Press, Saint Paul Minnesota, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-two cents; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon Statesman, payment to.</p></sidenote>Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, twenty-five dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">eighty-five dollars and twelve cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount due the Shawnee Indians for arrears of annuities under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrears of an unities to Shawnee Indiana.</p></sidenote> the third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, being a part of the balance duo the said Shawnees for lands ceded<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 1056.</p></sidenote> to the United States under the first article of said treaty, nine thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">10 Stat., 105’3.</p></sidenote> four hundred and thirty seven dollars and sixty-two cents, caused by the defalcation of Harrison B. Branch, superintendent of Indian affairs, in eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern band of Cherokee Indiana, payment to delegates, etc., of.</p></sidenote> expenses of the delegates representing the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians, while in the city of Washington, attending to the business of the band or tribe, during the J car eighteen hundred and eighty-four, including traveling expenses to and from said city, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of any funds belonging to said tribe,</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriations for contingent expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as follows: Stationery, thirty dollars and forty cents; gas, sixty-eight dollars and eighteen cents; painting, seventeen dollars and thirteen cents; miscellaneous items, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ; publication of post route maps^ one hundred, and ten dollars, and fifty cents; in all, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-nine cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Mrs. Mary C. Bradley for use of a portion of the building on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary C. Bradley, payment to.</p></sidenote> the corner of Third and East Capitol streets for a branch post office, in the city of Washington, from October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, inclusive, nine hundred and ninety dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of officers and employees in the Post Office Department,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers and employés, stationery, rent of money-or-der office, post-route maps, etc., fuel, gas.</p></sidenote> fourteen thousand and fifty-two dollars and nineteen cents; for stationery for use of the Post Office Department, one thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents; for rent of money-order office, two thousand dollars; for post-route maps, four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighteen cents: for fuel and heating, one thousand four hundred and seven dollars and thirty-two cents; for gas, one thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-six cents; for Official Postal Guide, two thousand seven hundred dollars; for hardware, one hundred aiid seventy-three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official postal guide.</p></sidenote> dollars and eighty-eight cents; for painting, seventeen dollars and forty cents; for furniture, nine dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-one cents ; the same being rendered necessary by the embezzlement of the late disbursing officer of the Post-Office Department,</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>postal service,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal service.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and fuel, five thousand dollars; for cotton, jute, and hemp twine, eight thousand dollars; for free-delivery service, fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents; for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, five hundred thousand dollars; for mail messengers, fifteen thousand dollars; for adhesive postage-stamps, ten thousand dollars; for post route maps, one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars; for compensation of postmasters, one million seven hundred thousand dollars, including one million two hundred and ninety-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-five, dollars for additional compensation of postmasters of the fourth class, as provided by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat. ,602.</p></sidenote>
Rent, etc., free delivery service, inland mail Transportation, messengers, postage stamps,m ape. post-masters.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; in all two million two hundred and fifty-tour thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and forty- cents, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacture of stamps, foreign mail transportation, stationery, compensation tc postmasters.</p></sidenote>For manufacture of postage-stamps, three thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty-three cents; for foreign mail Transportation, thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-three cents; for stationery, one thousand six hundred and eight dollars and seventy-three cents; for compensation of postmasters, one million five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, including four hundred and fifty-live thousand six hundred and eighty-four dollars for additional compensation for postmasters of the fourth class, as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 602.</p></sidenote>Provided by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, for the period from March third, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship,steamboat, and way letters, inland transportation.</p></sidenote>eighty- three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; for ship, steamboat, and way letters, forty-seven dollars and forty-three cents; for inland transportation by railroad routes, six hundred and forty-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars and ninety-two cents; in all, two million one hundred and eighty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route agents.</p></sidenote>For route agents, five hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote>cents; for advertising, ninety-eight dollars and forty-seven cents; in all, six hundred and eighty-four dollars and twelve cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. K. Brush, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay R. K, Brush for services as postal clerk during the months of August and September, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters, salaries of, allowed, etc.</p></sidenote>To pay accounts in cases of salaries of postmasters and late postmasters which have been readjusted and allowed under the act approved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat, 602.</p></sidenote>March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-thtee, entitled “<quotedText>An act authorizing and directing the Postmaster-General to readjust the salaries of certain postmasters in accordance with the provision of section eight of the act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,</quotedText>” forty-five thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty cents,</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>For miscellaneous items, telegraphing, and lights, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand one hundred and seven dollars and thirteen cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses, namely: For miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars; for stationery, five hundred dollars; for horses and wagons, two hundred and twenty five dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and twenty five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sewerage, etc.</p></sidenote>For sewerage and plumbing for Department building, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and forty-four cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">PanI Boileau, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay Paul Boileau, fireman in the Department of Justice, from March thirteenth to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty three, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, two hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-eight cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James France, reimbursement to.</p></sidenote>To reimburse James France for amount paid out by him as a surety of the Government in a replevin suit of the Union Pacific Railroad Company brought in the United States court for the district of Wyoming in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand and eighty- two dollars and sixty seven cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State asylum, Auburn, New York, payment to.</p></sidenote>To enable the Attorney-General to pay the State asylum for insane criminals at Auburn, New York, for the support of the United States convicts for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, five hundred
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and fifty dollars and thirty-nine cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-seven cents ; in all, one thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents,</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDICIAL.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of United States attorneys, seventy thousand dollars; for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of United States attorneys, clerks, jurors, witnesses, marshals; miscellaneous expenses of courts; courts of Utah.</p></sidenote> fees of clerks, fifty thousand dollars ; for fees of jurors, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of witnesses, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of marshals, forty thousand dollars; for miscellaneous expenses of courts, fifteen thousand dollars ; for expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, six thousand dollars ; in all, three hundred and one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of district attorneys for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of district attorneys for 1882.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty’ two, exclusive of claims numbered seventy eight thousand three hundred and forty three, seventy eight thousand four hundred and thirty five, seventy eight thousand four hundred and sixty eight, eighty four thousand one hundred and forty nine, eighty four thousand one hundred and forty five, two thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and thirty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of district attorneys and their assistants, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys and assistants; fees of clerks and commissioners.</p></sidenote> and fifteen thousand dollars; for fees of clerks, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of commissioners, seventeen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety two thousand dollars, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay J. D. Rouse for services in defending suits in claims against<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. D. Rouse, payment to.</p></sidenote> the United States being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy four, eighty seven dollars and eighty cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SENATE.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and newspapers, fiscal year eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> eighty three, one hundred and forty dollars and seventy five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote> three, three hundred and seventy one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and oil for heating apparatus, fiscal year eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> and eighty four, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For folding documents, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding documents.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, five thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerks to Senators, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Senators.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of special and select committees, and for inquiries and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special and select committees.</p></sidenote> investigations ordered by the Senate, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse F. E. Shober, late Acting Secretary of the Senate, for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. E. Shober, payment to.</p></sidenote> three orders paid on account of compensation and mileage of Senators, the said orders being forged in the name of one of the Senators and paid as genuine by the financial clerks, five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to the clerk to the Committee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk to Committee on appropriations, payment to.</p></sidenote> on Appropriations of the Senate the same amount received by the clerk to the Committee on Appropriations of the. House of Representatives for services for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, two hundred and fifteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay J. F. Edwards for services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. F. Edwards, payment to.</p></sidenote> as messenger of the Senate from June thirteenth to June thirtieth, inclusive, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, seventy one dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Joseph Montgomery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph Montgomery, payment to. ’</p></sidenote> eighty nine dollars and ninety five cents, the amount due him for services as a laborer in the Senate from July seventeenth to August thirty first, eighteen hundred and seventy nine.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding materials.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special and select committees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant index clerk, payment to.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the assistant index clerk of the House of Representatives for services to be rendered during two months after the adjournment of the first session of the Forty eighth Congress, at six dollars per day, three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank Galt, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay Frank Galt for services as assistant journal clerk from February twenty fourth to March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, inclusive sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles W. Perkins, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay Charles W. Perkins, night watchman in the additional folding rooms, from January first to February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, inclusive, eighty seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John M. Carson, payment to.</p></sidenote>To pay John M. Carson six hundred dollars, as extra compensation for services as clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means of the Forty seventh Congress. ‘ ‘</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irwin B. Linton.</p></sidenote>To pay Irwin B. Linton for services as clerk to the select committee charged with the investigation of charges preferred against H. V. Boyn-ton and others, one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarence W. De Knight.</p></sidenote>To pay Clarence W. De Knight the difference between the pay of a folder and that of a page from January eleventh to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, eighty six dollars and sixty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick V. Do-lan.</p></sidenote>To pay Patrick V. Dolan the difference between his pay as a laborer and that of a messenger, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day, from December fifteenth eighteen hundred and eighty three, to June sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, two hundred and ’seventy six dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alvin H. Pick-ens.</p></sidenote>To pay Alvin H. Pickens the difference between his pay as a laborei and that of a page from January seventeenth to March first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, inclusive, and from April first to August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, inclusive one hundred and three dollars and twenty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. L. Zalinski.</p></sidenote>To pay E. L. Zalinski tor travel from Boston to Washington and return to New York City, in attendance upon the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations charged with the preparation of the fortification bill, thirty four dollars and ninety five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John J. MoEl- hone.</p></sidenote>To pay John J. Me El hone, chief of the corps of official reporters of the House of Representatives, for extra services and for clerk-hire paid out by him, one thousand dollars, for the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. B. Cook.</p></sidenote>To pay L. B. Cook the difference between the compensation received by him as fireman and assistant engineer in charge of the House elevator and one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from February twenty second, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, four hundred and five dollars and eighty three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarence F. L. Braulik.</p></sidenote>To pay Clarence F. L. Braulik the difference between his salary at seven hundred and twenty dollars and nine hundred dollars per annum, from December second, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty four, one hundred and fifty five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George McNeir.</p></sidenote>To pay to George McNeir, acting postmaster of the House of Representatives, the difference between the pay of postmaster and that of assistant postmaster, for the period of time between August .first, eighteen hundred and eighty three, and December fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, he having acted as postmaster of the House during that time, one hundred and seventy two dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clifford Arrick.</p></sidenote>To pay Clifford Arrick, for services rendered as a messenger in the post office of the House of Representatives from the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to the third day of
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December, eighteen hundred and eighty three, inclusive, fifty two dollars and sixty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay D. W. Johnson tor services as folder from March twenty-fifth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D. W. Johnson.</p></sidenote> to Marcli thirty first, eighteen hundred and eighty four fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay G. T. Garrison, Thomas G. Skinner, W. E. English, E. H.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, allowances for.</p></sidenote> Funston, J. H. Wallace, F. A. Manzanares, F. W. Rockwell, James E. Campbell, James R. Chalmers, and Robert Smalls for allowances for stationery for the first session of the Forty eighth Congress, one hundred and twenty five dollars each; in all, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Henry H. Smith, journal clerk, for additional services rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry H. Smith.</p></sidenote> during the first session Forty eighth Congress, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay A. Vangender additional compensation for services rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. Vangender.</p></sidenote> the Committee on Invalid Pensions of the House of Representatives during the present session of Congress, three hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That so much of the act passed June eighteen hundred, and eighty four, making an appropriation for the support of the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, as appropriates twenty five thousand dollars for the investigation of infectious and contagious diseases to which all classes of domestic animals are subject, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CAPITOL POLICE.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Capitol police board are hereby’ directed to expend a sum not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uniforms for watchmen, e t c., payment for.</p></sidenote> exceedmgtwo hundred and twenty eight dollars for payment of uniforms furnished to the watchmen on the Capitol grounds, the same to be paid out. of money unexpended of the amount appropriated for uniforms for the Capitol police and watchmen in an act providing for sundry civil<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat.,337.</p></sidenote> expenses, approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiencies for fiscal year 1881.</p></sidenote> eighty one, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the physicians to the poor for the months of May and June, eighteen hundred and eighty one, six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For treasurer and assessor’s office: Blank forms, printing, eighty two dollars and forty three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inspector of buildings’ office: Stationery, six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fire department: Hire of horse, fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general advertising, sixty nine dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacement of pavements, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, ice, gas, repairs for District offices, twenty two dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fire department: Medicines and medical attendance for Private<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department</p></sidenote> John Kane, of Engine Company Number Three, and Private Charles Boss, of Engine Company Number One, resulting from accident, ninety seven dollars and seventy five cents; repairs to wagon, one hundred and forty nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For public schools: Salary of secretary of the board of school trustees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote> one hundred and fifty dollars, to be allowed by the First Comptroller; clocks and gas-fixtures in Jefferson school building, three hundred and sixty three dollars, including unexpended balance of appropriation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For metropolitan police: To pay Frank Macnichol one half of fine in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police.</p></sidenote> Appropriation for investigation of infectious diseases of domestic animals, etc., repeal of. <page identifier="/us/stat/23/252">252</page>
cause number twenty one thousand and ninety seven in the police court of the District of Columbia, and to pay M. T. O’Brien one half of fine in cause number twenty one thousand and ninety-eight in the police court of the District of Columbia, fifty dollars each; in all, one hundred dollars, including unexpended balance of appropriation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiencies for fiscal year 1883.</p></sidenote>For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor’s office.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of assessor’s office, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer’s office.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses of engineer’s office, seventeen dollars and forty three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District offices.</p></sidenote>For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, for District offices, three hundred and fifty four dollars and ninety seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permit work.</p></sidenote>For materials for permit work, thirty tour dollars and ninety six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pumps.</p></sidenote>For repairs to pumps, seven dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police.</p></sidenote>For contingent expenses metropolitan police, five hundred and twenty five dollars and fifty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire Department.</p></sidenote>For contingent, expenses of fire department, five hundred and eighty nine dollars and thirty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telephone service.</p></sidenote>For telegraph and telephone service and rental, the sum of one thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register of wills.</p></sidenote>For books for register of wills, printing checks, damages, twenty- three dollars and thirty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote>For public schools, contingent expenses, one thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars and sixty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High school.</p></sidenote>For apparatus for high school, one thousand nine hundred and twenty one dollars and seventy two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, now school buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments against District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of marshal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiencies for fiscal year 1884.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessments, etc., in District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat. ,508.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessors, payment to.</p></sidenote>For furniture for new school buildings, five dollars and forty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For judgments against the District of Columbia, including interest and costs, twenty one thousand two hundred and twenty three dollars and eighty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For United States marshal’s fees, three hundred and eleven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expense of assessing the real property in the District of Columbia pursuant to the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty three, as follows: For twelve assessors, one hundred and fifteen days, at five dollars per day each, namely: To S. M. Golden, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to B. D. Carpenter, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to Joseph W, Davis, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to E. B. Cottrell, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to F. P. Hackney, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to G. W. Hark-ness, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to John H. Bird, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to J.T.Coldwell, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to Hawkins Taylor, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to J. F. Beale, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to W. J. Purman, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to W. B. Moore, five hundred and seventy five dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. A. Hall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas B. Shoemaker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Ballan-tyne and Son.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judd and Det-weiler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Post ; National Republican ; Washington Journal.</p></sidenote>To G. A. Hall, clerk to board of equalization, one month, one hundred dollars; to Thomas B. Shoemaker, clerk to board of equalization, five months, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the following miscellaneous expenses, namely: To William Ballantyne and Son, for stationery, four hundred and sixty three dollars and ninety three cents; to Judd and Detweiler, for blank forms, one hundred dollars and fifty cents; to Washington Post, for advertising, twenty eight dollars and twelve cents; to National Republican, for advertising, thirty five dollars and eighty five cents; to Washington Journal, for advertising, twenty three dollars and twenty five cents; to
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W. O. Holtzman, for rent of office, sixty five dollars; to E. Morrison, for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W.O. Holtzman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. Morrison.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. W. Francis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. McDermott</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">&amp; Brothers.</p></sidenote> book binding material, one hundred and forty one dollars and ninety five cents; to G. W. Francis, for bookbinding, one hundred dollars; to J. McDermott and Brothers, for repairs to wagon for use of assessors, twenty dollars and forty cents; in all, nine hundred and seventy nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of assessors office one hundred and thirty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor’s office.</p></sidenote> five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Washington Asylum: The sum of three thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p></sidenote> dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the unexpended balances of appropriations made in the last and present fiscal years for the support and maintenance of the Washington Asylum, is hereby re appropriated for the construction and furnishing of a new hospital ward within the grounds of said asylum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of fire department, one thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For public schools: For rent of school building at Fourteenth and N.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote> streets northwest, seven hundred and fifty dollars ; for fuel, five hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For judicial expenses, six thousand five hundred dollars: <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial expenses.</p></sidenote> That one half of the foregoing sums to meet deficiencies in the appropriations on account of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> revenues of the District of Columbia, and one-half from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To provide for the payment for land taken for a reservoir under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land taken for reservoir, etc.</p></sidenote> “Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 168.</p></sidenote> other purposes”, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: <i>Provided,</i> That this<sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> appropriation shall be subject to the same provisions and restrictions named in said act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of taxes upon the property of the Columbia Hospital<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia hospital, payment of taxes, etc.</p></sidenote> for AVomen assessed prior to March, eighteen hundred and seventy three, five thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty three cents, and the Attorney General of the United States is hereby directed to proceed against the warrantors upon the covenants in the conveyance to recover back said sum in the name of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the parties named below be allowed the amounts set opposite their names in full of expenses incurred by them, respectively, in contested-election cases:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William E. English, two thousand dollars; S. J. Peelle, two thonsand,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contested-election cases, allowances in.</p></sidenote> dollars; 6. E, Peters, one thousand dollars; J. R. Chalmers, two thousand dollars; Van H. Manning, two thousand dollars; F. A. Manza-nares, two thousand dollars; Jonathan H. Wallace, two thousand dollars; AVilliam McKinley, jr., two thousand dollars; Jas. E. Campbell, two thousand dollars: Henry L. Morey, two thousand dollars; John Paul, two thousand dollars, Charles T. O’Farrell, two thousand dollars; B. T. Frederick, two thousand dollars; Jas. Wilson, two thousand dollars; George H. Craig, twelve hundred and fifty dollars; Charles M. Shelley, one thousand dollars; Jno. E. Massey, three thousand five hundred dollars; Jno. S. Wise, three thousand five hundred dollars; George T. Garrison, two thousand dollars; C. C. Pool, five hundred dollars; T. G. Skinner, five hundred dollars; S. N. AVood, one thousand five hundred dollars; R. M. Mayo, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And to the following-named persons, on account of expenses incurred by them in cases still undetermined, sums as follows, to be deducted from the sums respectively as finally allowed to them, to wit:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jas. H. McLean, one thousand dollars; Jas. O. Broadhead, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Ordway, payment and confirmation of prier payments to.</p></sidenote>That the Public Printer is hereby authorized to pay to Albert Ordway, out of the current appropriations for printing for Congress, the sum of six hundred and forty-two dollars and ten cents, to reimburse him for expenditures on the index of the Congressional Record; and all payments heretofore made to him by the Public Printer on said account are hereby ratified and confirmed. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, at the ci Commencement of each session of Congress, report the amount due each claimant whose claim has been allowed in whole or in part to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the presiding officer of the Senate, who shall lay the same before their respective <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates of appropriations and for deficiencies to be hereafter transmitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury.</p></sidenote>Houses for consideration. And hereafter all estimates of appropriations and estimates of deficiencies in appropriations intended for the consideration and seeking the action of any of the committees of Congress shall be transmitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury, and in no other manner; and the said Secretary shall first cause the same to be properly classified, compiled, indexed, and printed, under the supervision of the chief of the division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations of his Department.</content>
</appropriations>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims certified to be due, etc.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau>That for the payment of claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 110.</p></sidenote>surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three and prior years, and which <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 130.</p></sidenote>have been certified to Congress under section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Sixty-seven, Forty-eighth Congress, first session, and for other items, there is appropriated as follows:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by the First Comptroller.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>legislative.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, Botanic Garden, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four dollars and fifty-two cents.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>state department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign intercourse.</p></sidenote>For foreign intercourse as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of ministers, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, six thousand six hundred and three dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one thousand four hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, three thousand eight hundred and eighty two dollars and twenty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, five hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one hundred and sixty five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>treasury department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue</p></sidenote>For internal revenue as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance or drawback prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty two cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into the Treasury prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, forty dollars and twelve cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and prior years, seven hundred and eleven dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of Internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, mint at Carson, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, twelve dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, mint at San Francisco, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-two dollars and fifty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, Territory of Idaho, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, three thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra compensation to discharged employees, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, twenty six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Four courthouse and post-office, Austin, Texas, nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For propagation of food-fishes, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two dollars and ninety-seven cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, steamboat inspection service, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses under national quarantine act of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, three hundred and one dollar’s and nineteen cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses, Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For public-land service as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public-land service.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examinations of the public surveys, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, thirty-three dollars. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying private land claims in California, eighteen hundred and eighty-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private land-claims, California,</p></sidenote> and prior years, forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of land-offices, eighteen hundred and eighty-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, land-offices.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to t he State of New York, on account of distribution of the proceeds<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to State of New York.</p></sidenote> of public lands under act of September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, ten thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to the State of Missouri claims on account of five, three, and two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to State of Missouri.</p></sidenote> per centum fund to States priorto July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- one, two hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Cortez Fessenden, on account of contingent expenses, office of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cortez Fessenden.</p></sidenote> surveyor-general of Dakota, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to village of Sault Salute Marie, Michigan, proceeds of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.</p></sidenote> sale of certain lots, under act of September twenty-sixth, eighteen hun-
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dred and fifty, six thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph P. Baldwin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S. B. Craneton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Conn. J.C. Fullerton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Baldy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sewall R. Jamison.</p></sidenote>To pay Joseph P. Baldwin one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents; S. B. Cranston, twenty-one dollars and thirty-six cents; George Conn, twenty-one dollars and thirty-six cents; J. 0. Fullerton, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents; George Baldy, thirty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents; Sewall R. Jandson, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and four cents; in all, seven hundred and thirty nine dollars, on account of salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>department of justice.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For judicial as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees, etc., marshals.</p></sidenote>For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years except the claims numbered eighty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, seventy-eight thousand five hundred and thirty oue, seventy-five thousand nine hundred and ninety-three, seventy-six thousand and twenty-uine, and eighty- four thousand one hundred and six, as set forth in said Executive Document Number Sixty-seven, thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and thirty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys.</p></sidenote>For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote>For fees of clerks, United States courts,eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, one thousand two hundred and fifty seven dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners.</p></sidenote>For fees of commissioners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two thousand eight hundred and ninety- six dollars and twenty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p></sidenote>For fees of jurors, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two thousand one hundred and fifty four dollars and sixty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote>For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, except the claims numbered seventy eight thousand three hundred and seventy seven, seventy eight thousand three hundred and fifty two, seventy eight thousand four hundred, eighty three thousand five hundred and forty three, eighty three thousand five hundred and thirty eight, eighty four thousand three hundred and twenty five, eighty four thousand three hundred and twenty seven, eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty two, eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty four, eighty three thousand nine hundred and ninety, eighty four thousand and eight, eighty four thousand and thirteen, eighty four thousand and fifteen, and eighty three thousand eight hundred and fifty five, as set forth in said Executive Document Number Sixty-seven, six thousand one hundred and fifty’ three dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prisoners, etc., U. 8. courts.</p></sidenote>For support of prisoners. United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, except the claims numbered eighty three thousand nine hundred and eighty eight and eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty one, as set forth in said Executive Document number Sixty-seven, three thousand six hundred and fifty two dollars and twenty three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses, U. S. courts.</p></sidenote>For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, six thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courts, Utah.</p></sidenote>For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, six dollars and forty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervisors of elections.</p></sidenote>For fees of supervisors of elections, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, district marshals, eighteen hundred and eighty one and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District marshals.</p></sidenote> prior years, thirteen dollars and eight cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST ANDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of collecting revenue from customs, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R, S.2733,532.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 2739, 533.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, being the difference between amount paid and legal compensation fixed by section twenty-seven hundred and thirty three and twenty seven hundred and thirty eight of the Revised Statutes to certain customs officers, one hundred and eighty two thousand four hundred and thirty two dollars and eighty two cents, including two claims certified in Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty-four, first session Forty-eighth Congress: <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote> That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph shall be paid to any of the claimants until the Court of Claims shall have heard and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims to hear and determine questions involved, etc.</p></sidenote> determined all of the questions involved, and the liability of the United States Government therefor, in at least one test case, which case shall be preferred in the order of the docket of said court. Full and complete jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of Claims for the purposes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims to have full jurisdiction. ‘</p></sidenote> above named. If the determination of the Court of Claims shall be in favor of the claimants, they shall be paid ; otherwise not. The Attorney General shall see to it that the interest of the Government is protected in said suit or suits.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay W, H. Robertson, collector of customs, New York, fifty three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W.H. Robertson, Frank N. Wicker, Richard F. Gay-gin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Libby.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hennessy Brothers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Union Pacific Railroad Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Herman, Boker &amp; Co.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louie F, Payne.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">M, M, Price.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fred. Snyder. 8. F. Burnett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. C. Peet &amp; Co.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. T. Stewart &amp; Co.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-Saving Service, contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue Cutter Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc., public buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Hospital service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-houses.</p></sidenote> dollars and twenty eight cents; Frank N. Wicker, collector of customs, Key West Florida, twenty four dollars and seventy cents; Richard F. Gaygin, late collector of customs, Erie Pennsylvania, two hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety one cents; William Libby, twenty dollars; Hennessy Brothers, four hundred and forty two dollars and seventy six cents; Union Pacific Railroad Company, sixty eight cents; Herman, Boker and Company, twenty five dollars; Louis F. Payne, one thousand one hundred and ninety eight dollars; M. M. Price, thirteen dollars ; Fred. Snyder, fifty eight dollars and seventy cents; 8 F. Burnett, five hundred and ninety dollars and fifty cents; W. C. Peet and Company, five dollars; A T. Stewart and Company twelve dollars and forty cents; in all, two thousand six hundred and sixty two dollars and ninety three cents, on account of expenses of collecting revenue from customs prior to July first eighteen hundred and eighty one,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life Saving Service, contingent expenses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and twenty three dollars and three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Revenue Cutter Service, eighteen hundred and eighth’ one and prior years, sixty six dollars and eighteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of public buildings eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eight dollars and twenty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Marine Hospital Service, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one dollar and ninety four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For supplies of light houses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, thirty six dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and incidental expenses of light houses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eighteen dollars and thirty nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of keepers of light house, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc., public buildings.</p></sidenote> eighty one and prior years, seven dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> and eighty one and prior years, three dollars and twenty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom house and post office, Albany. New York, three hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">customhouse, etc., Albiny, N. Y.</p></sidenote> and forty three dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of volunteers, Mexican war.</p></sidenote>For pay of volunteers (Mexican war) eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, one hundred and fifty six dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mounted volunteer riflemen.</p></sidenote>For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers) under Colonel John C. Fremont, in eighteen hundred and forty six, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, three hundred and seventy four dollars and ninety nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California and Nevada volunteers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Michigan Cavalry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artificial limbs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army contingencies. ‘</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting, etc., volunteers.</p></sidenote>For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, four hundred and thirty one dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of First Michigan Cavalry, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, five hundred and fifty six dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For artificial limbs, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and ninety dollars and seventy one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, three hundred and thirty four dollars and ninety six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draft and substitute fund.</p></sidenote>For draft and substitute fund, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, one dollar and eighty six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting.</p></sidenote>For expenses of recruiting, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and two dollars and twenty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical and hospital department.</p></sidenote>For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and fifty nine dollars and forty three cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army pensions.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Army pension, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, twenty eight dollars and eighty cents.</content>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>war department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s regular supplies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, five thousand six hundred and eighty one dollars and eighty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>For incidental expenses Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, thirteen thousand and twenty three dollars and ninety nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrears of Army transportation.</p></sidenote>For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eight thousand one hundred and sixty nine dollars and thirty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies of fortifications.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lost, horses,etc., in military service prior to July 1, 1881.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Tr. usury may prescribe rules for practice of agents, attorneys, etc.</p></sidenote>For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, sixteen thousand eight hundred and sixty four dollars and fifty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of fortifications, ninety three dollars and eighty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one hundred and twenty five thousand seven hundred and eighty seven dollars and three cents: <i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe rules and regulations governing the recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his Department, and may require of such persons, agents and attorneys, before being recognized as Representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good
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character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to advise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their cases. And such Secretary may after due notice and opportunity for hearing suspend, and disbar from further practice before his Department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud, in any manner willfully and knowingly deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat.,276.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of expenses incurred in raising volunteers, etc., to—</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio:</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York;</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michigan;</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts: and</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska.</p></sidenote> which reimbursement is provided by act of July twenty seventh eighteen hundred and sixty one, and subsequent acts, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Ohio, ninety thousand two hundred and forty six dollars and ninety two cents; to the State of New York, fifty four thousand nine hundred and forty six dollars and fifty two cents; to the State of Michigan, forty two thousand three hundred and forty five dollars and ninety five cents; for the State of Massachusetts, twenty eight thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty three cents; to the State of Nebraska, four hundred and eighty five dollars; the several allowances having been adjudicated by the accounting officers and reported by the Secretary of the Treasury in conformity with section four of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 130.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indemnity for lost clothing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlistment bounties to seamen.</p></sidenote> act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions. Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, forty eight dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, seventeen dollars and seventy eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, two thousand and three dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH ANDITOR.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiency in the postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency in postal revenues, 1881 and prior years.</p></sidenote> one and prior years, ninety thousand eight hundred and forty five dollars and twenty five cents.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content class="inline"><p class="inline">For the payment of claims audited and allowed by the Second Auditor and Second Comptroller of the Treasury under the provisions of the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 345.</p></sidenote> “authorize the auditing of certain unpaid claims against the Indian Bureau by the accounting officers of the Treasury,” for services rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain claims for Indian service.</p></sidenote> and supplies furnished ou account of the Indian service, seventy two thousand one hundred and sixty six dollars and seventy nine cents; and for claims audited and allowed by the said accounting officers under the provisions of section four of the act of June fourteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 130..</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and seventy eight, sixteen thousand seven hundred and ninety eight dollars and forty seven cents, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty five, first session Forty eighth Congress; in all, eighty eight thousand nine hundred and sixty five dollars and twenty six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Van C. Smith five thousand five hundred and fifty eight dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Van C. Smith, payment to.</p></sidenote> and fifty two cents, in full of claim of four thousand nine hundred and thirty three dollars and fifty two cents, as allowed by the Second
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Auditor May sixth and by the Second Comptroller May eight, eightfen hundred and eighty four, and of claim of five hundred and twenty five dollars, allowed by the Second /Auditor May twenty first and by the Second Comptroller May twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat,, 345.</p></sidenote>four; both allowed under act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two.</p>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That for the payment of the following supplemental list of claims, which are fully set forth in House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty-four, Forty-eighth Congress, first session, and are allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under the fourth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">20 Stat., 130.</p></sidenote>section of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, since January twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, transmitted by letter of Secretary of the Treasury of April twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, there be appropriated as follows:</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by the First Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign intercourse.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>state department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Foreign intercourse:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty three, four hundred and ninety four dollars and forty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three thousand five bundl ed and thirty six dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for consular clerks, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and sixty five dollars and ninety three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty three, seven hundred and ninety four dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand five hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one thousand eighty eight dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred and fifty six dollars and fifty one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, sixty one dollars and twenty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and eleven dollars and ninety four cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>treasury department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p></sidenote>Internal revenue:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote>eighty one, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance or drawback prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one hundred and eleven dollars and forty six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred and thirty one dollars and fifty one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, forty nine dollars and sixty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, twelve dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Public-lands service:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public-lands service.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of land offices, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and ninety seven dollars and thirty three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and thirty six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For appraisement and sale of abandoned military reservations, eighteen hundred and eighty one, thirty three dollars and ninety cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of commissioners.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Judicial:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners. United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and twenty three dollars and fifty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote> eighty one and prior years, thirty two dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses, United States courts.</p></sidenote> eighty one and prior years, five dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and thirty nine dollars and twenty cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST ANDITOR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-vessels.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of light-vessels, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and forty seven dollars and fifty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life-Saving Service, contingent expenses, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-Saving Service.</p></sidenote> eighty one and prior years, fifteen dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD ANDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER,</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Third Auditor and the Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrears of Army transportation due land-grant railroads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of rations to prisoners of war, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, etc., lost in military service.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>war department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant rail roads, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, seven thousand one hundred and sixty four dollars and fifty one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, six thousand three hundred and fifty eight dollars and twenty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, twenty eight thousand two hundred and twenty four dollars and fifty nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the following additional claims for horses lost in the military service of the United States, the same having been audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, but not included in previous reports of the secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David J. Williamson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George C. Douglas.</p></sidenote> to Congress, namely: To David J. Williamson, two hundred dollars; to George C. Douglas, two hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of examining surgeons.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of examining surgeons, Army pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred dollars and fifty cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH ANDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by the Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller, Navy Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, sixty dollars.
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 334, 335. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
For enlistment bounty to seamen prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, two hundred and seventy three dollars and thirty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty for destruction of enemies’ vessels prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, eleven dollars and eighty six cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by the Sixth Auditor, Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, four thousand six hundred and thirty one dollars and seventy four cents.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 335: making temporary provision for the naval service</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>335.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making temporary provision for the naval service</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations, temporary, for Naval service.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That for the purpose of providing for the expenses of the naval service for the six months ending December thirty first, eighteen hundred and eighty four, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated one half or fifty per centum of the sums of money (and for the like purposes and continuing the same provisions relating thereto) as were appropriated for the service of the fiscal year ending June <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 472.</p></sidenote>thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty four, by the act entitled “<quotedText>An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty four and for other purposes</quotedText>” approved March third eighteen hundred and eighty three (except as hereinafter declared), subject to all the limitations and conditions in respect to the disbursement of the appropriations hereby made that were imposed by said act and the other laws of the United States upon or in respect to the appropriations made by said act: <i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote>That nothing is appropriated by this act “ for special ocean surveys and the publication thereof” or “ for the purchase and manufacture after full investigation and test in the United States under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy of torpedoes adapted to naval warfare or of the right to manufacture the same and for the fixtures and machinery necessary for operating the same”; That the clause under the heading “ Bureau of Yards and Docks ” commencing “ For general maintenance of yards and docks ” is amended so as to appropriate for the six months herein provided for the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That under the heading “<quotedText> Increase of the Navy</quotedText>” in said act, in lieu of all the paragraphs thereunder and preceding the heading of “<quotedText> Naval Academy</quotedText>” there is hereby substituted the following:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New steel cruisers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat., 477.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago.</p></sidenote>For continuing work upon the three new steel cruisers and one dispatch-boat authorized by act of Congress approved March third eighteen hundred and eight three as follows: Chicago three hundred and forty nine thousand one hundred and thirty three dollars and forty five cents; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlanta.</p></sidenote>Boston, two hundred and thirty one thousand eight hundred and fifty three dollars and twenty eight cents; Atlanta two hundred and thirty one thousand eight hundred and fifty three dollars and twenty seven <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dolphin.</p></sidenote>cents; Dolphin one hundred and eight thousand six hundred and sixty dollars, in all nine hundred and twenty one thousand five hundred dollars ; the four pivot-guns of the Chicago to be mounted on Clark’s deflective single-gun turrets or V shields, of the same weight as is now allowed for the mounting and armor protection of the guns: <i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><i>Proviso.</i></sidenote>That it shall not change the contract entered into by the Government for the construction of said vessels.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam machinery and boilers, etc.</p></sidenote>“For completion of steam-machinery and boilers, with necessary fittings for sea-service, of steel cruisers and dispatch boat, under contract
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Oh. 335. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
with John Roach, as per act approved March third, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">22 Stat.</p></sidenote> and eighty-three: United States steel cruiser Chicago, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars; United States steel cruiser Boston, one hundred and fifty five thousand dollars; United States steel cruiser Atlanta,, one hundred and fifty five thousand dollars; United States dispatch-boat Dolphin, ninety thousand dollar’s; in all, six hundred and twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing equipment outfits of three new cruisers and one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment outfits of cruisers and dispatch-boat.</p></sidenote> dispatch-boat, now in course of construction, seventy eight thousand six hundred dollars.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“ For navigation outfit of the four new steel cruisers thirty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation outfit.</p></sidenote> dollars.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For ordnance outfit of the three new steel cruisers and one dispatch<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance outfit.</p></sidenote> boat five hundred thousand dollars.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nothing herein contained shall be construed as appropriating money for or authorizing the continuation of work upon the double-turreted-monitors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monadnock.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terror.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amphitrite.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puritan.</p></sidenote> Monadnock, Terror, Amphitrite and Puritan, and any unexpended balance now remaining of the appropriation contained in said act approved March third eighteen hundred and eighty three for engines and machinery for the said double turreted monitors shall be covered into the Treasury, except such part thereof as may be required under existing contracts made for the engines and machinery of the three last named monitors.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>1. : extending the time fixed for the Joint Commission appointed to consider the number and salaries of officers and employees of the two Houses, to submit their report.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">extending the time fixed for the Joint Commission appointed to consider the number and salaries of officers and employees of the two Houses, to submit their report.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-12-12">December 12, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint Commission on salaries of officers, etc., of Senate and House, time for making report extended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Joint Commission, appointed under the act of Congress approved March third eighteen hundred and eighty-three to consider the question of the salaries and compensation of the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives respectively and also the number of such employees necessary tor the official transaction of the business of the two Houses, have until Thursday January tenth in which to prepare and submit their report to the two Houses.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, December twelfth, 1883.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>2. : authorizing the payment of the salaries of the employés of  the two houses of Congress on the twenty-second instant.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>2</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 265</citableAs>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the payment of the salaries of the employés of  the two houses of Congress on the twenty-second instant.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-12-21">December 21, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time fixed for payment of certain employés of Senate and House.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be and they are hereby authorized and directed to pay the employés of the two houses of Congress their salaries for the current month on the twenty-second instant.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, December twenty first, 1883.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>3. : relating to the surrender by George Washington of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1883-12-26</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">relating to the surrender by George Washington of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-12-26">December 26, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, on the twenty-third day of December, anno Domini seventeen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Centennial celebration of Washington’s surrender of his commission as Commander-in Chief, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-three, at the city of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, George Washington surrendered his commission as the Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America ; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, that act of patriotic devotion to the principles of the Revolution, the success of which established the independence of the colonies and secured the liberties of the people of the United States, is deserving of special recognition upon the centennial return of that memorable event : Therefore,</recital>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation, etc.</p></sidenote>,</resolvingClause>
</preamble>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to issue a proclamation recommending the people, either by appropriate exercises in connection with the religious services of the twenty-third instant, or by such public observances as they may deem proper on Monday the twenty-fourth instant, to commemorate this signal event in the history of American liberty.</content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/265" renderingPosition="bottom">(265)</page>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/266">266</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to order the national salute to be fired from the various forts throughout the country on Monday, December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December twenty-sixth, 1883.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>4. : authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail from that department two clerks to act as assistant-clerks to certain House Committees</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>4</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 266</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-01</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[4.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail from that department two clerks to act as assistant-clerks to certain House Committees</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-01">February 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detail of clerks from Department of Interior service on Committees of House.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior, be, and is hereby authorized, if in his opinion the public interests will not suffer thereby, upon the request of either of the Committees hereinafter named, to detail from that department, one clerk to act as assistant-clerk to the House Committee on Pensions, and one clerk to act as assistant-clerk to the House Committee on Invalid Pensions.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February first, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
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<dc:title>5. : authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Antonio Barrios of Guatemala and José Victor Zavala of Nicaragua.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>5</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 266</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-02</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[5.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Antonio Barrios of Guatemala and José Victor Zavala of Nicaragua.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-02">February 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges of instruction at West Point granted to, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be and he hereby is authorized to permit Antonio Barrios of Guatemala and José Victor Zavala of Nicaragua to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That in the cases of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 1320,227.</p></sidenote>the said Barrios and Zavala the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.</proviso></content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 2d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>6. : to correct an error in the enrollment of an act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightythre&amp;lt;. and for other years approved Marek third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>6</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 266</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-02</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[6.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to correct an error in the enrollment of an act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightythre&amp;lt;. and for other years approved Marek third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-02">February 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. J. McElhone payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay J. J. McElhone, chief of the corps of official reporters of the House of Representatives, for extra services and for clerk hire, paid out by him during the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 2d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>7. : fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees and other employees of the House of Representatives shall begin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 266</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-02</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<docNumber>[7.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees and other employees of the House of Representatives shall begin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-07">February 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time fixed when pay of certain clerks, etc., of House shall begin.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pay of the clerks to committees of the House of Representatives which have been or may be hereafter authorized by the House, who are paid during the session only, shall begin from the time such clerks entered upon the discharge of their duties, which shall be ascertained and evidenced by the certificate of the chairmen of the several committees employing clerks for the session only; and the pay of the assistant riding page and of the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/267">267</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7–10. 1884.</centerRunningHead> telephone page, heretofore authorized by the House to be employed shall begin on the third day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-three</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February seventh, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>8. : appropriating one hundred thousand dollars for the support “ of certain destitute Indians</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>8</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 267</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-08</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<docNumber>[8.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">appropriating one hundred thousand dollars for the support “ of certain destitute Indians</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-08">February 8, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians of Crow Agency, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, and Blackfeet Agencies, Montana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for support, etc., of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to be applied to the support and maintenance of the Indians at Crow Agency at Fort Belknap, Fort Peck and Blackfeet Agencies in Montana Territory; and out of this appropriation the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for telegraphing and making purchases of such supplies, including cost of advertising, which advertisement shall be made for ten days in at least four of the principal cities of the west.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 8th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>9. : authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.
</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>9</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 267</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-12</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[9.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.
</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-12">February 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of destitute persona in districts overflowed by Ohio River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores, clothing and other necessary articles to such destitute persons as may require assistance in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries, by the recent floods; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States and cities, of which such district is a part in making distribution of the same. And the Secretary of War, is also authorized, in his discretion, to use the hospital and other tents now possessed by the War Department, so far as may be necessary, to furnish temporary shelter to the destitute people who have been driven from their homes by said overflow; and he is authorized, to use the steamers and other boats and vessels belonging to or now employed by the Government, upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries, in the transportation and distribution of the supplies furnished by the United States or individuals, to and among said destitute and suffering people, and he may employ such other means of transportation as he may deem necessary to carry the purpose of this Joint Resolution into effect.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 12th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>10. : making an appropriation for the relief of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and his party composing what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic Regions.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 267</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-13</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[10.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making an appropriation for the relief of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and his party composing what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic Regions.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-13">February 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief for Lieutenant A. W. Greely and party.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the President be and is hereby authorized to prepare and dispatch an expedition to the coast of Greenland. Smiths Sound or Lady Franklin Bay, for the purpose of relieving and bringing home Lieutenant A. W. Greely and party; and that for
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/268">268</page> this purpose, the purchase of not exceeding three vessels, is authorized, and all expenditures necessary for manning, equipping and supplying them, and for any land journeys which may be required, and such sums as may be necessary, to effect the object of this resolution, • are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The vessels purchased to be sold after their return and the money arising from such sale, covered into the Treasury. And the President shall submit to Congress on the first Monday of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, a full and detailed account of all expenditures and outlays made on account of this appropriation</p></content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>11. : authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>11</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 268</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-15</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<docNumber>[11.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-15">February 15, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia, printing, etc., of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to print two thousand five hundred extra copies of the annual report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia ; one hundred for the use of the Senate, three hundred and fifty for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand and fifty for the use of the said Health Officer of the District.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 15th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>12. : making further appropriations for the relief of destitute persons in the districts overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 268</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-15</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<docNumber>[12.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making further appropriations for the relief of destitute persons in the districts overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-15">February 15, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of destitute persons in districts overflowed by Ohio River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the further sum of two hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War for the relief of such destitute persons as may require assistance in the districts overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries in the manner provided for in the Joint Resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to issue rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow,” approved February, twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and in further aid of the purposes contemplated by said Joint Resolution.</content>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to expend so much of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars appropriated for the purpose of further instructing and civilizing Indian children dwelling west of the Missis sippi River, and so forth, in an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
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<content class="inline">That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class “other than members of Congress”, shall be filled by the reappointment of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, whose term of service has expired.</content>
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<dc:title>17. : for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Dudley C. Haskell.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Dudley C. Haskell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-13">March 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dudley C. Haskell, printing of eulogies of the late.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Dudley C. Haskell a Representative elect to the Forty-eighth Congress, from the State of Kansas, twelve thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of the said Dudley C.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portrait.</p></sidenote> Haskell to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving or printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for relief of sufferers from overflow of Ohio River transferred to persons suffering from overflow of Mississippi River.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That so much of the appropriation for the relief of sufferers by the overflow in the Ohio River and its tributaries as remains unexpended, not exceeding the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, may be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence, stores, and payment for necessary transportation to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part, in making distribution of supplies.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 27th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>19. : providing for the addition of ten thousand dollars to the contingent fund of the Senate.</dc:title>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent fund of the Senate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be added to
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/270">270</page> the contingent fund of the Senate for the payment of the current expenses of special and select.committees for the fiscal year ending June the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</content>
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<dc:title>20. : to provide for printing certain documents relating to customs revenues and domestic exports for the use of Congress.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Documents relating to customs revenues and domestic exports; printing, distribution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print for the use of Congress four thousand seven hundred copies of Senate Miscellaneous Document Number Forty-six, first session Forty-sixth Congress, with additional data, to be furnished by the compiler of said document, showing the imports for the fiscal years ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine eighteen hundred and eighty, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and a compilation of exports of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States from seventeen hundred and eighty-nine to eighteen hundred aud eighty-three, inclusive (ninety four years), in which the quantity, value, and value per unit of quantity of each article are given by fiscal years and decades, also the value exported to each country and value from each State, with other additional data prepared by Charles H. Evans, of the Treasury Department.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the documents described in the foregoing section be stitched and bound as one volume; that three thousand copies of the same be for the use of the House of Representatives and fif teen hundred copies for the use of the Senate one hundred for the Ways and Means Committee, and one hundred for the Senate Committee on Finance.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>21. : granting certain publications to the Cincinnati Law Library.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting certain publications to the Cincinnati Law Library.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cincinnati Law Library, books, etc., donated to the.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to furnish to the Cincinnati Law Library, if the same can be done without inconvenience from publications on hand belonging to the Government and without cost to the Government, two completesets of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States; two complete sets of the Revised Statutes of the United States and Statutes-at-Large; a complete set of the Annals aud Debates of Congress, of the Congressional Globe, and the Congressional Hecord, of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives; and to enable him to comply with this resolution he is authorized to call upon and receive from any Department or office any of such books which can be supplied without inconvenience to the Government but no purchase of any of said books shall be made at the expense of the United States.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>22. : relative to the ceremonies of the unvailing of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">relative to the ceremonies of the unvailing of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-29">April 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unveiling of statue of Chief Justice Marshall; ceremonies, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the two Houses will attend the ceremony of unvailing the Statue of Chief Justice Marshall on Saturday the tenth day of May eighteen hundred and eighty four at one o clock p. m.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/271">271</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 22–25. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Joint Committee on the Library are hereby authorized to make all necessary arrangements for said ceremonial and that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expense thereof to be added to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives and disbursed on the order of said Committee.</p></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing Secretary of War to loan to the mayor of Rich-mood, Virginia, a certain amount of flags and bunting for use at n Fair</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-03">May 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of flags to mayor of Richmond, Virginia, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to loan to the mayor of the City of Richmond, Virginia, or to such committee as may be appointed by the R. E. Lee Camp, to receive the same, such flags and bunting as can be conveniently spared to be used in the decoration of the Armory of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, on the occasion of a fair to be held there in May eighteen hundred and eighty four, to raise funds to build a house for maimed and disabled Confederate soldiers, with such security for their prompt and safe return as he may deem necessary: <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the transportation of said flags and bunting to and from Richmond shall be without expense to the Government.</proviso></content>
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<dc:title>24. : authorizing the Secretary of War to loan two hundred flags to the city of Charlotte North Carolina for the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of War to loan two hundred flags to the city of Charlotte North Carolina for the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-03">May 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of flags, etc., to mayor of Charlotte, North. Carolina.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to loan to the mayor and aidermen of the city of Charlotte North Carolina, two hundred United States flags, or as many as can be conveniently spared, to be used in decorating said city at the approaching celebration of the one hundred and ninth anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May twentieth, seventeen hundred and seventy-five : <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That satisfactory security be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> given for the safe return of said flags and that the Government be at no expense for transportation.</proviso></content>
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<dc:title>25. : to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of eulogies on Thomas H. Herndon late a Representative in Congress.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of eulogies on Thomas H. Herndon late a Representative in Congress.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-03">May 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas H. Herndon, printing of eulogies on the late.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas H. Herndon, a Representative-elect in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of Alabama, twelve thousand five hundred copies of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portrait.</p></sidenote> said Thomas H. Herndon to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<dc:title>26. : filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/272">272</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 26–28. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Regents Smithsonian Institution, appointment to ffil vacancy, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class “other than members of Congress”, occasioned by the resignation of Peter Parker, be filled by the appointment of James C. Welling of the city of Washington.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>27. : in relation to ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">in relation to ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Monument, dedication ceremonies.</p></sidenote>Whereas the shaft of the Washington Monument is approaching completion, and it is proper that it should be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies, calculated to perpetuate the fame of the illustrious man who was “ first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen;” Therefore,</recital>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint Congressional Commission, etc.</p></sidenote>,</resolvingClause>
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<chapeau class="inline">That a commission to consist of five Senators appointed by the President of the Senate, eight Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three members of the Washington Monument Society, and the United States engineer in charge of the work, be, and the same is hereby, created, with full powers to make arrangements for—</chapeau>
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<num value="1">First. </num>
<content>The dedication of the monument to the name and memory of George Washington, by the President of the United States, with appropriate ceremonies.</content>
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<num value="2">Second. </num>
<content>A procession from the monument to the Capitol, escorted by regular and volunteer corps, the Washington Monument Society, representatives of cities, States, and organizations which have contributed blocks of stone, and such bodies of citizens as may desire to appear.</content>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Third. </num>
<content>An oration in the hall of the House of Representatives, on the twenty-second day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five, by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop, who delivered the oration at the laying of the cornerstone of the monument in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, with music by the Marine Band.</content>
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<num value="4">Fourth. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Salutes of one hundred guns from the navy-yard, the artillery headquarters, and such men-of-war as can be anchored in the Potomac.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>And such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses incurred under the above provisions, not exceeding two* thousand five hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>28. : providing for the distribution of the Congressional Globe</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>28</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-05-16</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for the distribution of the Congressional Globe</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-16">May 16, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional Globe; act providing for distribution of.</p></sidenote>
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<chapeau class="inline">That the public printer is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the document-rooms of the Department of the Interior, the bound volumes of the Congressional Globe purchased from Messrs Rives, and such other bound volumes of the Globe and Record, prior to the Forty-eighth Congress, as are in his charge ; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, from said volumes to supply, as far as possible, existing deficiencies in the sets of these documents in the following libraries, in the order named:</chapeau>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/273">273</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 28–30,32. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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<num value="1">First. </num>
<content>The Library of the Executive Mansion, the library of each of the Executive Departments of the Governments, the library of the Supreme Court, and the library of the Court of Claims.</content>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Secondly. </num>
<content>The State and Territorial libraries of the United States.</content>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Thirdly. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Such other libraries in the United States as contain more than five thousand volumes each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the Public Printer is hereby directed upon the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, to deliver to him such volumes of the Globe now in bis charge in unbound form as may be desired by any of the above named libraries for the completion of the set of the same, which shall be forwarded to said library upon receiving its assurance that it will cause the volumes thus supplied to be bound and placed upon its shelves: <proviso>Provided, That before such distribution is made, the Public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to report to Congress list of libraries, with number of Documents, etc., furnished.</p></sidenote> Printer shall deliver to the libraries of the Senate and House of Representatives such volumes as are required to complete fifty sets in each.</proviso></p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress the libraries to which these documents are forwarded, and the number of volumes delivered to each.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 16, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>29. : to fill vacancies existing in the Board of Managers of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to fill vacancies existing in the Board of Managers of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-16">May 16, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of managers of National Ionic for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; appointment, etc., to fill vacancies in.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That William B. Franklin, of Connecticut, John C. Black, of Illinois, and Thomas W. Hyde, of Maine, be and are hereby, appointed managers of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill vacancies occasioned by the expiration of the terms of office, on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, of William B. Franklin, of Connecticut, John M. Palmer of Illinois, and Charles W. Roberts of Maine.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 16, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>30. : authorizing the loan of certain flags to the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>30</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 273</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the loan of certain flags to the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of flags, etc., to Portland Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Navy under such conditions as he may deem proper is hereby authorized to loan to the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association for use at its fair at Portland, Maine, in June eighteen hundred and eighty-four, any flags or bunting which can be spared from Kittery Navy Yard, the Association paying expenses and making good any damage.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>32. : reappropriating an unexpended balance for the relief of the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and tributaries.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>32</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 273</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-07</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">reappropriating an unexpended balance for the relief of the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and tributaries.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-07">June 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation, etc., to sufferers from overflow of Mississippi River.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That so much of the appropriation for the relief of sufferers by the overflow in the Ohio River and its tributaries as remains unexpended may be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence, stores, and payment for necessary transportation to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part, in making distribution of supplies.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>33. : providing for printing the proceedings relative to unveiling the statue of John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>33</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 274</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/274">274</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 33, 34, 36, 37. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<docNumber>[33.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for printing the proceedings relative to unveiling the statue of John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of Joint Committee on the Library on erection of statue to Chief Justice John Marshall; printing; distribution.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed and bound ten thousand five hundred extra copies of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Library respecting the erection of a statue to John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States, three thousand five hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate and seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Joint Committee on Public Printing be and is hereby directed to procure an engraving of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall to accompany the report aforesaid, and for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving of statue authorized.</p></sidenote>purpose of engraving and printing said engraving, the sum of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>34. : authorizing the President of the United States to appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps two second lieutenants</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>34</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the President of the United States to appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps two second lieutenants</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, the promotion of two sergeants of the Signal Corps to be second lieutenants not having been made for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as authorized by law, because of a pending question as to the construction thereof: Therefore,</recital>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of sergeants from Signal Corps to be second lieutenants.</p></sidenote>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps the two second lieutenants for that year, to rank from the date of appointment, the same as if the power to appoint had not lapsed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>36. : to print additional copies of certain publications.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to print additional copies of certain publications.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenth Census, Rebellion Record, etc., Public Printer authorized to print, etc., when.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whenever the Public Printer shall have received a sufficient number of orders for copies of the reports of the Tenth Census of the United States, or for the compendium of the Tenth Census; or for the “Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion,” or for the “Rebellion Record,” or for the volumes already published or to be published hereafter of the Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General’s Office, accompanied in each case by the cost price thereof, with ten per cent additional, to warrant, in his opinion, the expense of putting the plates to press, he shall cause an edition or editions thereof to be printed: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the number of copies, thus at any time printed shall not exceed the number ordered and paid for in advance of publication.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>37. : providing for the printing of the last annual report of the Commissioner of Education.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>37</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for the printing of the last annual report of the Commissioner of Education.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report of Commissioner of Education, printing and distribution of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three there be printed six thousand copies for the use of the Senate, twelve thousand copies for the use of the House of Rep-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/275">275</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 37–40. 1884.</centerRunningHead> resentatives, and twenty thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>38. : granting permission to exhibit to the Capitol a model of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>38</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 275</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-23</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting permission to exhibit to the Capitol a model of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-23">June 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bartholdi statue, exhibition of model of, at the Capitol, Washington.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That permission be and is hereby granted to the committee of which William M. Evarts is chairman, having in charge the erection of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” on Bedloe’s Island, in theharbor of New York, to exhibit in the Capitol, under the direction and subject to the control of the Architect, a model of the pedestal now in process of construction: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the said model shall not occupy a floor-space of more than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> ten feet square, and shall be removed without expense to the Government whenever required by the Architect of the Capitol.</proviso></content>
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<dc:title>39. : authorizing the Secretary of War to lease certain lands to the board of fish commissioners of the State of Michigan.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State board, of fish commissioners of Michigan; lease of certain lands to.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of Waris directed and hereby duly authorized to lease to the State board of fish Commissioners of the State of Michigan the parcel or strip of land lying north of and adjoining the Saint Mary’s Falls Ship Canal, and between said canal and the rapids of the Saint Mary’s River, in the county of Chipewa and State of Michigan, including such portion of the lands reserved for the use of the canal as are not now needed for canal purposes, upon condition that the premises so leased are to be used solely by said Commissioners for the culture and propagation of food-fishes and the residence of the employees of the commission, and that the use of said premises by them shall in no way interfere with the use of the same lands for canal purposes whenever required by the United States Government. The Secretary of War is requested to cause the removal of all persons now occupying any part of the said premises on or before July first, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-four. The lease to said Commissioners shall be rent free, and the buildings to be erected by said commissioners shall be first approved by the engineer officer in charge of the canal.</content>
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<dc:title>40. : for printing the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual reports of Bureau of Ethnology, printing and distribution, of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office fifteen thousand five hundred copies of each of the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, with accompanying papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of the series ; of which three thousand five hundred of each shall be for the use of the Senate, seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.</content>
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<dc:title>41. : for printing the Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for printing the Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual reports of Director of United States Geological Survey, printing arid distribution of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office, in addition to the number already ordered by law, fifteen thousand five hundred copies of each of the Fourth and Fifth annual Reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, uniform with the preceding volumes of the series; of which three thousand five hundred of each shall be for the use of the Senate, seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey.</content>
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<dc:title>42. : to amend a resolution approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, providing for the publication of Report of Public Land Commieioner, and tor other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to amend a resolution approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, providing for the publication of Report of Public Land Commieioner, and tor other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Codified Land Laws and History of Public Domain of United States: extension of time in which copies, etc., may be sold.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of Codified Land Laws and History of the Public Domain of the United States, approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be amended by the substitution of the word three in the place of two in the proviso of said resolution, so that it shall read “That all copies not ordered to be distributed within three years after the passage of this act shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior, as provided in said act; and also that the regulations for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Records of war of the Rebellion: provisions of act for distribution of copies of, amended.</p></sidenote>distribution of the official Records of the war of the Rebellion, in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended by striking out the words “until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” and substituting therefor “ until the expiration of their respective terms of congressional service.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>43. : to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the government.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provision for temporary expenditures of the Government.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the government under existing laws which shall remain unprovided toron the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-four be, and they are hereby continued and made available for a period of five days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriations therefor provided for in bills now pending in Congress, shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five ; and in case the appropriations, or any of them, hereby continued, are or is, insufficient to carry on the said necessary operations, a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no greater amount shall be expended therefor than will be in the same proportion to the appropriations of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as five days time bears to the whole of said fiscal year:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That authority is also granted for continuing during the same period the necessary work required for public printing and binding, and for all other miscellaneous objects embodied in the Sundry Civil and Naval appropriation acts, in advance of appropriations to be hereafter made for said objects:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, All sums expended under this
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/277">277</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Res. 43-47. 1884.</centerRunningHead> act shall be charged to and be deducted from the appropriations for like service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</proviso></content>
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<dc:title>44. : providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty four.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty four.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual Report of Commissioner of Agriculture.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and distribution of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed four hundred thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four; three hundred thousand copies for use of members of the House of Representatives, seventy thousand copies for use of members of the Senate, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars or so much<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the cost of the publication of said Report.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>45. : authorizing the printing and binding of additional copies of the reports of the National Board of Health.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports of National Board of Health, printing of additional copies of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to print and bind, for the use of the National Board of Health one thousand copies of each of its annual reports beginning with the year eighteen hundred and eighty.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>46. : providing for the printing of fifty thousand copies of the first annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">providing for the printing of fifty thousand copies of the first annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, printing and distribution of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed fifty thousand copies of the first annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, of which ten thousand shall be for the use of members of the Senate, thirty-five thousand for the use of members of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for the use of the Commissioner of Agriculture; the illustrations to be executed under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illustrations.</p></sidenote> the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>47. : for the payment of certain persons therein named for clerical services rendered the District of Columbia in making numerical and "assess" books</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the payment of certain persons therein named for clerical services rendered the District of Columbia in making numerical and "assess" books</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. G. Cowie.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. A. Hall.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized to pay the following named persons for clerical services in making numerical and "assess" books, namely: To F G. Cowie, one hundred and thirty eight dollars; to G. A. Hall, four
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/278">278</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Res. 47, 48. 1884.</centerRunningHead><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W, E. Morgan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geo. S. Bell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas B. Shoemaker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Griffin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E.W.W. Griffin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. A. Fish.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank Wilson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. F. Thompson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles D. Merwin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>hundred and thirty five dollars ; to W. E M organ, five hundred and five dollars ; to Geo S. Bell, one hundred and eighty dollars ; to Thomas B. Shoemaker, forty-five dollars; to William Griffin, nine hundred dollars; to E. W. W. Griffin, nine hundred dollars; to R. A. Fish, nine hundred dollars; to Frank Wilson, nine hundred dollars; to J F Thompson, one hundred and seventy one dollars ; to Charles I). Merwin, thirty dollars ; in all, five thousand one hundred and four dollars, out of any money appropriated for the District of Columbia not otherwise specifically set apart for special purposes.</content>
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<dc:title>48. : authorizing the immediate payment of the officers and employees of the Senate and of the House for the month of July.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the immediate payment of the officers and employees of the Senate and of the House for the month of July.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to employees of Senate and. House, etc., made immediately available.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and the House borne upon the annual roll their respective compensations including the Capitol Police for the month of July eighteen hundred and eighty four as soon as practicable after the adjournment of this session of Congress.</content>
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<p class="centered">PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS</p>
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<enrolledDateline><i>Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December</i>, 1884, <i>and teas adjourned without day on Tuesday, the third day of March</i>, 1885.
<inline class="smallCaps">Chester A. Arthur</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">George F. Edmunds</inline>, President of the Senate <i>pro tempore</i>; <inline class="smallCaps">John G. Carlisle</inline>, Speaker of the House of Representatives; <inline class="smallCaps">Joseph C. S. Blackburn</inline> was elected Speaker <i>pro tempore</i> on the thirty-first day of January, 1885.</enrolledDateline>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1: to provide statuary and historical tablets for the Saratoga monument.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>1.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide statuary and historical tablets for the Saratoga monument.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">Dec. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saratoga monument, Schuylerville, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statuary anti historical tablets for.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Saratoga Monument Association in statuary and historical tablets within and upon the monument now erected at Schuylerville, New York, commemorative of Burgoyne’s surrender.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said money shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the said association upon the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> certificate and receipt of the president of the association.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December 18th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 2: authorizing the Secretary of State to procure duplicates of certain French and American medals.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 279</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-18</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>2</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>2.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of State to procure duplicates of certain French and American medals.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">Dec. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French and American medals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of seventy-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of State to procure duplicates of certain French and American medals,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplication of</p></sidenote> presented to Congress by George W. Erving, for the use of the National Library, anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty-two, which being shipwrecked and lost were replaced by Mr. Erving, and which were destroyed by the fire in the Library in eighteen hundred and fifty-one.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, December 18th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/279" renderingPosition="bottom">(279)</page>
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<dc:title>Chap. 3: to authorize the Hillsborough National Bank to change its name to that of the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 280</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-18</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/280">280</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 3, 4, 7. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>3.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Hillsborough National Bank to change its name to that of the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">Dec. 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hillsborough National Bank, Hillsborough, Ohio, to change name.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the name of the Hillsborough National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio, shall be changed to the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio, whenever the board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolutions of the board, and cause a copy of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>resolutions, duly authenticated to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance be made within six months after the passage of this act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., not affected.</p></sidenote> and powers of the Hillsborough National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio, shall devolve upon and inure to the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio, whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December 18th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 4: granting the right of way to the city of Newport, Rhode Island, over the breakwater at Goat Island.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 280</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-20</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>4</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>4.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting the right of way to the city of Newport, Rhode Island, over the breakwater at Goat Island.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-20">Dec. 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way granted to the city of Newport, R. I., across breakwater at Goat Island, for drainage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the city of Newport, Rhode Island, is hereby granted the right to construct and maintain a sewer for drainage purposes through or across the breakwater at Goat Island, subject to such conditions as the Secretary of War may prescribe: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such conditions shall be accepted by the city of Newport before the work herein authorized shall be commenced.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December twentieth, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 7: detaching Grandy County, Tennessee, from the southern division of the district of East Tennessee and attaching it to the middle district of said State, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 280</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-27</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>7.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">detaching Grandy County, Tennessee, from the southern division of the district of East Tennessee and attaching it to the middle district of said State, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-27">Dec. 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grundy County, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detached from southern division of District of East Tennessee, and attached to middle district of the State.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the County of Grundy, in the State of Tennessee, shall be detached from the southern division of the District of East Tennessee and be attached to the middle district of Tennessee and that all process hereafter issuing except as hereinafter provided against citizens of said county of Grundy from the district or circuit courts of said State shall be returnable before the district or circuit courts for the middle district of Tennessee; and that any case now pending in the district or circuit court of the United States for the southern district of East Tennessee against citizens of said county of Grundy may, at their election, be transferred to the district or circuit court for the middle district of Tennessee at Nashville.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the county of Fentress in the middle District of Tennessee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fentress County, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detached from middle district of Tennessee, and attached to southern division of District of East Tennessee.</p></sidenote> be detached therefrom and added to the southern division of the District of East Tennessee; and hereafter all process issuing except as hereinafter provided against citizens of the county of Fentress from the District and Circuit Courts of the United States shall be returnable before said court at Chattanooga in said State: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That causes now pending in the middle District of Tennessee from Fentress county shall be determined where pending, except in cases where both parties <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>consent to removal:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses heretofore committed in either of said counties, shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this act had not been passed.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December twenty seventh, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 8: to change the name of the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 281</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-08</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>8</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/281">281</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 8, 9, 18, 19. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>8.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to change the name of the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-08">Jan. 8, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slater National Bank, North Providence, Rhode Island, to change name.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the name of the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island, be changed to the Slater National Bank of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, whenever the board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolution of the board, confirmed by a vote or the written consent of stockholders holding two-thirds of the stock of the bank, and cause a copy of such action, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance shall be made within six months<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> after the passage of this act, and that all expenses incident to the proposed change, including engraving, shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all the debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., not affected.</p></sidenote> and powers of the Slater National Bank of North Providence shall inure to the Slater National Bank of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 8th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 9: to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 281</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>9</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>9.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First National Bank of Omaha, Nebr., increase or capital stock authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the First National Bank of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, in accordance with existing laws, to any sum not exceeding two million dollars, notwithstanding the limit heretofore in its original articles of association, and determined by the Comptroller of the Currency; and the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized to fix the limit of increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska, at the amount of two million dollars.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 18: to issue American papers to the lighter or barge Pirate, now at New York</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 281</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-13</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>18</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>18.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to issue American papers to the lighter or barge Pirate, now at New York</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-13">Jan. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighter or barge Pirate at New York. American papers to be issued to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to grant and issue to the lighter or barge Pirate, now lying at New York, an American register or enrollment.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 19: to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices in the city of Carson City, in the State of Nevada.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 281</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-13</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>19</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>19.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices in the city of Carson City, in the State of Nevada.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-13">Jan. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carson City, Nev.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building. Purchase of site for.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Carson City, in the State of Nevada, a suitable building, with a fireproof vault, for the accommodation of the United States courts, the post-office, and other Government offices in said city, which site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/282">282</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 19, 20, 22. 1885.</centerRunningHead> fifty feet, including streets and alleys; the site, and building thereon, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no money to be appropriated for said building shall be available until a valid title to the site selected is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Nevada shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 20: providing for the erection of a public building at Waco, Texas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 282</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-13</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>20</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>20.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">providing for the erection of a public building at Waco, Texas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-13">Jan. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waco, Tex. Public building. Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fire proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices at the city of Waco, Texas. The plans, specifications, and full <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote>estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Texas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 22: for the relief of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 282</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>22</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>22.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-17">Jan. 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metropolitan police force of District of Columbia,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed to allow, and pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each of such persons, or their legal representatives, who were officers, clerks, and employees of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia on the twenty-eighth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, a sum equal to twenty per centum on the salary of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1867, ch. 99, vol. 14, p. 412.</p></sidenote>persons as fixed by law, for the time stated in said resolution of the twenty-eighth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 23: to provide for the expenses and compensation of Special Messengers to be sent by the Secretary of State to the States respectively of Iowa and Oregon, for the certificates of the electoral vote of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for President and Vice-President of the United States in pursuance of the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one, of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</dc:title>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 23, 25. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/283">283</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>23.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the expenses and compensation of Special Messengers to be sent by the Secretary of State to the States respectively of Iowa and Oregon, for the certificates of the electoral vote of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for President and Vice-President of the United States in pursuance of the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one, of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-17">Jan. 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers sent for certificates of electoral votes of Iowa and Oregon for President and Vice-President of the United States, December, 1884.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1792, R. S., chap. 1, <inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 140, p. 23.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1792, R. S., chap. 1, <inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 141, p. 23.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the compensation, expenses or mileage as the case may be, of two messengers, one to the State of Iowa and one to the State of Oregon; to receive from the United States District Judge in each of said States the certificate of the electoral vote of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for President and Vice-President of the United States deposited with such Judges under the provisions of section one hundred and forty, of the Revised Statutes of the United States and called for by the Secretary of State under the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one, of the Revised Statutes of the United States. The sum hereby appropriated shall be immediately available and shall be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 25: to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and one.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 283</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-20</dc:date>
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<docNumber>25</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and one.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-20">Jan. 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claimants may apply by petition within two years.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That such citizens of the United States, or their legal representatives, as had valid claims to indemnity upon the French Government arising out of illegal captures, detentions, seizures, condemnations, and confiscations prior to the ratification of the convention between the United States and the French Republic concluded on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred, the ratifications of which were exchanged on the thirty-first day of July following, may apply by petition to the Court of Claims, within two years from the passage of this act, as hereinafter provided: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain classes of claims not included.</p></sidenote> That the provisions of this act shall not extend to such claims as were embraced in the convention between the United States and the French Republic concluded on the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred and three; nor to such claims growing out of the acts of France as were allowed and paid, in whole or in part, under the provisions of the treaty between the United States and Spain concluded on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen; nor to such claims as were allowed, in whole or in part, under the provisions of the treaty between the United States and France concluded on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the court is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court to make needful rules.</p></sidenote> not contravening the laws of the land or the provisions of this act, for executing the provisions hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the court shall examine and determine the validity and amount,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court to determine as to validity, amount, ownership of claims, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso as to testimony and law, and report of conclusions.</p></sidenote> of all the claims included within the description above mentioned, together with their present ownership, and, if by assignee, the date of the assignment, with the consideration paid therefor: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in the course of their proceedings they shall receive all suitable testimony on oath or affirmation, and all other proper evidence, historic and documentary, concerning the same; and they shall decide upon the validity of said claims according to the rules of law, municipal and international, and the treaties of the United States applicable to the same, and shall report all such conclusions of fact and law as in their judgment may affect the liability of the United States therefor.</proviso></content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney General of the United States to be notified of all petitions presented, and resist claims by legal defenses.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/284">284</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25, 26, 29. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the court shall cause notice of all petitions presented under this act to be served on the Attorney-General of the United States, who shall be authorized, by himself or his assistant, to examine witnesses, to cause testimony to be taken, to have access to all testimony taken under this act, and to be beard by the court. He shall resist ail claims presented under this act by all proper legal defenses.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to procure, as soon as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of State to procure evidence and documents from abroad.</p></sidenote> possible after the passage of this act, through the American minister at Paris or otherwise, all such evidence and documents relating to the claims above mentioned as can be obtained from abroad; which,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record of proceedings and documents to be deposited in State Department.</p></sidenote> together with the like evidence and documents on file in the Department of State, or which may be filed in the Department, may be used before the court by the claimants interested therein, or by the United States, but the same shad not be removed from the files of the court; and after the hearings are closed the record of the proceedings of the court and the documents produced before them shall be deposited in the Department of State.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That on the first Monday of December in each year the court shall report <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court to report to Congress, but finding and report to be taken only as advisory.</p></sidenote>to Congress, for final action, the facts found by it, and its conclusions in all cases which it has disposed of and not previously reported. Such finding and report of the court shall be taken to be merely advisory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims barred if not presented in two years.</p></sidenote>as to the law and facts found, and shall not conclude either the claimant or Congress; and all claims not finally presented to said court within the period of two years limited by this act shall be forever barred; and nothing in this act shall be construed as committing the United States to the payment of any such claims.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 26: granting the right of way to the Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company across the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 284</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-20</dc:date>
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<docNumber>26</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting the right of way to the Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company across the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-20">Jan. 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way through Fort Robinson Military Reservation, Nebr., granted to Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, are hereby granted the right of way, one hundred feet in width, for their said railroad, across and through the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, located in said State of Nebraska, not to interfere with any buildings or improvements thereon, and the location thereof to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 29: to authorize the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department certain parts of the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of Utah.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 284</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-21</dc:date>
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<docNumber>29</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department certain parts of the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of Utah.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-21">Jan. 21, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Camp Douglas Military Reservation, UtaII.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain parts restored to public domain.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to relinquish and turn over to the Department of the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, such parts of what is known as the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of Utah, as are embraced in the claim of Mr. Charles Popper; the same being in accordance with the recommendations of the board of officers comprised of I. N. Palmer, colonel Second Cavalry, president of the board; F. F. Flint, colonel Fourth Cavalry; and George O. Weber, first-lieutenant Fourth Infantry, recorder, constituted for the purpose of exandning the claim of the said Charles Popper by order of Brigadier
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/285">285</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29, 30. 1385.</centerRunningHead> General Crook, dated, Omaha, Nebraska, May seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and approved by the Secretary of War, and described as follows, namely: The northwest quarter of the southeast<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description.</p></sidenote> quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and the northwest fractional quarter of the southwest fractional quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter of the southwest fractional quarter, and the north fractional half of the southwest fractional quarter of the southwest fractional quarter of section thirty three, township one north, range one east of the Salt Lake meridian, containing in all one hundred and fifty-one and eighty-one hundredths acres, more or less, and all lying within the said Camp Douglas Military Reservation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior, after said restoration, shall,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to cause survey to be made.</p></sidenote> at the expense of said Charles Popper, cause, the lands to be surveyed and segregated from the reservation by the surveyor-General of Utah; and that at any time within ninety days after the restoration of the lands the said Charles Popper shall be permitted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles Popper to have right to entry of same for ninety days after.</p></sidenote>to make a private entry of the said lands at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and during the ninety days no other person or persons shall be permitted to make an entry of the same, or to commence any proceedings to obtain title thereto under the homestead law or any other laws by which the lands of the United States are disposed of.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 21st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 30: to authorize the construction of bridges across the Mississippi River, one within the State of Minnesota and one between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 285</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-21</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>30</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>30.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of bridges across the Mississippi River, one within the State of Minnesota and one between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-21">Jan. 21, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Saint Paul, and Saint Louis Railroad Company authorized to construct bridge over the Mississippi River between Hastings and Red Wing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge to be either pivot-draw or continuous spans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elevation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Chicago, Saint Paul and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at the most suitable point between the cities of Hastings and Red Wing: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That Congress may at any time prescribe such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed reasonable.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built as a pivot-draw bridge or with unbroken or continuous spans: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if made with continuous or unbroken spans it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty-five and one-half feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans give a clear width of waterway<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote> of less than two hundred and fifty feet; and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, and give a Clear width of waterway of not less than three hundred feet:</proviso> <i>And provided also</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">waterway.</p></sidenote> That any bridge built under this act as a pivot-draw bridge shall have.a draw over the main channel at an accessible and navigable point, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote> with spans giving a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred and sixty feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans shall give a clear width of waterway of not less than two hundred and fifty feet, and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark and not less than ten feet above extreme high- water mark, measured to the bottom chord of the bridge: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote> That said draw shall always be opened promptly upon reasonable signal; and said company,or its successors and assigns, shall at all proper times keep and maintain such lights as the Light-House Board may direct; and all plans for the construction of said bridge and approaches thereto must first be submitted to the Secretary of War<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans to be approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> for his approval, and when the same shall be approved by the said Secretary the work thereon may be commenced and prosecuted to completion:</proviso> <proviso><i>And pro-</i>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/286">286</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29, 30. 1385.</centerRunningHead><i>vided further</i>, That as nearly as practicable the said bridge shall be at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be built at right angles to river current.</p></sidenote> right angles to and the piers parallel with the current of said river:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That any change in the mode of construction of said bridge shall be first submitted to the said Secretary for his approval, and when approved the said company may then proceed with the construction in accordance with said change:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be preserved.</p></sidenote>That if said bridge when constructed shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be a substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river the said Secretary shall require said company to change the construction thereof so as to avoid any serious and substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, at the expense of the owners of said bridge.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the bridge hereby authorized shall be a lawful structure,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shall be a post-route with no more than usual charges per mile.</p></sidenote> and shall be a post-route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of the mails of the United States, and the troops and munitions of war, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid to railroads and transportation companies leading to said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad companies entitled to equal rights and privileges.</p></sidenote> have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owner’s of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to decide upon disagreement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of section three in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said bridge.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be subject, except as above mentioned, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subject otherwise to limitations and provisions of act for construction of bridge at Clinton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1872, vol. 17, ch. 281, p. 215.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to require owners to build structures for confining flow of water to permanent channel and aids to navigation, if necessary.</p></sidenote> the limitations and provisions of an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads,” approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require the company or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, likes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel anti for the guiding of rafts, steamboat, and other watercraft safely through the draw and raft-spans, as shall be specified in his order in that behalf.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for postal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. to have right of way for postal telegraph.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved.</p></sidenote> telegraph across said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in such structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest require it is also expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That said company, its successors and assigns, may construct<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same company may construct bridge over the Mississippi River between Hastings and Saint Paul, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> and maintain a bridge across the Mississippi River at a suitable point between the western limits of Hastings, Minnesota, and the western limits of Saint Paul, Minnesota: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the bridge authorized by this section shall have all the privileges and be subject to all the terms, restrictions, reservations of power, and requirements contained in the foregoing sections of this act.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 21st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 38: to authorize the Nation;.! Bank of Bloomington Illinois, to change its name to the First National Bank of Bloomington.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-01-27</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 38, 41, 43. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/287">287</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>38.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Nation;.! Bank of Bloomington Illinois, to change its name to the First National Bank of Bloomington.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-27">Jan. 27, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Bank, of Bloomington, Ill., to change name.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the name of the National Bank of Bloomington, located at Bloomington, Illinois, shall be changed to the First National Bank of Bloomington, whenever the board of directors of said bank shall accept the new name by resolutions of the board, and cause a copy of such resolutions, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> be made within six months after the passage of this act.</proviso></content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all debts, demands, liabilities, rights, privileges, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liabilities, etc., not affected.</p></sidenote> powers of the National Bank of Bloomington, shall devolve upon and inure to the First National Bank of Bloomington whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 27th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 41: extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Wyoming Territory.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Wyoming Territory.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-28">Jan. 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Wyoming Territory limited.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That justices of the peace in the Territory of Wyoming shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy where the debt or sum claimed exceeds three hundred dollars;</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this enactment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All laws conflicting herewith, repealed.</p></sidenote> be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 28th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 43: making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-01-30</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>43.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-30">Jan. 30, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval service.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the six months beginning January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- five, and for other purposes:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the pay of the Navy, for the active-list, namely: For one Admiral,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of the Navy active-list officers.</p></sidenote> one Vice-Admiral, eight rear-admirals, seven Chiefs of Bureaus, twenty-one commodores, forty-five captains, eighty-seven commanders, seventy-eight lieutenant-commanders, two hundred and seventy- two lieutenants, ninety-five junior lieutenants, one hundred and ninety- three ensigns, fourteen medical directors, fifteen medical inspectors, fifty surgeons, seventy-nine passed assistant surgeons, eight assistant surgeons, two assistant surgeons not in the line of promotion (who shall hereafter, after fifteen years’ service, be entitled to receive, as annual pay, when at sea, two thousand one hundred dollars, when on shore duty one thousand eight hundred dollars, and when on leave or waiting orders one thousand six hundred dollars), thirteen pay directors, twelve pay-inspectors, forty-nine paymasters, twenty- nine passed assistant paymasters, twenty assistant paymasters, sixty- nine chief engineers, ninety-three passed assistant engineers, seventy-eight assistant engineers, twenty-four chaplains, eleven professors of mathematics, ten naval constructors, nine assistant naval constructors, ten civil engineers, one hundred and eighty-eight warrant officers,
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/288">288</page> thirty-eight mates, two hundred and ninety-five naval cadets; in all, one million seven hundred and forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the retired-list, namely: For forty-three rear-admirals, twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired-list officers.</p></sidenote> commodores, eleven captains, twelve commanders, sixteen lieutenant-commanders, twenty-seven lieutenants, seven ensigns, twenty-two medical directors, two medical inspectors, four surgeons, five passed assistant surgeons, seven assistant surgeons, nine pay-directors, two pay-inspectors, four paymasters, two passed assistant paymasters, one assistant paymaster, eleven chief engineers, twenty passed assistant engineers, twenty-six assistant engineers, eight chaplains, six professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, three civil engineers, thirteen boatswains, ten gunners, nine carpenters, and seven sailmakers; in all, three hundred and sixty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay to petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petty officers, seamen, etc.</p></sidenote> boys, including men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey service, not exceeding eight thousand two hundred and fifty in all, one million two hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries, clerks to paymasters, etc.</p></sidenote> clerks to paymasters, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange, mileage, extra pay, etc.</p></sidenote>and interest, transportation of funds, exchange; mileage to officers while travelling under orders in the United States, and for actual personal expenses of officers while travelling abroad under orders, and for travelling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian employees, and for . <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses cadets, apothecaries, yeoman, civilian employés, etc.</p></sidenote>actual and necessary travelling expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets, and for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, in excess of the numbers of each clasS provided for in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>this act, and for any increase of pay arising from different duty, as the needs of the service may require; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses fees, and travelling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices at the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library; mail and express wagons, and livery and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress, and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; care and transportation of the dead; reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction, and information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof,one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extraordinary expenses.</p></sidenote> abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p></content>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation supplies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, rockets, running-lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books; compass-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/289">289</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43. 1885.</centerRunningHead> fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s ways, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-rooms, for decks and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other than that used in the engineer department; candles when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights; chimneys and wicks and soap used in the navigation department; stationery for commanders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering-signals and indicators, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communication on board vessels of war; and for introducing electric lights on board vessels of war, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of compass-testing house.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erection of compass-testing house, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and telegraphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes and materials, and all other contingent expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For procuring, producing, and preserving ordnance material; for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance stores and supplies.</p></sidenote> armament of ships; for fuel, tools, materials, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval experimental battery, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun-parks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like character, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees, cartage and express charges, repairs to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at magazines, toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the torpedo corps, namely: For labor, material, freight and express<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo corps.</p></sidenote> charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment of vessels.</p></sidenote> expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; iron tor the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heating-apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for the naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting.</p></sidenote> service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the re-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/290">290</page>cruiting for the naval service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage, car-tickets, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assistance to vessels in distress, continuous-service certificates and good-conduct badges for enlisted men, schoolbooks for training-ships, medals for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, four thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freights<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yards and docks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> and transportation of materials and stores; books, models, maps, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards, and tools and repairs of the same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service, and telegrams; furniture for Government houses and offices in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards, and care of public buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire-engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental labor at navy-yards; water-tax, and for toll and ferriages; rent of four officers’ quarters at League Island; pay of the watchmen in the navy-yards; and for awning and packing-boxes, and advertising for yard and dock purposes, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, twelve thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of the medical department: For surgeons, necessaries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgeons, necessaries.</p></sidenote> for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the naval hospital fund, namely: For maintenance of the naval- hospitals<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital fund.</p></sidenote> at the various navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand dollars. And if the Secretary of the Navy shall not be able to maintain properly the whole number of naval hospitals now kept open on the amounts hereby appropriated for the maintenance of and civil establishment at naval hospitals, be shall close those which are least necessary to the service, and provide for the patients now cared for therein at such other naval hospitals as may be most convenient.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Bureau: For freight on medical stores;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> transportation of insane patients; advertising; telegraphing; purchase of books; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; purchase and repair of wagons and harness; purchase and feed of horses and cows; trees, garden tools, and seeds, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs</p></sidenote> including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the maintenance of the civil establishment at the several naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishments.</p></sidenote> hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, ten thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/291">291</page>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions and clothing.</p></sidenote> officers, seamen, and marines; expenses of the handling and transportation of provisions; of inspections and storehouses; purchase of water for ships for cooking and drinking purposes; and tor provisions and commutation of rations for seven hundred and fifty boys, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all enlisted men and boys in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the Navy, attached to any United States vessel or station and doing duty thereon, and naval cadets, shall be allowed a ration, or commutation thereof in money, under such limitations and regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments (except provisions);<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> candles,fuel; books and blanks; stationery; advertising and commissions on sales; furniture for inspection and pay offices in navy-yards; foreign postage, telegrams, and express charges; toll, ferriages, car-tickets; yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and incidental expenses absolutely necessary, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment, three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation, repair, and completion of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of tools; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair, and incidental expenses, namely, advertising, foreign postage, telegrams, photographing, books, plans, stationery, and instruments for drawing-room, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF STEAM-ENGINEERING.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, completion, and preservation of machinery and boilers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam machinery.</p></sidenote> including steamsteerers, steam-capstans, steam-windlasses, and so forth, in vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase and pReservation of all materials and stores purchase, fitting, and repair of machinery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; wear, tear, and repair of machinery and boilers of naval vessels; incidental expenses, such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one million dollars made by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, for engines and machinery for the double-turreted ironclads be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available during the last half of the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- five, for the purposes enumerated in this paragraph: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no part of said sum shall be applied to the repair of engines and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same character and power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of which can be fully repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated cost of a new ship of the same size and material.</proviso></p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/292">292</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies, such as instrument and materials for draughting room,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the civil establishment, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>INCREASE OF THE NAVY.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the Mohican at the Mare Island Navy Yard, fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for increase of the Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion, of the Mohican.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of ironclad monitors.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and safekeeping of the ironclad monitors now in the hands of the contractors, when they shall have been turned over to the Government by said contractors, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>NAVAL ACADEMY.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors and others.</p></sidenote> mathematics, and one of chemistry, at the rate per annum of two thousand five hundred dollars each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of physics, one of Spanish, and one of English studies, history, and law, at the rate per annum of two thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant professors, namely, four of French, one of English studies, history, and law, and one of drawing, at the rate per annum of one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword-master, at the rate per annum of one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at the rate per annum of one thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at the rate per annum of one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, at the rate per annum of one thousand four hundred dollars; Secretary of the Naval Academy, at the rate per annum of one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks to superintendent, at the rate per annum of one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; one clerk to commandant of cadets, at the rate- per annum of one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, at the rate per annum of one thousand dollars; one dentist, at the rate per annum of one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at the rate per annum of seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at the rate per annum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to superintendent, at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; one armorer, at the rate per annum of five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, at the rate per annum of four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and one quarter-gunner, at the rate per annum of four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at the rate per annum of four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at the rate per annum of three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at the rate per annum of three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation-rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at the rate per annum of two hundred and forty dollars each; one bandmaster, at the rate per annum of five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at the rate per annum of three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second- class musicians, at the rate per annum of three hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of watchmen and others: For captain of the watch and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Captain of watch and others.</p></sidenote> weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watchmen, at two dollars per day each; foreman of the gas and steam-heating works of Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and steamheating works, one at three dollars, one at two dollars and fifty cents, and eight at two dollars per day each; one steam-pipe fitter, at the rate
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/293">293</page> per annum of six hundred dollars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman of painters, and one foreman of masons, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; one mason, at three dollars per day; two joiners and one painter, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; one tinner, one gas fitter, and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in al), eleven thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of mechanics and others: For one mechanic at workshop, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mechanics and laborers.</p></sidenote> two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one master laborer, to keep public grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; fourteen laborers, to assist in same, three at two dollars per diem each and eleven at one dollar and fifty cents per diem each; one laborer, to superintend quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public grounds, at two dollars per diem; twenty servants, to keep in order and attend to quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public buildings, at twenty dollars per month each; in all, seven thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineering,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employés in department of steam-engineering.</p></sidenote> Naval Academy: One master machinist, one boilermaker, and one pattern maker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; two machinists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; in all, three thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improvements, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, ten thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no appropriations provided for in this act shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> be construed to authorize or be applied to a new building for the use of the superintendent or other officers of the Academy.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, and for heating and lighting the Academy and school-ships,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, etc.</p></sidenote> eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, Naval Academy: For purchase of books<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> for the library, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for textbooks for use<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> of instructors, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Visitors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemicals, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the Department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of gas and steam machinery; steam-pipe and fittings;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas and steam machinery, freight, water, music, etc.</p></sidenote> rent of building for the use of the Academy; freight; cartage; water; music; musical and astronomical instruments; uniforms for the bandsmen; telegraphing; for feed and maintenance of teams; for current expenses and repairs of all kinds; and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stores in the department of steamenginery, four hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stores.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials for repairs.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, five hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>MARINE CORPS.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of active-list officers.</p></sidenote> commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one quartermaster, one paymaster, four majors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general United States Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twenty-two second lieutenants, ninety-eight thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; and from and after the passage of this act there shall be no appointments, except<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointments.</p></sidenote> by promotion, to fill vacancies occurring in the list of commissioned officers of the Marine Corps until the number of such officers shall have been reduced, by casualties or otherwise, below seventy-five as fixed by
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/294">294</page> the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1876, vol. 19, Ch. 169, p. 71.</p></sidenote> after the number of officers shall be reduced as above provided,the whole number of commissioned officers on the active list in the Marine Corps shall not exceed seventy five.
For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, three majors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired-list officers.</p></sidenote> two assistant quartermasters, three captains, two first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, fourteen thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates.</p></sidenote> one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drummers and lifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, one hundred and ninety-four thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ten clerks and two messengers, eight thousand and seventeen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, Messengers, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars and fifty cents; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing undrawn, ten thousand dollars; transportation of officers travelling under orders without troops, four thousand dollars; commutation of quarters for officers where there are no public buildings, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand and seventeen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions.</p></sidenote> of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military stores.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For military stores, namely: For pay of one chief armorer, at three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayonet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, swords, flags, knapsacks, drums, fifes, bugles, and other instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of ammunition, five hundred dollars; purchase and repair of instruments for the band and purchase of music, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of troops and recruiting.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of barracks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to be used for the manufacture of clothing, stores for supplies, and offices of assistant quartermaster at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there are no public buildings, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forage for four public horses, one for messenger to commandant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage.</p></sidenote> and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use at marine barracks, Mare Island, California, and League Island, Pennsylvania, three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of forage, two thousand three hundred and forty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no commutation for forage shall be paid.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies, namely: For freight; ferriage; Loll; cartage; funeral expenses of marines; stationery; telegraphing; rent of telephone; apprehension of deserters; per diem to enlisted men employed on constant labor for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men; packing-boxes; wrapping paper; oilcloth; crash; rope; twine; carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of hose: repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; repair of fire-extinguishers; purchase and repair of handcarts and wheelbarrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so forth; stoves where there are no grates; purchase of ice; towels and soap for offices; improving parade-grounds; repair of pumps and wharves laying drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other purposes, including gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yards and stations; and water at marine barracks, Boston, Massa-
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43, 45. 1885.</centerRunningHead> chusetts; Brooklyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland, and Mare Island, California; also straw for bedding for enlisted men at the various posts, and furniture for Government houses; in all, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania: For superintendent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Asylum.</p></sidenote> at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; steward, at the rate per annum of lour hundred and eighty dollars; matron, at the rate per annum of three hundred and sixty dollars; cook, at the rate per annum of two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, at the rate per annum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; chief laundress, at the rate per annum of one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses, at the rate per annum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; nine scrubbers and waiters, at the rate per annum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; six laborers, at the rate per annum of two hundred and forty dollars each; stable-keeper and driver, at the rate per annum of three hundred and sixty dollars; master-at-arms, at the rate per annum of four hundred and eighty dollars; corporal, at the rate per annum of three hundred dollars; barber, at therate per annum of three hundred and sixty dollars; carpenter, at the rate per annum of eight hundred and forty-five dollars; water-rent and gas, one thousand dollars; ice, one hundred dollars; car-tickets, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; cemetery and burial expenses, and headstones, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; improvement of grounds, two hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to buildings and preservation of all kinds, painting, and for grates, furnaces, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, two thousand two hundred anti fifty dollars; and for support of beneficiaries, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and six dollars and fifty cents, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all appropriations made by the act of July seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances of certain appropriations made available for naval service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 48th Cong., 1st sess., p. 262.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-four, making temporary provisions for the naval service for the six months ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, or any balances thereof that may be unexpended at that date, be, and they are hereby, reappropriated, continued, and made available for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to report<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Navy directed to report amount expended during prior fiscal year in payment of civilians employed on clerical duty, and submit estimates for civilian employees for fiscal year 1887 and thereafter.</p></sidenote> to Congress, at its next and each regular session thereafter, the amount expended during the prior fiscal year, from the appropriations for the pay of the Navy, Bureaus of Navigation, Ordnance, Equipment and Recruiting, Yards and Docks, Medicine and Surgery, Provisions and Clothing, Construction and Repair, and Steam-Engineering, for civilians employed on clerical duty, or in any other capacity than as ordinary mechanics and workingmen, and to submit, under the estimates for pay of the Navy and for the respective Bureaus enumerated above, specific estimates for such civilian employees for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and each fiscal year thereafter.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 30th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 45: to release the reversionary right of the Government of the United States to certain lands in the city of Detroit and State of Michigan,</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to release the reversionary right of the Government of the United States to certain lands in the city of Detroit and State of Michigan,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">Jan. 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit, MiCh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Release to board of education of any title of U. 8. to certain land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1806, vol. 4, Ch. 43, p. 59.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That any right, of reversion or otherwise which the United States may be supposed to have in the space on which the high-school building belonging to the board of education of the city of Detroit is situtated being a part of the old town of Detroit, laid out by the governor and judges of the Territory of Michigan under an act of Congress approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and six, entitled “An act to provide for the adjustment of the titles of land
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43, 45. 1885.</centerRunningHead> in the town of Detroit and Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes,” he, and the same is hereby, granted and released to the said board of education.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 31st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 46: to declare forfeiture of certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad in Oregon.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to declare forfeiture of certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad in Oregon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">Jan. 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands granted for construction of railroad from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville in Oregon, forfeited and restored to public domain.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1870, vol. 16, CH. 69, p. 94.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That so much of the lands granted by an act of Congress entitled “An act granting land to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, in the State of Oregon,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as are adjacent to and coterminous with the uncompleted portions of said road, and not embraced within the limits of said grant for the completed portions of said road, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be forfeited to the United States and restored to the public domain, and made subject to disposal under the general land laws of the United States as though said grant had never been made.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all persons who at the date of the passage of this act are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saving rights of actual settlers.</p></sidenote>actual settlers in good faith on any of the lands hereby forfeited, and who are otherwise qualified, on making due claim to such lands under the homestead, pre emption, or other laws, within six months after the same shall have been declared forfeited, shall be entitled to a preference right to enter the same in accordance with the provisions of this act and of the homestead, preemption, or other laws, as the case may be, and shall be regarded as having legally settled upon and occupied said lands under said pre emption, homestead, or other laws, as the case may be, from the date of such actual settlement or occupation; and in case any such settler may not be entitled to thus enter or acquire such land under existing laws, he shall be permitted, within one year after the passage of this act, to purchase not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of the same, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make such rules and regulations as will secure to said actual settlers the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>benefit of these rights: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the price of the even-numbered sections within the limits of said grant and adjacent to and coterminous with the uncompleted portions of said road, and not embraced within the limits of said grant for the completed portions of said road, is hereby reduced to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1875, vol. 18, ch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">196, p. 519.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repealed.</p></sidenote> entitled “An act for the relief of settlers within railroad limits,” is hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 31st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 47: to authorize the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to run and mark the boundary lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Texas.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to run and mark the boundary lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Texas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">Jan. 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, the treaty between the United States and Spain executed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Preamble</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciting controversy, under treaty with Spain, between U. S. and Texas, as to point in boundary line.</p></sidenote> February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, fixed the boundary-line between the two countries west of the Mississippi River as follows: Beginning on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Sabine River, in the sea, and continuing north along the western bank of that river to the thirty-second degree of latitude; thence by a line due north to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Nachitoches
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 47, 50. 1885.</centerRunningHead> or Red River; thence following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the one hundredth degree of longitude west from London and the twenty-third from Washington; thence crossing the said Red River and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude forty two degrees north; anti thence by’ that parallel of latitude to the South Sea; the whole being as laid down in Melish’s map of the United States published at Philadelphia, improved to the first of January, eighteen hundred and eighteen; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a controversy exists between the United States and Texas as to the point where the one hundredth degree of longitude crosses the Red River, as described in the treaty; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the point of crossing has never been ascertained and fixed by any authority competent to bind the United States and Texas; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas it is desirable that a settlement of this controversy should be had, to the end that the question of boundary, now in dispute because of a difference of opinion as to said crossing, may also be settled: Therefore</recital>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President of U. S. authorized to detail one or more Army officers to define the point where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses Red River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report to Secretary of Interior for transmission to Congress.</p></sidenote></enactingFormula>
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<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to detail one or more officers of the Army who, in conjunction with such person or persons as may be appointed by the State of Texas, shall ascertain and mark the point where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses Red River, in accordance with the terms of the treaty aforesaid, and the person or persons appointed by virtue of this act shall make report of his or their action in the premises to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall transmit the same to Congress, at the next session thereof after such report may be made, for action by Congress.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> may be necessary, to be expended under’ the direction of the War Department, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay’ the expenses of the United States in carrying out the provisions of this act.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 50: relative to the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 297</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-05</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">relative to the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-05">Feb. 5, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector-general’s Department of the Army to consist of certain officers.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army shall hereafter consist of one Inspector-General, with rank, pay, and emoluments of brigadier-general; two inspectors-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonel; two inspectors-general, with the rank, pay,and emoluments of lieutenant-colonel; and two inspectors-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of major: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the offices restored to t he Inspector-Generals Department, or added thereto, by this act, shall be filled by promotion of the officers now in that department; and that thereafter appointments to fill vacancies in the Inspector-General’s <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso as to promotions and appointments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S sec. 1129, p. 206.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. sec. 1193, p. 212.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. sec. 1204, p. 213.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conflicting laws repealed.</p></sidenote>Department, and promotions therein, shall be made in conformity with sections eleven hundred and twenty-nine, eleven hundred and ninety three, and twelve hundred and four of the Revised ¡Statutes of the United States, and in the same manner as in the other staff departments of the Army.</proviso> And all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 52: to authorize the purchase of additional grounds for the United States court house and post office building at Springfield, Illinois.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 298</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-10</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/298">298</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 52,55,56. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>52.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the purchase of additional grounds for the United States court house and post office building at Springfield, Illinois.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-10">Feb. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of the Treasury authorized to purchase ground.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase the ground adjoining the United States courthouse and post-office building in the city of Springfield, in the State of Illinois, bounded on the north by Monroe street, on the east by Seventh street, on the west by Sixth street, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>on the south by the alley in the middle of the block: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said additional ground can be purchased, and a good and valid title secured to the United States, for not exceeding twenty six thousand dollars. And there is hereby appropriated for this purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty- six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The Secretary is authorized to cause the buildings now on said ground to be removed, and the lot inclosed and improved; and for this purpose he may use the proceeds derived from the sale of the buildings, and in addition the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for buildings to be removed.</p></sidenote>necessary, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 55: to amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning commerce and navigation and the regulation of steam-vessels.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 298</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-11</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>55</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning commerce and navigation and the regulation of steam-vessels.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-11">Feb. 11, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commerce and navigation and regulation of Steam vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., <inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 44:14, p. 859, amended by <i>proviso</i> as to thickness of boiler- plates and space between flues.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by adding thereto a proviso, so that the section will read as follows:
“Section. 4434. No boiler to which the heat is applied to the outside of the shell thereof shall be constructed of iron or steel plates of more than twenty-six one-hundredths of an inch in thickness, the ends or heads of the boilers only excepted; and every such boiler employed on steam-vessels navigating rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, or their tributaries, shall have not less than three inches space between and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception as to vessels navigating oceans and great lakes.</p></sidenote>around its internal flues: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That boilers to which the heat is applied to the outside of the, shell thereof, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized and used on steam-vessels navigating the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, or saltwater bays or sounds, or the great lakes, or any of them, and waters flowing to and from the same, or any of them, when constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding fifty one-hundredths of an inch in thickness”.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February eleventh, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 56: making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 298</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-12</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>56</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-12">Feb. 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military Academy appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eight professors, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one commandant of cadets, in addition to pay of captain in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commandant of cadets.</p></sidenote> line, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/299">299</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 56. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instructor of military engineering.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instructor of ordnance.</p></sidenote> to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant professors.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of three instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instructors of cavalry, etc.</p></sidenote> in addition to pay as second lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant instructors of cavalry.</p></sidenote> tactics, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of adjutant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum paid to said officer shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer, quartermaster, etc.</p></sidenote> addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Master of sword.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of cadets, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of cadets.</p></sidenote> no cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Teacher of music.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of hand.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars; which shall be in full for the pay of the. said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay of professors and officers on (increased rank) for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity pay.</p></sidenote> length of service, nine thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses, as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and improvements, timber, planks, boards, joists, wall-strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, zine, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting-powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics and tabor employed upon repairs and improvements that cannot be done by enlisted men, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> and fixtures, firebricks, clay, sand, repairs of steam-heating apparatus, grates, stoves, ranges, furnaces, and fixtures, thirteen thousand dollars; one thousand dollars of which sum shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas-pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts, and annual<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas-pipes, etc.</p></sidenote> repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel for cadets’ mess-ball, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage and telegrams.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, pen-holders, tape, blotting-pads, and rubber bands, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing: For type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote> annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to disbursing officer, quartermaster, adjutant, and treasurer.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to adjutant, in charge of cadet records, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/300">300</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department instruction.</p></sidenote> and materials for preservation of models and instruments fifty dollars; textbooks, books of reference, binding, and stationery for instructors, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to draughtsman.</p></sidenote>one hundred and fifty dollars; one draughtsman, to draw figures, make corrections and copies of subjects rendered necessary by revision of textbooks in mathematics now under way, one hundred dollars; in all, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of civil and military engineering.</p></sidenote> purchase and repairs of instruments, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery’ for the use of intructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; extra pay of enlisted man employed as draughtsman, one hundred dollars; in all, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of chemistry and geology.</p></sidenote> chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet-metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars: rough specimens, fossils, files, alcohol, lamps, blowpipes, pencils, and paper for practical instruction in mineralogy’ and geology, and for gradual increase of the cabinet, four hundred dollars; repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and apparatus illustrating optical properties oi substances, seven hundred and fifty dollars; pay of mechanic employed in chemical <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of mechanic, etc.</p></sidenote>and geological section-rooms and in lecture-rooms, one thousand dollars; models, maps, and diagrams, textbooks, and stationery for the use <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote>of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; contingencies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of modern languages.</p></sidenote> books of reference for the use of instructors, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars; furniture for instructors’ room in academic building, necessary for the use of instructors, and for the proper protection of the books and apparatus of the department kept in that room, seventy-five dollars; in all, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of history, geography, and ethics: For textbooks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of history, geography, and ethics.</p></sidenote> maps, books of reference, and stationery for use of instructors, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of drawing: For books of reference, periodicals on art<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of drawing, etc.</p></sidenote> and technology, one hundred dollars; models for topographical, mechanical, architectural, and freehand drawing, two hundred and fifty dollars; rules and triangles, thirty dollars; repairs to desks, models, racks, stools, stretchers, one hundred dollars; drawing material for use of instructors,cardboard, tacks,brushes, sponges, glue,alcohol,transfer-paper, hectograph, cloth for screens, color-diagrams, and contingent expenses, two hundred dollars; stationery, ten dollars; photographic slides for use in lectures, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; continuing the decorated frieze, paneling, and painting wall to correspond to rest of room, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of law: For text books and stationery, and books of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department law.</p></sidenote> reference for the use of instructors, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deportment of artillery, cavalry, etc.</p></sidenote> For tanbark for riding-hall, three hundred dollars; repairing camp-stools and camp-furniture, one hundred dollars; furniture for offices and reception-room, one hundred dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred and fifty dollars; books and maps, seventy- five dollars; supply of fixtures for gymnasium, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; foils, fencing-gloves, jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; plumes for cadet officers, to be accounted for as other public property, seventy-five dollars; in all, one thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of ordnance and gunnery: For addition to models;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of ordnance and gunnery.</p></sidenote> drawing apparatus illustrating course of instruction; repairs of electroballistic machines, galvanic batteries, and models; for addition to firing-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/301">301</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 66. 1885.</centerRunningHead>houses and practical instruction-room; for books of reference, textbooks, and stationery for instructors, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of practical military engineering: For purchase and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of practical military engineering.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> repair of instruments; purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely: Astronomical and meteorological instruments and lights for use in instructing cadets in practical astronomy; reconnoitering instruments for use in their practical instruction in making reconnaissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for plotting reconnaissances; surveying instruments; instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; tools and material for the preservation and repair of one wooden ponton and one canvas ponton bridge train; sapping and mining tools and materials; profiling material; rope; cordage; end materials for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools; tools and material for the repair of Fort Clinton and the batteries at the Academy, and extra-duty pay<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers.</p></sidenote> of engineer soldiers employed upon the same; extra-duty pay of two engineer soldiers, at fifty cents per day each, when performing special skilled mechanical labor in the department of practical military engineering; for models, books of reference, and stationery, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of philosophy.</p></sidenote> to apparatus to illustrate the laws of acoustics, optics, and mechanics, one thousand dollars; books of reference, text books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; repairs to the observatory building and the tower clock, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of Board of Visitors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous and incidental expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding-hall, sidewalks, and wharves, three thousand five hundred dollars; water-pipes, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; cleaning public buildings (not quarters), six hundred dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, and rubbers for recitation-rooms, three hundred dollars; compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant librarian.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, binding new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional tables and chairs, and repairing same, two hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture for cadet hospital.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bedding, &amp;c., for candidates for admission.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of bedding and necessary articles for the use of candidates previous to their admission into the Academy, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies for superintendent of the Academy, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies for superintendent of Academy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Renewing furniture.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For renewing furniture (desks and benches) in section-rooms, five hundred dollars.</p>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 56,58. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breast-high wall.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing breast-high wall south toward guardhouse, five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadet, barracks.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cadet barracks: Reflooring certain rooms and halls, painting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadet hospital.</p></sidenote> wood work and repairing same, door-locks, scraping and kalsomining walls, and repairing piazza, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pointing new cadet hospital, one thousand one hundred and fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Administration building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pointing cadet barracks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relining parapets of cadet barracks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterworks.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pointing administration building, seven hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pointing portion of cadet barracks, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relining parapets of cadet barracks with galvanized iron, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For waterworks: Renewing of material in filter-beds; improving ventilation of filter-house and water-house; hose for use in cleaning filter beds and water house, and for use in fire-service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and for repairs of siphon-house, filter-house, and of four and one-half miles of supply-pipes; for shed for tools, and storage of fuel for keeper at Round Pond, and for tool house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional bathtubs, and repairs to bath tubs, in cadet barracks:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional bathtubs, etc.</p></sidenote> Completion of the setting, casing, partitioning off, and concreting around twenty bathtubs for use of the cadets, one thousand dollars; which sum shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For band barracks, namely: Floor-timbers, flooring and plastering<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Band barracks.</p></sidenote> basement of; concreting area; stairs from basement; porches, with stairs to back yard; writer and drain pipes, and repairs, three thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For addition to the present building containing water-closets for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Addition to building containing water-closets.</p></sidenote> use of cadets, so as to permit new closets and new urinals to be set up, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erection of a new ice-cooler, or refrigerator, for the cadet mess,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of ice-cooler.</p></sidenote> to be immediately available, three hundred dollars.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 12th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 58: for the protection of children in the District of Columbia and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>58.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the protection of children in the District of Columbia and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for District of Columbia name to changed to Washington Humane Society.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Operations extended to protection of children. Its officers and agents may prefer complaints and aid in bringing facts before court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners of the District of Columbia to aid in enforcing laws relating to the protection of children, and detail officers or appoint agents to aid in work.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the District of Columbia shall be known as the “Washington Humane Society”, and shall be authorized to extend its operations under this act to the protection of children as well as animals from cruelty and abuse. In pursuance thereof the said society may cause its proper officers or agents to prefer complaints, before any court in the District of Columbia having jurisdiction, for the violation of any law relating to or affecting the protection of children in said District, and by its proper attorney may aid in bringing the facts before such court in any proceeding taken.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, by the police force of said District, aid the said society, its officers and agents, in the enforcement of all laws relating to or affecting the protection of children; and the Commissioners of the said District, and their successors, are authorized, in their discretion, to detail, from time to time, an officer or officers to aid specially in the work of said society, or they may commission any duly appointed agents of said society
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/303">303</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 58, 59. 1885.</centerRunningHead> special police officers, without compensation; and such agents or officers shall have power to arrest, without warrant, all persons violating in their presence or sight any law relating to or affecting the protection of children, or other parties so offending by virtue of a warrant issued by the police court of the District of Columbia, which offenders shall be taken by such agents or officers before the said police court of the District of Columbia for trial. Said agents or officers are also hereby empowered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers of officers.</p></sidenote> to bring before the said court any child who is subjected to cruel treatment, willful abuse, or neglect, or any child under sixteen years of age found in a house of ill-fame; and said court may commit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court to commit.</p></sidenote> such child to an orphan asylum or other public charitable institution in the District of Columbia, with the consent of the constituted authorities of such asylum or institution, or make such other disposition thereof as now is or may hereafter be provided by law in cases of vagrant, destitute, or abandoned children: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any parent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parent or guardian may appeal.</p></sidenote> guardian, or near relative who may feel aggrieved by any order of said court in the premises may appeal therefrom to the criminal court of the District of Columbia.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person in the District of Columbia who shall torture,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abuse, abandonment, or wrongful employment of a child declared a misdemeanor; punishable by fine and imprisonment.</p></sidenote> cruelly beat, abuse, or otherwise willfully maltreat any child under the age of eighteen years; or any person, having the custody and possession of a child under the age of fourteen years, who shall expose, or aid and abet in exposing, such child in any highway, street, field, house, outhouse, or other place, with intent to abandon it; or any person, having in his custody or control a child under the age of fourteen years, who shall in any way dispose of it with a view to its being employed as an acrobat, or a gymnast, or a contortionist, or a circus-rider, or a rope-walker, or in any exhibition of like dangerous character, or as a beggar, or mendicant, or pauper, or street-singer, or street-musician; or any person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit, or have in custody any child of the age last named for any of the purposes last enumerated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and when convicted thereof shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person who shall entice, decoy, place, take, or receive<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enticing female child to become prostitute, or using for obscene purposes, punishable by fine and imprisonment.</p></sidenote> any female child under the age of eighteen years into any house of ill-fame or disorderly house, for the purpose of prostitution, or any person who, having in his custody or control such child, shall dispose of it to be so received, or to be received in or for any obscene, indecent, or immoral purpose, exhibition, or practice, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and when convicted thereof shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or both.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 59: to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order during the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 304</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>59.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order during the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That such sum as may be necessary, one half payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and one half from the revenues of the District of Columbia<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> not to exceed eight thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to enable the Commissioners to maintain public order and to protect life and property<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To protect life and maintain order during ceremonies of inauguration of President in 1885.</p></sidenote> during the ceremonies of the inaugauaration of the President from the twentieth day of February to the sixth day of March eighteen hundred and eighty-five inclusive; and the Commissioners of the District
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/304">304</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 59,64,65. 1885.</centerRunningHead> of Columbia are hereby authorized and required to make all-reasonable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make rules for preserving public order and to regulate fares of public conveyances.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> and needful rules and regulations for preserving public order and protecting life and property and for regulating and fixing fares by public conveyances during the aforesaid period any person violating any of such rules and regulations shall be liable to a fine in the police court of the District of Columbia not to exceed twenty-five dollars.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 64: to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Augusta, Maine.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 304</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
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<docNumber>64</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Augusta, Maine.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Augusta, Me.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Augusta, in the State of Maine, a substantial and commodious public building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post office. United States courts, internal-revenue office, pension office, and for other Government uses. The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p></sidenote>shall not exceed the cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and it shall be the. duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote>the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which plan and specifications shall not involve an expenditure, in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto, exceeding the portion of said one hundred and fifty thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>said building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of Maine shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 65: for the erection of a public building at Troy New York.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at Troy New York.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Troy, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the Post Office, internal-revenue offices, United States courts, and other Government offices, at the city of Troy, New York, The plans, specifications, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote>and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p></sidenote>approaches complete the sum of two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/305">305</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 65–68. 1885.</centerRunningHead> That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> be vested in the United States, nor until the State of New York shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February fourteenth, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 66: to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 305</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>66</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburgh, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building,</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the amount heretofore fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of a public building by the United States Government at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby, increased to one million five hundred thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation increased.</p></sidenote> and that sum is hereby fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of said building.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the officers of the United States Government having<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers in charge required to be governed by limit of appropriation.</p></sidenote> charge of the erection of public buildings are authorized and required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making contracts for the erection of said building.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 67: to authorize a retired-list for privates and non-commissioned officers of the United States Army who have served for a period of thirty years or upward.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 305</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize a retired-list for privates and non-commissioned officers of the United States Army who have served for a period of thirty years or upward.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States Army or Marine Corps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men having served thirty years may be placed on the retired-list.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank and pay.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That when an enlisted man has served as such thirty years in the United States Army or Marine Corps, either as a private or as a non-commissioned officer, or both, he shall, by making application to the President, be placed on the retired list hereby created, with the rank held by him at the date of retirement; and he shall thereafter receive seventy-five per centum of the pay and allowances of the rank upon which he was retired.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 68: for the erection of a public building at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 305</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tyler, Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and internal-revenue and other Government offices, at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost.</p></sidenote> for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building un-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68, 123, 124. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/306">306</page> exposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less that forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Texas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 123: to provide for the issue of duplicate checks.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-16</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>123.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the issue of duplicate checks.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-16">Feb. 16, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate checks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 3646, p. 717, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section thirty-six hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Whenever any original check is lost, stolen, or destroyed, disbursing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Check lost,stolen, or destroyed may be duplicated, but for no sum exceeding $2,500.</p></sidenote> officers and agents of the United States are authorized, after the expiration of six months, and within three years from the date of such check, to issue a duplicate check; and the Treasurer, assistant treasurers, and designated depositaries of the United States are directed to pay such duplicate checks, upon notice and proof of the loss of the original checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bonds, with sureties, to indemnify the United States, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. This section shall not apply to any check exceeding in amount the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars.”</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 16th, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 124: to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit and district courts of the United States, the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices at Erio, Pennsylvania,” and making an additional appropriation therefor.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 306</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>124</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>124.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit and district courts of the United States, the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices at Erio, Pennsylvania,” and making an additional appropriation therefor.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">Feb. 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eric, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 82, vol. 22, chap. 239, p. 108, Sec. 1, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the first section of the act entitled “An act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit and district courts of the United States, the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices at Erie, Pennsylvania,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by substituting the words “two hundred and fifty thousand dollars” in place of the words “one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;” so that the said first section of said act, as amended,shall read as follows: “Shall not exceed the cost of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” And no plan shall be approved which will involve an expenditure for site and building complete greater than the amount hereby fixed as the limit of cost.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in addition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> to the sum heretofore appropriated, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be expended and used under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the prosecution of the work of construction and furnishing materials therefor.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 125: correcting the military record of Wickliffe Cooper, deceased, late major Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel United States Army.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>125</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 307</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/307">307</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 125, 126, 137. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>125.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>correcting the military record of Wickliffe Cooper, deceased, late major Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel United States Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maj. Wickliffe Cooper, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War authorized to correct record of War Department relating to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to correct so much of the record of the War Department as states that the late Major Wickliffe Cooper, Seventh Cavalry, committed suicide on the eighth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to substitute therefor the following words: “<quotedText>Died by hand of person or persons unknown, while in the line of his duty as an officer of the Army</quotedText>”.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Received by the President, February 5th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<heading class="smallCaps">[Note by the Department of State.—</heading>
<p class="inline">The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 126: to authorize suits for damages where death results from the wrongful act or neglect of any person or corporation in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>126</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 307</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>126.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize suits for damages where death results from the wrongful act or neglect of any person or corporation in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whenever, by an injury done or happening within the limits of the District of Columbia, the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person or corporation, and the act, neglect, or default is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Person or corporation causing death by wrongful act, neglect, or default, to be liable for damages, notwithstanding death of the person injured.</p></sidenote> such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured, or, if the person injured be a married woman, have entitled her husband, either separately or by joining with the wife, to maintain an action and recover damages, the person who or corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages for such death, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, even though the death shall have been caused under circumstances which constitute a felony: and such damages shall be assessed with reference to the injury resulting from such act, neglect, or default causing such death, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages in no case to exceed $10,000.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No action if dam ages received during life.</p></sidenote>to the widow and next of kin of such deceased person. <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in no case shall the recovery under this act exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That no action shall be maintained under this act, in any case when the party injured by such wrongful act, neglect, or default, has recovered damages therefor during the life of such party.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That every such action shall be brought by and in the name <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suit to be brought within one year by personal representatives of deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages recovered to be for benefit of family.</p></sidenote>of the personal representative of such deceased person, and within one year after the death of the party injured.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the damages recovered in such action shall not be appropriated to the payment of the debts or liabilities of such deceased person, but shall inure to the benefit of his or her family, and be distributed according to the provisions of the statute of distributions in force in the said District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 137: to authorize the purchase of a wharf for the use of the Government in Wilmington, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>137</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 307</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>137.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the purchase of a wharf for the use of the Government in Wilmington, North Carolina.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, N.C.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the United States Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause an
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/308">308</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 137-139. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
examination to be made of the wharf in front of the customhouse and other property<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authorizing Secretary of Treasury to purchase wharf and building for use of Revenue Marino Service, if advantageous and necessary.</p></sidenote> at the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, offered by E. E. Burress, president of the First National Bank of Wilmington, namely, the following real estate: One hundred and sixty-six feet front on the Cape Fear River, lying between Market and Princess streets and Water street and the river; and also the brick tire-proof two-story warehouse, together with the land on which it is situated, adjoining the customhouse on the south, the said warehouse occupying a space of thirty feet front and running east ninety-two feet; and on inquiry as to their necessity for use for the Revenue Marine Service and other customs purposes at that port, and if it shall be found advantageous and necessary for such purposes, to purchase the same at a reasonable price: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That it shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars, which amount shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 138: to provide for the purchase of additional land for the uses of the public building in the city of New Bedford, State of Massachusetts.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>138</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 308</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>138.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to provide for the purchase of additional land for the uses of the public building in the city of New Bedford, State of Massachusetts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Bedford, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of additional land for uses of public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purchase of land adjoining the lot now occupied by the public building in the city of New Bedford, State of Massachusetts, and used as a customhouse and post-office.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 139: to change the name of the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York to the Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn, New York.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>139</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 308</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>139.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to change the name of the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York to the Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn, New York.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Name changed to Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1868, vol. 15, ch. 274, p. 242.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the name of the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York, a corporation whose location was changed from the city of New York to the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, by an act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be changed to the Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn whenever the board of directors of the said bank shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>accept the now name by resolution of said board of directors, and cause a copy of said resolution, duly authenticated, to be filed with the Comptroller of the Currency: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such acceptance shall be made within six months after the passage of this act, and that all expenses incident to such change, including engraving, shall be borne and paid by said bank.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the debts, dividends, liabilities, rights, privileges, and powers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Debts, dividends, liabilities, etc., not affected.</p></sidenote> of the said Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York shall devolve upon and inure to the said Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn whenever such change of name is effected.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as in any manner to release the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York from any liability, or affect any action or proceeding in law in which said bank may be or become a party or interested.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 144: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River at the most accessible point between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls Minnesota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>144</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 309</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/309">309</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 144. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>144.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River at the most accessible point between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls Minnesota.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis, Sault Sainte Marie and Atlantic Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Croix River, between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passage of Railway trains, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Minneapolis, Sault Sainte Marie and Atlantic Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Saint Croix River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, at the most accessible point between the city of Stillwater and the, village of Taylor’s Falls, on said river. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot-passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rates of toll.</p></sidenote> time, by the Secretary of War.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act shall be constructed and built without material<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to impede free navigation.</p></sidenote> interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure a compliance with these conditions the corporation previous to commencing the construction of the bridge, or of the accessory works designed to secure the best practical channel-way for navigation and confine the. flow of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> the water to a permanent channel at said point, shall submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridge and accessory works provided for in this act together with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and for a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> distance of a mile above and below the site together with all other information<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote> touching said bridge and river and accessory works as may be deemed requisite by the Secretary of War to determine whether the said bridge, when built, will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act. That said bridge shall be constructed and built without material interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That as to any bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote> built under this act, if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than one hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and not less than one hundred and fifty feet in length:</proviso> <i>And provided also</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw bridge the same shall constructed as a pivot draw bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at au accessible and the best navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and ten feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats vessels and other watercraft:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That no bridge shall be built under the provisions of this act except there also be built, at the time of the erection of the piers, proper sheer-booms or other proper protections to safely guide boats, vessels, rafts, and other watercraft through said draw spans, and at the expense of the company or corporation erecting said bridge, and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Secretary of War<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote> shall prescribe.</proviso></content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of Secretary of War necessary before construction is commenced.</p></sidenote> upon receiving any such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality, will conform to the prescribed conditions of
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this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; but until the Secretary of War approves the plan and location of said bridge and accessory works, and notify the company of the same, the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, not, however, to be in any wise inconsistent with the provisions or conditions of this act.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge and accessory works, when built and constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a lawful structure and post-route.</p></sidenote> under this act and according to the terms and limitations thereof shall be a lawful structure; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hates as to United States limited.</p></sidenote>the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of the other post-routes in the United States; and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge, and the United States shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way for postal-telegraph and telephone.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, repeal, or change reserved.</p></sidenote>have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone lines, free of charge, across said bridge.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to require the company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special structures as aids to passage of bridge, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge authorized by the provisions of this act to be constructed, placed, and maintained, at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other watercraft safely through the draw and raft spans, as shall be specified, in his order in that behalf; and on the failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said Secretary shall proceed,to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof, and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same as sec. 5.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 145: making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>145.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being the estimated expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia
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for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>General Expenses.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for salaries and contingent expenses.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For executive office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners.</p></sidenote> each j one Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); one secretary, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> printing, books, stationery, and other necessary items, in the discretion of the Commissioners, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars. And the accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the accounts of the ex-Commissioners of the District of Columbia accruing since eighteen hundred and seventy-eight with all such disbursements<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursements and expenditures not allowed heretofore, to be credited.</p></sidenote> and expenditures, made in good faith, heretofore disallowed in the settlement of the same, wherein it shall satisfactorily appear that the money was paid for goods sold and delivered, work and labor done, materials furnished, or services rendered to the District in accordance with contracts and agreements made in good faith on behalf of the District, and also to adjust and settle equitably said accounts, allowing all payments made for expenses incurred in good faith for the benefit of the District.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assessor’s office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor, assistant assessors, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one license clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk and messenger, nine hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery, detection of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> frauds on the revenue, and other necessary items, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collector’s office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collector.</p></sidenote> cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of special assessments, one thousand seven hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>books, stationery, and other necessary items, eight hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For auditor’s office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor, bookkeeper, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> chief clerk, who shall, in the necessary absence or inability from any cause of the auditor, perform his duties, without additional compensation, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for temporary clerk-hire, one thousand dollars; for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks.</p></sidenote> contingent expenses, including books, stationery, and other necessary items, three hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For attorney’s office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney, assistants, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one special assistant attorney, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; for rent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent; contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of office, one hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including books,
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stationery, printing, and other necessary items, five hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sinking-fund office: For two clerks, at one thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sinking-fund ofiBce.</p></sidenote> dollars each; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For coroner’s office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner, jurors, etc.</p></sidenote> for contingent expenses, including jurors’ fees, stationery, books, blanks, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, and holding inquests, seven hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engineer’s ofiBce: One chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> three clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one computing engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of asphalt and cement, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of gas and meters, who shall pay into the Treasury, to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in equal parts, all fees collected by him, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of plumbing, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of plumbing, one thousand dollars; one superintendent of lamps, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; three inspectors of streets, sewers, and buildings, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three market-masters, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one market-master, at nine hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i> as to fees of harbormaster.</p></sidenote>one harbormaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the fees collected by said harbormaster shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the United States and District of Columbia in equal parts; one janitor, seven hundred dollars; two messenger clerks, at six hundred dollars each; three messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; contingent expenses, including rent of property-yards, books, stationery, binding and preservation of records in the engineer’s and surveyor’s offices, printing, transportation (vehicles, animals, care of same, saddlery, forage, and repairs), and other necessary items and services, in all not to exceed five thousand dollars; for necessary expenses of office of inspector of gas and meters, for maintaining and keeping in good order and repair the laboratory and apparatus, eight hundred dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand six hundred and ninety dollars:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i> as to temporary inspectors.</p></sidenote></proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That overseers or inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction or repair of buildings, done under contracts authorized by appropriations, shall be paid out of the sums appropriated for the work, and for the time actually engaged thereon; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual report to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers and inspectors, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyors’ records to be public property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>appropriation:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the records of the surveyor of the District of Columbia shall be a part of the public property of the District of Columbia.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, and general necessary expenses of District offices and markets, five thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That
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hereafter property belonging to the District of Columbia may be insured<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance.</p></sidenote> in advance for periods of five years or less.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the assessment of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defraying expenses of assessment of real property of District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, ch. 137,vol. 22, p. 568.</p></sidenote> real property of the District of Columbia, as provided by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Improvements and Repairs, and for Care and Repair of Bridges.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to concrete pavements, fifty thousand dollars; for materials<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of pavements, etc.</p></sidenote> for permit work, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioners of the District are authorized, in their discretion, to apply such material to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material</p></sidenote> improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks when, in their opinion, such course is necessary for the public health and comfort: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the costs of labor shall be charged against and become alien on the abutting property, and its collection shall be enforced in the same manner as the collection of general taxes; for continuation of surveys of the District of Columbia with reference to the extension of various avenues to the District line, five thousand dollars; for lateral sewers, twenty-five thousand dollars; for work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacement of’ pavements named in Appendix Gg, annexed to the estimates of the Commissioners of the District for eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, That</i> all moneys which have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moneys retained from contractors.</p></sidenote> been or may hereafter be legally retained from contractors shall be invested in bonds of the United States or the District of Columbia and held by the Treasurer of the United States, and any sum which has been or shall be realized from such investments in excess of the amounts due to contractors, shall be deposited in the Treasury, to the credit of the United States and of the District of Columbia in equal parts.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Benning’s, Anacostia, and Chain Bridges, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benning’s, Anacostia, and Chain bridges.</p></sidenote> fuel, oil, lamps, and matches, two thousand dollars; for draw-keeper at Anacostia Bridge, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for one bridge-keeper at Chain Bridge, six hundred and sixty dollars; and for repairing and maintaining bridges under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, six thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Washington Aqueduct.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington aqueduct.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General repairs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the redemption of four certificates of indebtedness issued by authority<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of certificates of indebtedness.</p></sidenote> of section seven of the act of the legislative assembly approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, dated July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, of the denomination of fifty dollars each, with interest, payable semiannually, at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, numbered eight thousand five hundred and twenty-four, eight thousand five hundred and twenty-six, eight thousand five hundred and twenty-seven, and eight thousand five hundred and twenty-eight, payable July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, three hundred and sixty-six dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Maintaining Institutions of Charity, Reformatories, and Prisons.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Washington Asylum: For one commissioner and intendant, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred dollars; one matron, six hundred dollars; one visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; one resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; one overseer, eight hun-
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dred dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, two hundred and forty dollars; one hostler, one hundred and twenty dollars; one ambulance driver, one hundred and twenty dollars; one cook, at one hundred and twenty dollars; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; four nurses, at sixty dollars each; one nurse, one hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including improvements, provisions, fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, hardware, dry-goods, medicines, and other necessary items, thirty-eight thousand dollars; for conversion of magazine number one into a workhouse for females, twenty thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Reform School: For one superintendent, one thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform school.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant, teachers, three thousand dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; two assistant matrons of families, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; superintendent of chair-shop, seven hundred and twenty dollars; engineer, three hundred and thirty-six dollars; baker, cook, shoemaker, and tailor, at three hundred dollars each; two dining-room servants, seamstress, chambermaid, and laundress, atone hundred and forty-four dollars each; florist, two hundred and forty dollars; watchmen, not exceeding four in number, nine hundred and sixty dollars; secretary and treasurer, six hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, meats, dry-goods,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of inmates.</p></sidenote> leather and shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seeds, harness and repair’s to same, fertilizers, stationery and books, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, and other necessary items, including compensation not exceeding six hundred dollars for additional labor or services, all in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District, twenty-five thousand dollars; and the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts ordered closed.</p></sidenote>to close the accounts of the Reform School for the fiscal year’s eighteen hundred and eighty three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four, if the same can be done without the payment of any money from the Treasury; and hereafter all the revenues <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenues to be paid into the Treasury of the United States.</p></sidenote>derived from the labor of the inmates and from the products of the farm shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in equal parts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Georgetown Almshouse: For the support of inmates, one thousand eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown Almshouse.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indigent insane.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. sec. 4844, p. 939.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. sec. 4850, p. 940.</p></sidenote> Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, fifty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of paupers and prisoners to workhouse.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charities.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the following charities, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the relief of the poor, fifteen thousand dollars. And hereafter the compensation of the physicians to the poor shall not exceed forty dollars per month each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and maintenance of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Women’s Christian Association, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Children’s Hospital, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of the Church Orphanage of the District of Columbia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Church Orphanage.</p></sidenote> one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase or construction of a building for the National Homeopathic <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Homeopathic Hospital.</p></sidenote>Hospital Association of Washington, District of Columbia, fifteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of an additional building for the National Association<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building for National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial School Home.</p></sidenote> for Destitute Colored Women and Children, eighteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Industrial School Home: For maintenance of inmates and salaries of superintendent and employees, the promotion of industries, construction of a stable and laundry, with appurtenances, and for fences and general repairs, and other necessary expenses, all in the discretion of the Commissioners, twelve thousand dollars; and hereafter all the revenues derived from the labor of the inmates shall be paid<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenues to be paid into the Treasury of the United States.</p></sidenote> into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in equal parts.</p>
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<heading>For Streets.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sweeping, cleaning, and sprinkling streets and avenues, forty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Streets; sweeping, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; cleaning alleys, ten thousand dollars; for current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, twenty-five thousand dollars; current work on county roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars; cleaning and repairing lateral sewers and basins, twenty thousand dollars; cleaning tidal sewers and Rock Creek Basin, five thousand dollars; purchase of and repairs to pumps, three thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the parking commission: For contingent expenses, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parking.</p></sidenote> laborers, cart-hire, trees, tree-boxes, tree stakes, tree-straps, planting and care of trees, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For streetlamps: For illuminating material and lighting, extinguishing,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lamps.</p></sidenote> repairing, and cleaning lamps on avenues, streets, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lamp posts, and to replace such as are old, damaged, and unfit for use, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no more than twenty-two dollars per annum for each streetlamp shall be paid for gas, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than two thousand six hundred hours per annum; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substituting other illuminating material.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not be authorized to make any contract for gas or other illuminating material, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, for any longer period than one year.</proviso></p>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Metropolitan Police.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one major and superintendent, two thousand six hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police.</p></sidenote> one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one lieutenant, night inspector, one thousand five hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons for the police and fire departments, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; for additional compensation to privates detailed from time to time for special service in the detection and prevention of crime, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; nine lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; ninety-five privates, class one, at nine hundred dol-
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lars each; one hundred and forty privates, class two, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Station-keepers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> eighty dollars each; seventeen station-keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger, seven hundred dollars; one messenger, five hundred dollars; one major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; one captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; twenty lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two’ hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, fuel, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New station ill seventh precinct.</p></sidenote>one assistant ambulance driver, three hundred dollars; rent of seventh precinct station-houses and substation at Uniontown, and police headquarters, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; for fuel, two thousand dollars; purchase of site and erection of new station in seventh precinct, fifteen thousand dollars; repairs to station-houses, one thousand five hundred dollars; miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery, books, telegraphing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>photographs, printing and binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs to same, police equipments and repairs to same, beds and bed-clothing, insignia of office, horses, harness, and forage, repairs to van and ambulance, patrol wagon and pay of driver, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, eleven thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the Commissioners shall deduct one dollar each month from the pay of each policeman, which sum so deducted shall be added to and form a part of the present police fund, to be invested in United States or District bonds by the Treasurer of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>United States, and be held by him subject to the drafts of the Commissioners for expenditures made in pursuance of law, and such expenditures shall be accounted for as required by law for other expenditures of the District; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police relief fund.</p></sidenote>and said police fund shall be used for the relief of any policeman who, by injury received or disease contracted in line of duty, or having served not less than fifteen years, shall become so permanently disabled as to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>discharged from service therefor; and in case of his death from such injury or disease, leaving a widow or children under sixteen years, for their relief:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such relief shall not exceed for any one policeman or his family the sum of fifty dollars per month; and a sum not exceeding seventy-five dollars may be allowed from said fund to defray the funeral expenses of any policeman dying in the service of the District.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To purchase for the seventh police precinct ten Gamewell alarm telegraph<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gamewell alarm telegraph and telephone police stations.</p></sidenote> and telephone police stations, two thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For the Fire Department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one fire<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote> marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two foremen acting as assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; seven foremen, at one thousand dollars each; seven engineers, at one thousand dollars each; seven firemen at eight hundred dollars each; two tillermen, at eight hundred dollars each; nine hostlers, at eight hundred dollars each; sixty privates, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one veterinary surgeon, three hundred dollars; repairs to engine-houses, one thousand dollars; for fuel, two thousand dollars; purchase of horses, two thousand five hundred dollars; forage, five thousand five hundred dollars; hose, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to apparatus and new appliances, four thousand dollars; contingent expenses, including office-rent, horse shoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred and fifty
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dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the Commissioners shall deduct one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Firemen’s relief fund.</p></sidenote> dollar each month from the pay of each fireman, which sum so deducted shall be kept as a firemen’s relief fund, and be invested in United States or District bonds and held in manner provided in this act for the police fund, and shall be used for the relief of any fireman who, by injury received or disease contracted in line of duty, or having served not less than fifteen years, shall become so permanently disabled as to be discharged from service therefor; and in case of his death from such injury or disease, leaving a widow or children under sixteen years of age, for their relief:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such relief shall not exceed for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> any one fireman or his family the sum of fifty dollars per month; and a sum not exceeding seventy five dollars may be allowed from said fund to defray the funeral expenses of any fireman dying in the service of the District.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Telegraph and telephone service: For one general superintendent, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph and telephone service.</p></sidenote>one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; two repair men, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer, four hundred dollars; general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies, telephone rental, wire, extension of the telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines, purchase of poles, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross-arms, gas, fuel, ice, record-books, stationery, printing, office-rent, purchase of horse and harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, and other necessary items, seven thousand dollars; in aU, fifteen thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
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<heading>Courts.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the police court: For one judge, three thousand dollars; one clerk,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; and hereafter the salary of said clerk shall be two thousand dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, one thousand dollars; two bailiffs, at three dollars per day each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States marshal’s fees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> States marshal’s fees, one thousand four hundred dollars; contingent expenses, including compensation of a justice of the peace acting as judge of the police court during the absence of said judge, not exceeding three hundred dollars; books, stationery, fuel, ice, gas, witness fees, and other necessary items, three thousand dollar’s; for judicial expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial expenses.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Public Schools, District of Columbia.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents, teachers, and janitors, secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents, teachers, and others.</p></sidenote>the board, and clerks, including additional teachers,rents, repairs, fuel, furniture, books, stationery, new school buildings, furniture for new school buildings, and other necessary items, five hundred and fifty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For officers: For one superintendent, at two thousand seven hundred dollars; one superintendent, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to committee on accounts, at three hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent, at eight hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For teachers, to be employed at a rate of compensation not to exceed the rate provided by the present schedule of salaries, and at an average salary not to exceed six hundred and seventy dollars, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For janitors, and care of the several school buildings: For care of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors.</p></sidenote> high-school building, one thousand six hundred dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Franklin build-
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ing, one thousand one hundred dollars; of the Force, Seaton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Peabody, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, Analostan, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln, Miner, and Stevens buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Twining, Abbot, John F. Cook, and Randall buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; of the Curtis building, six hundred dollars; of the Crunch, Amidon, Morse, Brent, Bannaker, and two new buildings, five hundred dollars each; for one janitor and messenger to the board and superintendent of the first six divisions, three hundred dollar’s; for one janitor and messenger to the superintendent of the seventh and eighth divisions, two hundred dollars; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, at a rate not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors’ duties defined.</p></sidenote>all, thirty thousand six hundred and eighty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the janitors of the principal school buildings, in addition to their other duties, shall do all minor repairs to buildings and furniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and take care of the heating apparatus, and shall be selected with reference to their qualifications to perform this work.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of school buildings, seven thousand dollars; for fuel, twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of school buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, repairs, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, twenty thousand dollars; and for contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing, insurance, and other necessary items, twenty thousand dollars; in all, sixty seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings for schools: For the purchase of sites, when necessary,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New school buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of sites, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc.</p></sidenote> and the erection and completion of new buildings, and for furniture for new school buildings, sixty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings, and for all other buildings provided for in this act, shall be prepared by the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, and shall be approved by the Architect of the Capitol and the Commissioners of the District, and said buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith, and shall be contracted for and finished by the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</proviso></p>
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<heading>Miscellaneous Expenses.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and replacement of public hay-scales, five hundred dollars; for rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars; for general advertising, four thousand dollars; for books for register of wills, printing, checks, damages, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand six hundred dollars.</content>
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<heading>Health Department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one health officer, three thousand dollars; six sanitary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Health officer, inspectors, and others.</p></sidenote> inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for clerks and other assistants to the health officer, seven thousand dollars; one messenger, five hundred and forty dollars; one poundmaster, one thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding thirty dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, fuel, rent, repairs to pound, and wagon for poundmaster, forage, meat for dogs, horseshoeing, maintenance of ambulance service, and other necessary items, four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; erecting new iron pens for dogs at pound, two hundred dollars; removal of garbage, fifteen thousand dollars; repair of pest hospital, six hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Interest and Sinking-fund.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest and sinking-fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water-bonds,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funded debt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest and sinking fund.</p></sidenote> one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty seven dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general contingent expenses of the District of Columbia, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> at the discretion of the Commissioners only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, not otherwise sufficiently provided for, live thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Pronto</i>.</p></sidenote> That in the purchase of all articles provided for in this act no more than the market price shall be paid for any such articles, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses; how to be expended.</p></sidenote>That hereafter all appropriations made for contingent expenses of the District of Columbia shall be expended under the direction and in the sole discretion of the Commissioners; but such expenditures shall be accounted for in the Treasury Department as other expenditures for the District, and a detailed statement of such expenditures shall be reported to Congress in accordance with section one hundred and ninety-three,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R.S.,<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 193, p. 30.</p></sidenote> Revised Statutes of the United States.</proviso></p>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Water Department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues unless otherwise provided: For one chief clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one inspector, at three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery, forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand four hundred dollars; engineers and firemen, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High service, etc.</p></sidenote>coal, material, and for high service in Washington and Georgetown, pipe-distribution to high and low service, including public hydrants, fireplugs, replacing the nine-inch with ten-inch fireplugs, material and labor, repairing and laying new mains, and lowering mains, seventy-eight thousand dollars; interest and sinking-fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest and sinking-fund o n water-stock bonds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest and sinking-fund o n account of increase of water supply.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch.294, p. 168.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Potomac water service extended.</p></sidenote> ten dollars; for interest and sinking-fund on account of increasing the water-supply, as provided in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, fifty-five thousand and forty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents; in all, one hundred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter the supply of Potomac water may be extended to points in the District beyond the limits of Washington and Georgetown upon like terms and conditions as are provided by law for the supply of the same in those cities.</p>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon the appropriations from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requisitions on United States Treasury not t o exceed those o f District revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit for half of drawback, under acts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1879, vol. 21, ch.41, p. 36.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 132.</p></sidenote> the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues of said District; and the District of Columbia shall be allowed credit, as a part of its revenues, for one-half of all drawback certificates heretofore received or that may hereafter be received for general taxes under acts of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, less any of said drawback certificates already accredited thereto.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 146: authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and settle the account for arms between, the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States.</dc:title>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 146-148. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>146.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and settle the account for arms between, the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to adjust and settle accounts for arms with the State of South Carolina.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reducing overcharge in settlements, 1869.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 4, ch. 159, p. 169.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount paid to be in full.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That t he Secretary of War be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust the account for arms between the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States, and balance the same by so reducing the overcharge made against said State in anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, under the act approved the twenty-third of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eight, and the several acts amendatory thereof, as that the amounts paid on said account by said State for the ten years last past be taken in full satisfaction of the same.
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<dc:title>Chap. 147: for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tennessee.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tennessee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chattanooga, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the customs officers, United States courts, post office, and other Government offices, at the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, estimates, and cost.</p></sidenote>hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> Tennessee shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 148: for the erection of a public building at Keokuk, Iowa.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>148.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the erection of a public building at Keokuk, Iowa.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<content>CHAP. .—An act for the erection of a public building at Keokuk, Iowa.</content>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keokuk, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices, in the city of Keokuk, Iowa. The<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, estimates.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p></sidenote> plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plan and specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said one hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an ex-
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penditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Iowa shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the State and the service of the civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 149: to prevent unlawful occupancy of the public lands.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>149</docNumber>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to prevent unlawful occupancy of the public lands.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inclosure of public lands without title declared unlawful.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That all inclosures of any public lands in any State or Territory of the United States, heretofore or to be hereafter made, erected, or constructed by any person, party, association, or corporation, to any of which land included within the in-closure the person, party, association, or corporation making or controlling the. inclosure had no claim or color of title made or acquired in good faith, or an asserted right thereto by or under claim, made in good faith with a view to entry thereof at the proper land office under the general laws of the United States at the time any such inclosure was or shall be made, are hereby declared to be unlawful, and the maintenance, erection, construction, or control of any such inclosure is hereby forbidden <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of inclosure forbidden.</p></sidenote>and prohibited; and the assertion of a right to the exclusive use and occupancy of any part, of the public lands of the United States in any State or any of the Territories of the United States, without claim, color of title, or asserted right as above specified as to inclosure, is likewise<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assertion of right without title prohibited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States district attorneys on complaints made to institute civil suits.</p></sidenote> declared unlawful, and hereby prohibited.
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the United States for the proper district, on affidavit filed with him by any citizen of the United States that section one of this act is being violated showing a description of the land inclosed with reasonable certainty, not necessarily by metes and bounds nor by Governmental sub divisions of surveyed lands, but only so that the inclosure may be identified, and the persons guilty of the violation as nearly as may be, and by description, if the name cannot on reasonable inquiry be ascertained, to institute a civil suit in the proper United States district or circuit court, or territorial district court, in the name of the United States, and against the parlies named or described who shall be in charge of or controlling the inclosure complained of as defendants; and jurisdiction is also hereby conferred on any United States district or circuit court or territorial district court having jurisdiction over the locality where the laud inclosed, or any part thereof, shall be situated, to hear and determine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of courts.</p></sidenote> proceedings in equity, by writ of injunction, to restrain violations of the provisions of this act; and it shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction if service of original process be had in any civil proceeding on any agent or employee having charge or control of the inclosure; and any suit brought under the provisions of this section shall have precedence for hearing and trial over other cases on the civil docket of the court, and shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Such oases to have precedence.</p></sidenote> be tried and determined at the earliest practicable day. In any case if the inclosure shall be found to be unlawful, the court shall make the proper order, judgment, or decree for the destruction of the inclosure, in a summary way, unless the inclosure shall be removed by the defendant within five days <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Summary judgments.</p></sidenote>after the order of the court.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That no person, by force, threats, intimidation, or by any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlements and transit on and over public lands not to be obstructed.</p></sidenote> fencing or inclosing, or any other unlawful means, shall prevent or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to prevent or obstruct, any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a settlement or residence on any tract of public land subject to settlement or entry under the public land laws of the United States, or shall prevent or obstruct free passage or transit over or through the public lands: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> This section shall not be held to affect the right or title of persons, who have gone upon, improved or occupied said lands under the land laws of the United States, claiming title thereto, in good faith.</proviso></content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person violating any of the provisions hereof, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violators of these provisions held guilty of misdemeanor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty, fine and imprisonment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President authorized to take necessary measures to remove unlawful inclosures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No suit for unlawful inclosure of less than IGO acres without authority of Secretary of Interior.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending suits not affected.</p></sidenote>whether as owner, part owner, agent, or who shall aid, abet, counsel, advise, or assist in any violation hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one year for each offence</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the President is hereby authorized to take such measures as shall be necessary to remove and destroy any unlawful inclosure of any of said lands, and to employ civil or military force as may be necessary for that purpose.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That where the alleged unlawful in closure includes less than one hundred and sixty acres of land, no suit shall be brought under the provisions of this act without authority from the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing herein shall affect any pending suits to work their discontinuance, but as to them hereafter they shall be prosecuted and determined under the provisions of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 150: making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>150</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>150.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular and diplomatic appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1886.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated for the consular and diplomatic service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.</p></sidenote> Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Japan, China, Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at twelve thousand dollars each, in all eighty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to be accredited<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary for Guatemala, Costa Rica, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Residence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Turkey.</p></sidenote> to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, and to reside at such place in either of said states as the President may direct, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States of Colombia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ministers resident.</p></sidenote> United States of Colombia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of ministers resident in Belgium, Netherlands, Hawaiian Islands, and Sweden and Norway, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general in Venezuela
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and Argentine Republic, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general in Liberia, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Siam, Persia, Corea, Hayti, and Bolivia, at five thousand dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; and the minister resident and consul general in Hayti shall also be accredited<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargé d’affaires.</p></sidenote> as charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of minister resident and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent and consul-general at Cairo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent to States of the Congo Association.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of agent to the States of the Congo Association, five thousand dollars; said agent to be charged with introducing and extending the commerce of the United States in the Congo Valley; and for such purpose the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of charge d’affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargé d’affaires.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. l681., p. 294, repealed.</p></sidenote> dollars; and section sixteen hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For charges d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargé d’affaires ad interim.</p></sidenote> twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in London, Paris, Berlin,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries of legations.</p></sidenote> and Saint Petersburg, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the secretaries of legation in China and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and section sixteen hundred and eighty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. l680, p. 294, repealed.</p></sidenote> the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Spain, Turkey, Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Chili and Peru at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the second secretaries to the legations at London, Paris, and Berlin, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter no secretary or second secretary of any legation shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary not to receive compensation above salary as secretary,for acting as charge d’affaires.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second secretaries of legations, Japan and China; duties.</p></sidenote> be entitled to or receive any compensation over and above his salary as such secretary for acting as charge d’affaires during the temporary or other absence without leave of the minister to whose duties he may succeed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of second secretaries of the legations in Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the Court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, atone thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the salaries of interpreters to the legations in China, at three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters to legations.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars, and in Japan and Turkey, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, eight thousand dollars. But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For secretary of legation and consul-general at Bogota, two thousand dollars. .<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries of legations.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For secretary of legation in Central American states and consul-general at Guatemala, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of interpreter to the legation and consulate-general in Persia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters to legations.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollar’s.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of interpreter to the legation in Corea, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the clerk to the legation in Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk to legation in Spain.</p></sidenote></p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of enabling the President to provide at the public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> expense all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>telegrams, furniture, and traveling expenses, including for miscellaneous expenses fifteen thousand dollars, in all, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual expenses.</p></sidenote> persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from legations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loss by exchange in remittance of money.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To enable Secretary of State to comply with requirements of fourth section act August 3, 1882, vol. 22, ch. 378, p. 215.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings for legation in China.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements of the fourth section of “An act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,” approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing United States legation buildings at Tangier, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairing United States legation building at Tangier.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Spartel and Tangier light.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangier light, on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and distributing the publications by the Department of State<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and distributing publications by department of State.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the consular and other commercial reports, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, twenty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of such reports discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contribution to maintenance of International Bureau of Weights and Measures ending June 30, 1886.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1875, vol. 20, p. 709.</p></sidenote> Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of ministers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of the remains of ministers and cons u Is of Uni ted States to their former homes for interment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule B.</p></sidenote>and consuls of the United States to their former homes in this country for interment, where such ministers or consuls have died or who may die abroad while in discharge of their official duties, ten thousand dollars. ‘</p>
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<num value="B"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Schedule B.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Constantinople and Rome, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls-general.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at London, Paris, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro, at six thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Calcutta and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Berlin, Kanagawa, Montreal, Honolulu, and Panama, at four thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the consuls-general at Saint Petersburg, Frankfort, Halifax, Vienna, and in Ecuador, at three thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul-general at Mexico, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul at Liverpool (Great Britain), six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the consul at Hong-Kong (Great Britain), five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of thirteen consular clerks, fourteen thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular clerks.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents.</p></sidenote> hundred and nineteen thousand dollars, namely:</p>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps">Class II</inline>.—</num><chapeau>At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class two.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHINA.</heading>
<content>Foochow; Hankow; Canton; Amoy; TienTsin; ChinKiang.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PERU.</heading>
<content>Callao.</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps">Class III</inline>.—</num><chapeau>At three thousand dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class three.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Ottawa; Manchester; Glasgow; Bradford; Demerara; Belfast; Singapore.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Havre.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Matanzas (Cuba).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Vera Cruz.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.</heading>
<content>Colon (Aspinwall).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">JAPAN.</heading>
<content>Nagasaki; Osaka and Hiogo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHILI.</heading>
<content>Valparaiso.</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps">Class IV</inline>.—</num><chapeau>At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class four.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Tunstall; Birmingham; Sheffield; Dundee; Leith; Nottingham; Victoria (British Columbia).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Marseilles; Bordeaux; Lyons.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.</heading>
<content>Buenos Ayres.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Hamburg; Bremen; Dresden.</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Cienfuegos; Santiago de Cuba.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Brussels; Antwerp.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Saint Thomas.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TURKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Smyrna.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREECE.</heading>
<content>Athens.</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps">Class V</inline>.—</num><chapeau>At two thousand dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class five.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Cork; Dublin; Leeds; Toronto; Hamilton; Saint John (New Brunswick); Kingston (Jamaica); Nassau (New Providence); Cardiff; Port Louis (Mauritius); Sidney (New South Wales).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">VENEZUELA.</heading>
<content>Maracaibo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TURKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Beirut; Jerusalem.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>San Juan (Porto Rico); Sagua la Graude (Cuba).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BARBARY STATES.</heading>
<content>Tangier.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Rotterdam.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">RUSSIA.</heading>
<content>Odessa.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Sonneberg; Nuremberg; Barmen; Cologne; Chemnitz; Leipsic: Crefeld.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">AUSTRIA HUNGARY.</heading>
<content>Trieste; Prague.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SWITZERLAND.</heading>
<content>Basle; Zurich.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Palermo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Acapulco; Matamoras.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/327">327</page>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Pernambuco.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MADAGASCAR.</heading>
<content>Tamative.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">URUGUAY.</heading>
<content>Montevideo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HONDURAS.</heading>
<content>Tegucigalpa.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">COSTA RICA.</heading>
<content>San Jose.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">NICARAGUA.</heading>
<content>Managua; San Juan del Norte.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SAN SALVADOR.</heading>
<content>San Salvador.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>Manila.</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps">Class VI</inline>.—</num><chapeau>At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class six.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Bristol; Newcastle; Auckland; Gibraltar; Cape Town; Saint Helena; Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island); PortStanley (Falkland Islands); Clifton; Picton; Winnipeg; Mabe; Kingston; Prescott; Port Sarnia; Quebec; Saint John’s (Canada); Barbadoes; Bermuda; Fort. Erie; Goderich (Canada West); Amberstburg (Canada West); Windsor (Canada West); Southampton; Ceylon; Antigua; Saint Stephen’s; Malta.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Nice; Martinique; Guadeloupe,</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SPANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Cadiz; Malaga; Barcelona.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Fayal (Azores); Funchal.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Verviers and Liege.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Munich; Stuttgart; Mannheim; Aix la Chapelle.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Amsterdam.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">DANISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Copenhagen.</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">FRIENDLY AND NAVIGATOR’S ISLANDS.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Apia.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SWITZERLAND.</heading>
<content>Geneva.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Genoa; Naples; Milan; Leghorn; Florence; Messina.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Tampico; El Paso del Norte.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">VENEZUELA.</heading>
<content>Laguayra; Puerto Cabello.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PARAGUAY.</heading>
<content>Ascunsion.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Bahia; Para.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SAN DOMINGO.</heading>
<content>San Domingo.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">TURKISH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Sivas.</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="C"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Schedule C.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule c.</p></sidenote></inline></num>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps">Class VII</inline>.—</num>
<chapeau>At one thousand dollars per annum:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class seven.</p></sidenote></chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GREAT BRITAIN.</heading>
<content>Gaspe Basin; Windsor (Nova Scotia); Bombay; Sierra Leone; Turk’s Island.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">GERMANY.</heading>
<content>Stettin.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BELGIUM.</heading>
<content>Ghent.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">FRENCH DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Nantes; Algiers.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">ITALY.</heading>
<content>Venice.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HAYTI.</heading>
<content>Cape Haytien.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">NETHERLANDS.</heading>
<content>Batavia.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">BRAZIL.</heading>
<content>Rio Grande del Sul.</content>
</level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">HONDURAS.</heading>
<content>Ruatan and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">EASTERN AFRICA.</heading>
<content>Mozambique.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MEXICO.</heading>
<content>Guay mas; Nuevo Laredo; Piedras Negras.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">MUSCAT.</heading>
<content>Zanzibar.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.</heading>
<content>Santiago (Cape Verde Islands).</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SOCIETY ISLANDS.</heading>
<content>Tahiti.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">SWEDEN AND NORWAY.</heading>
<content>Christiana.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">CHILL</heading>
<content>Talcahuano.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<heading class="centered">COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commercial agencies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule C.</p></sidenote></heading>
</level>
</level>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="C"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Schedule C.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Paul de Loando; Levuka; Gaboon.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter no consul or consul-general shall be entitled to or allowed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional compensation to clerks at consulates.</p></sidenote> any part of any salary appropriated for payment of a secretary or second secretary of legation or an interpreter.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for clerks at consulates, forty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the consul at Liverpool, a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars for any one year; and for the eonsulsgeneral at London, Paris, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars for any one year; for the eonsulsgeneral at Berlin, Frankfort, Vienna, Shanghai, Montreal, and Kanagawa, and for the consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Manchester, Lyons, Hong-Kong, Havre, Crefeld, and Chemnitz, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars for any one year; and for the consuls at Bradford and Birmingham, each a sum not exceeding the rate of nine hundred and sixty dollars for any one year; for the eonsulsgeneral at Calcutta, Port an Prince, Hayti, and Melbourne, and for the consuls at Leipsic, Sheffield, Sonneberg, Dresden, Marseilles, Nuremberg, Tunstall. Antwerp, Bordeaux, Colon (Aspinwall), Singapore, and Glasgow, each a sum not exceeding the rate of eight hundred dollars for any one year; for the consuls at Belfast, Barmen, Leith, Dundee, Victoria, and Matamoras, and for the consul-general at Halifax, each a sum not exceeding the rate of six hundred and forty dollars for any one year; for the consul-general at Mexico, and for the consuls at Malaga, Naples, Genoa, Stuttgart, Florence, Mannheim, Prague, Zurich, Panama, and Demerara, each a sum not exceeding the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars for any one year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an additional allowance for clerks at consulates, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Secretary of State, at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk-hire, no greater portion of this sum than four hundred dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one
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fiscal year, ten thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the total sum expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls not to be paid as secretaries of legations or interpreters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks at consulates.</p></sidenote> in any one year shall not exceed the amount herein appropriated.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For consular officers not citizens of the United States, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular officers not citizens of United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters at consulates in China and Japan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of interpreters to be employed at consulates in China and Japan, twelve thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than one thousand two hundred dollars shall be expended for interpreting at any one consulate or consulate general:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That no person otherwise receiving a salary in any capacity whatever from the United States shall be entitled to any part of the above sum.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interpreters and guards at the consulates at Constantinople,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters, etc., in Turkey.</p></sidenote> Smyrna, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Beirut, in the Turkish dominions, and at Seoul, in Corea, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of seven marshals for the consular courts in Japan, China,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals of consular courts.</p></sidenote> and Turkey, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hiring of steam-launch for use of the legation at Constantinople,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam-launch at Constantinople.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For boat for official use of United States consul at Osaka and Hiogo, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boat and crew for consul at Osaka and Hiogo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost and expense of exchange of money.</p></sidenote>and for pay of boat’s crew, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from the several consulates and consulates-general, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expense of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> other books, seals, presses, Hags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight foreign and domestic, telegrams, advertising, messenger service, including six thousand dollars for other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the salary of an interpreter to the consulate-general in Bangkok,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreter to consulate-general in Bangkok.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prison and prison-keeper at consulate-general in Bangkok.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of prisons.</p></sidenote> Siam, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expense of a prison and prison-keeper at the consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts in China, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual expense of renting a prison in Kanagawa for American convicts in Japan, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expense of keeping prisoners.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> China, Japan, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no more than seventy-five cents per day for the keeping and feeding of each prisoner, while actually confined, Shall be allowed or paid for any such keeping and feeding:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That no allowance shall be made for the keeping or feeding of any prisoner who is able to pay or does pay the above sum of seventy-five cents per day; and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of prisons for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of prison in Turkey.</p></sidenote> of keepers of the same, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of American seamen.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual contribution toward the support of the foreign hospital at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of hospital at Panama.</p></sidenote>Panama, three hundred dollars, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rescue from shipwreck.</p></sidenote>
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 150, 160, 161. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to widows or heirs-at-law of diplomatic or consular officers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311.</p></sidenote> and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, of the widows or heirs-at-law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the expense of a preliminary search, to be made under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For search for evidence as to French spoliation by Department of State.</p></sidenote> direction of the Department of State, of the records of the French prize courts or other French archives from seventeen hundred and ninety-two to eighteen hundred and one, inclusive, to ascertain whether any evidence or documents relating to the claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first of July, eighteen hundred and one, still exist, and, if so, the nature and character thereof, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies.</p></sidenote> the diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 160: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey land in Providence, Rhode Island, for highway purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>160</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 331</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>160.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey land in Providence, Rhode Island, for highway purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence, R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to convey certain land to, for widening street.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, for highway purposes, such portion of the old customhouse lot, so called, owned by the United States, situated on the northwesterly corner of South Main street and Custom avenue, in said city, as may be required for the widening of said South Main street, upon the application for such widening now pending in the supreme court of Rhode Island.
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to agree<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary to agree with city as t o compensation for land and damages.</p></sidenote> with the city of Providence upon the amount of compensation to be paid the United States for said land and damages to the building on said lot, and to receive such amount in full payment therefor.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 161: for the erection of a public building at Macon, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>161</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 331</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>161.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the erection of a public building at Macon, Georgia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Macon, Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, post-office, and other Government offices, at the city of Macon, Georgia. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote> said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That the site shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> States, nor until the State of Georgia shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United
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<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 161-164. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 162: to enlarge the United States custom-house at Richmond, Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>162</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 332</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>162.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to enlarge the United States custom-house at Richmond, Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. customhouse to be enlarged.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursements; how made.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the enlargement of the United States customhouse at Richmond, Virginia.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said sum shall be expended upon the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, and under his direction, upon plans, specifications, and estimates previously made and approved according to law.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 163: to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes."</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>163</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 332</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>163.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes."</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act to increase water supply oi the city of Washington, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 2 2 4, p. 168, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for accepting appraised value of lands or suing in Court, of Claims extended one year.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time fixed by the act entitled “An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes,” approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, within which owners of or parties interested in lands condemned or taken under the provisions of said act may accept the appraised value made or to be hereafter made under said act, or owners or persons interested in such lauds who have declined or may hereafter decline to accept the appraised value of such lands, and have elected or may elect to file a petition in the Court of Claims under the provisions of said act, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year from the passage of this act, notwithstanding the limitation provided by said act.
</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 164: to prohibit the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>164</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 332</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>164.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to prohibit the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prepayment for transportation of, or assisting foreign emigrants under contract for labor or service made previous to emigration, unlawful.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Such contracts void.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia, under contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, made previous to the importation or migration of such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, to perform labor or service of any kind in the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all contracts or agreements, express or implied, paro, or special, which may hereafter be made by and between any personal company, partnership, or corporation, and any foreigner or foreigners, alien or aliens, to perform labor or service or having reference to the performance of labor or service by any person in the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia previous to the migration or
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importation of the person or persons whose labor or service is contracted for into the United States, shall be utterly void and of no effect.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That for every violation of any of the provisions of section<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation of first section, fine; how recovered.</p></sidenote> one of this act the person, partnership, company, or corporation violating the same, by knowingly assisting, encouraging or soliciting the migration or importation of any alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia, to perform labor or service of any kind under contract or agreement, express or implied, parol or special, with such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, previous to becoming residents or citizens of the United States, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one thousand dollars, which may be sued for and recovered by the United States or by any person who shall first bring his action therefor including any such alien or foreigner who may be a party to any such contract or agreement, as debts of like amount are now recovered in the circuit courts of the United States; the proceeds to be paid into the Treasury of the United States; and separate suits maybe brought for each alien or foreigner being a party to such contract or agreement aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the proper district to prosecute every such suit at the expense of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Master of vessel, knowingly bringing such emigrant laborer, guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment.</p></sidenote> within the United States on any such vessel, and land, or permit to be landed, from any foreign port or place, any alien laborer, mechanic, or artisan who, previous to embarkation on such vessel, had entered into contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, to perform labor or service in the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such alien laborer, mechanic or artisan so brought as aforesaid, and may also be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six mouths.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreigners temporarily residing in the United States may engage other foreigners as private secretaries, servants, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Skilled workman in foreign countries may be engaged to perform labor in any new industry not established in the United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artists, lecturers, servants, etc., excepted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>, as to assisting relatives and friends.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laws conflicting herewith, repealed.</p></sidenote> any citizen or subject of any foreign country temporarily residing in the United States, either in private or official capacity, from engaging, under contract or otherwise, persons not residents or citizens of the United States to act as private secretaries, servants, or domestics for such foreigner temporarily residing in the United States as aforesaid; nor shall this act be so construed as to prevent any person, or persons, partnership, or corporation from engaging, under contract or agreement, skilled workman in foreign countries to perform labor in the United Stales in or upon any new industry not at present established in the United States: <i>Prodded</i>, That skilled labor for that purpose cannot be otherwise obtained; nor shall the provisions of this act apply to professional actors, artists, lecturers, or singers, nor to persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting any individual from assisting any member of his family or any relative or personal friend, to migrate from any foreign country to the United States, for the purpose of settlement here.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That all laws or parts of laws conflicting herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 165: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>165</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 333</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>165.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge across Mississippi River at Memphis Tenn., may be constructed by the Tennessee and Arkansas</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Tennessee and Arkansas Bridge Company, a corporation organized and created under and by virtue of the law s of the State of Arkansas, and the Tennessee Construction and Contracting Company, a corporation organized and created under and by virtue of the laws of Tennessee, be, and the same
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are hereby, jointly authorized and empowered to erect, construct, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge Company, and the Tennessee Construction and Contracting Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passage of Railway trains, etc.</p></sidenote> maintain a bridge over the Mississippi River from or near Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, to or near the town of Hopefield, in the State of Arkansas. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the corporations by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declared a post-route and lawful structure.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spans.</p></sidenote>spans; two spans thereof shall not be less than five hundred and fifty feet in length in the clear, and no span shall be less than three hundred feet in the clear. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least sixty-five feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river. No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be preserved.</p></sidenote>which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the circuit court of the United States in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> may be located: <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad companies to have equal rights, for compensation; Secretary of War to decide in case of failure of companies to agree.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>, as to, sec. 2.</p></sidenote>allegations and proofs of the parties: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of section two in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said railroad companies for the use of said bridge.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to prescribe regulations for security of navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps, plans, etc., to be submitted to the Secretary of War for approval.</p></sidenote> shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said companies or corporations shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of two miles above and two miles below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shorelines at extreme
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high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specified rights of the United States reserved.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, on satisfactory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special structures as aids to passage of bridge, etc.</p></sidenote> proof that a necessity exists therefor, to require.the companies or persons owning said bridge to cause such aids to the passage of said bridge to be constructed, placed, anti maintained at their own cost and expense, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other watercraft safely through the passageway, as shall be specified in his order in that behalf; and on failure of the company or persons aforesaid to make and establish such additional structures within a reasonable time, the said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> Secretary shall proceed to cause the same to be built or made at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit court of the United States in which such bridge or any part thereof, is located for the recovery of the cost thereof; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 166: authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the Annual Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>166</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 335</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>166.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the Annual Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing extra copies.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer be, and be is hereby, authorized to print two thousand five hundred extra copies of the Annual Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia; one hundred for the use of the Senate, three hundred and fifty for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand and fifty for the use of the said Health Officer of the District of Columbia
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 260: for the erection of a public building at La Crosse, Wisconsin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>260</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 335</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>260.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the erection of a public building at La Crosse, Wisconsin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">La Crosse, Wis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, internal-revenue office, post-office, and other Government offices, at the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote> The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building
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shall have been purchased to cause plans and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plans and specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building exceeding the portion of one hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for. No plan shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum which remains after paying for the site of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>said building: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and that no money appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the.</proviso> United States, nor until the State of Wisconsin shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 261: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to erect a public building in the city of Key West, Florida.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>261</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 336</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>261.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to erect a public building in the city of Key West, Florida.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to select, of the lands owned by the United States in the city of Key West, Florida, a suitable building site, and to cause to be erected thereon a suitable brick or stone building for the use and accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, custom house, post-office, and other Government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p></sidenote>offices in that city, at a cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; and the building hereby authorized shall be so erected as to afford an open space of not less than forty feet between it and any other building; and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>appropriated, for the purpose herein mentioned: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no money appropriated for said building and land shall be available until a valid title to the site selected is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Florida shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 262: for the erection of a public building at Sacramento, California.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>262</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 336</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>262.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the erection of a public building at Sacramento, California.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacramento,Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building. Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office, land-office, intern alrevenue office, sign aloffice, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote>and other Government offices, at the city of Sacramento, California. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved ac-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/337">337</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 262-265. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
cording to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of California shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 263: to amend chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress, entitled “An act to provide for a public building at the city of Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>263</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 337</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>263.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to amend chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress, entitled “An act to provide for a public building at the city of Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana.”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Wayne, Ind.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 464, p. 369, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in the fifteenth line of the first section of the above-recited act the same be, and is hereby, amended to read “<quotedText>one hundred and seventy-five</quotedText>” instead of “one hundred,” so that the limitation therein contained will be in the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars instead of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That it being necessary in order to secure the proper commencement and construction of a building adapted to the varied uses for which the structure therein contemplated is required, the sum of of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated therefor out of any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increased appropriation.</p></sidenote> money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 264: to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>264</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 337</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>264.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commercial National Bank of Chicago.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of capital stock.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, in accordance with existing laws, to any sum not exceeding two millions of dollars, notwithstanding the limit heretofore fixed in its original articles of association and determined by the Comptroller of the Currency; and the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized to fix <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of increase.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>the limit of the increase of the capital stock of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago at the amount of two millions of dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That two-thirds of the stockholders shall consent thereto.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 265: to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>265</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 337</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>265.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture of lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company under act.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company under the act of Congress entitled “An act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company and to aid
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/338">338</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 265,314. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
in the construction of its road, and for other purposes,” approved March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1871, vol. 16, ch. 122, p. 573.</p></sidenote>third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, be, and they are hereby, declared forfeited, and the whole of said lands restored to the public domain and made subject to disposal under the general laws of the United States, as though said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>grant had never been made: <i>Provided</i>, That the price of the lands so forfeited and restored shall be the same as heretofore fixed for the even sections within said grant</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1875, vol. 18, ch. 196, p. 519, repealed.</p></sidenote> entitled “<quotedText>An act for the relief of settlers within railroad limits,</quotedText>” is hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 314: to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>314</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 338</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-02</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>314.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable lot of laud in the city of Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, and cause to be erected on the ground so purchased a building suitable for the accommodation of the courts of the United States, of the customhouse, post-office, pension office, and other Government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>offices in that city. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to select site.</p></sidenote>:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem it advisable to use for said purpose the site now owned by the United States, upon part of which the post-office and customhouse building-now stands, he may do so; and should he further deem said site insufficient, he may enlarge the same by the purchase of additional adjoining ground:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote></proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That if a new site shall be purchased for said building as hereinbefore authorized it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plan and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost limited.</p></sidenote> specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said nine hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan for building to be rejected if the cost exceed the sum remaining after p a y i u g for site.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That nothing herein contained shall be construed in any event to increase the cost of the site and building including approaches, when completed, beyond the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars as provided in this section.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of the selection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditional sale of United States property.</p></sidenote> and purchase under this act of a site other than that now owned and occupied by the United States within said city of Detroit, be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to sell at public auction, for cash, after thirty days’ advertisement of the time, place, and terms of sale, the property in the city of Detroit purchased by him for the erection of a
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/339">339</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 314,315. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
public building under and by virtue of an act of Congress approved Maj’ twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “<quotedText>Au act to provide<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 187, p. 96.</p></sidenote> for the erection of a public building at Detroit, Michigan;</quotedText>” and the moneys received from such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That in the event of the purchase and use of an entire new site, then, after the erection of the building provided for in the first section of this act, or at such a time as the exigencies and needs of the public business may render such action prudent and desirable, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to sell, at public auction, for cash, and after thirty days’ advertisement of the time, place, and terms of sale, the property or site now owned and occupied by the United States as a post-office, customhouse, and for other offices of the United States; and the moneys received from such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of property delayed at the discretion of Secretary of Treasury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury may, in his discretion, delay the sale of the property referred to in the second section of this act, and offer the same for sale jointly with the property referred to in this section of this act, and in like manner and terms:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Treasury, in any and every case of an attempted sale, shall be authorized and empowered to reject any bid which in his opinion shall be less<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bid to be rejected if property is undervalued.</p></sidenote> than the value of the property or part thereof offered for sale under the provisions of this act, and reoffer the same for sale in the manner above provided until the said property shall bring a fair price.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That an act entitled “An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Detroit, Michigan,” approved May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 187, p. 96, repealed.</p></sidenote> being chapter one hundred and eighty-seven of volume twenty-two of the Statutes of the United States, is hereby repealed: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any manner affecting the appropriation so far made for the purpose contemplated in that act, but that the same shall be available to be applied in effecting the objects sought under the provisions of this act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 2nd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 315: providing for the erection of a building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department, United States Army.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>315</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 339</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-02</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>315.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for the erection of a building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department, United States Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washing ten, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of building to contain records, library, and museum of the Medical department, United States Army.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a brick and metal fireproof building, to be used for the safekeeping of the records, library, and museum of the Surgeon-General’s Office of the United States Army, is hereby authorized to be constructed upon the Government reservation in the city of Washington, in the vicinity of the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, on a site to be selected by a commission composed of the Secretary of War, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the Surgeon-General of-the Army and approved by said commission, the cost of the building, when completed, not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; the building to be erected and the money expended under the direction and superintendence of the Secretary of War.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the commencement and completion of said building.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 2, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 316: to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning-ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 340</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-02</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>316</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>2</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/340">340</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>316.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning-ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of fish in District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of nets and other contrivances in waters of Potomac unlawful.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Any offense against this act a misdemeanor.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after date of passage of this act, for a term of five years, it shall not be lawful to fish with fyke-net, pound-net, stake-net, weir, float-net, gill-net, haul-seine, or any other contrivance, stationary or floating, in the waters of the Potomac River within the District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon sufficient proof thereof in the police court or other court of the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote>Columbia, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars no more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense and shall forfeit to the District his nets, boats, and all other apparatus and appliances <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of fines and seizures to be paid into United States Treasury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Angling and taking of fish for propagation and scientific purposes excepted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositing, or allowing flow of tar, oil, or other waste product into Potomac River or tributaries within the District of Columbia, a misdemeanor.</p></sidenote>used in violation of law, which shall be sold; and the proceeds of such sales, and all fines accruing under this act, shall be paid into the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit angling or fishing with the outline or to prevent the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from taking from said waters of the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, in any manner desired, fish of any kind for scientific purposes or for the purposes of propagation.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That from and after three months from the date of the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to allow any tar, oil, ammoniacal liquor or other waste products of any gas-works or of works engaged in using such products or any waste product whatever of any mechanical, chemical, manufacturing or refining establishment to flow into or be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of its tributaries within the District of Columbia or into any pipe or conduit leading to the same; and any one guilty of violating this section shall on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote>conviction as provided in Section two of this act, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every day during which said violation shall continue, to be prosecuted for and recovered as provided in the preceding section.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 2, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 318: authorizing the President of the United States to appoint one passed assistant engineer, now on the retired-list of the Navy, a chief engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 340</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>318</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>318.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the President of the United States to appoint one passed assistant engineer, now on the retired-list of the Navy, a chief engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President authorized to promote one passed assistant engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one passed assistant engineer, now on the retired-list of the Navy, a chief engineer on the retired-list of the Navy, with the highest retired pay of that grade.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 319: providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 340</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>319</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>319.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Whereas the confederated bands of Cayuse, Walla-Walla, and Umatilla<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments of lands to certain Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> Indians, residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, have expressed a willingness to settle upon lands in severalty on their said reservation, and to have the residue of their lands not needed for such allotment sold for their benefit: Therefore,</recital>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/341">341</page>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to allot agricultural lands to the confederated bands of Cayuse, Walla-Walla, and Umatilla Indians in Oregon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons entitled to allotments.</p></sidenote>,</enactingFormula>
</preamble>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the President of the United States cause lands to be allotted to the confederated bands of Cayuse, Walla-Walla, and Umatilla Indians, residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, as follows, of agricultural lands:</p>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To each head of a family, one hundred and sixty acres; to each single person over the age of eighteen years,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments; how made.</p></sidenote> eighty acres; to each orphan child being under eighteen years of age, eighty acres; and to each child under eighteen years of age not otherwise provided for, forty acres.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Allotments to heads of families and to children under eighteen years of age belonging to families shall be made upon the selections made by the head of the family; allotments to persons over eighteen years of age not classed as heads of families shall be made upon the selection of such persons; and allotments to orphans shall be made upon selections made by the agent in charge, or other person duly authorized by the Department. I n addition to the allotments of agricultural lands to said Indians in severalty as herein provided, there shall be reserved a reasonable amount of pasture and timber lands for their use, to be used by said Indians in common, and there shall also be selected and set apart for an industrial farm and school six hundred and forty acres of agricultural<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial farm and school.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties defined.</p></sidenote> lands. Before any allotments are made, a commission of three disinterested persons to be appointed by the President shall go upon said reservation and ascertain as near as may be the number of Indians who will remain on said reservation, and who shall be entitled to take lands in severalty thereon, and the amount of land required to make the allotments; and thereupon said commission shall determine and set apart so much of said reservation as shall be necessary to supply agricultural lands for allotments in severalty, together with sufficient pasture and timber lands for their use, and six hundred and forty acres for an industrial farm and school, not exceeding one hundred and twenty thousand acres in the aggregate for all purposes; and the same shall be in as compact a form as possible. Said commission shall report<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to report to Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote> to the Secretary of the Interior the number and classes of persons entitled to allotments, as near as they may be able to, the metes and bounds of the tract by them selected for said Indians, and designate the particular tract selected for an industrial farm and school; and if the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">If selected tract be approved by Secretary of the Interior, it shall constitute the reservation of said Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey and patents.</p></sidenote> same shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior the said tract shall thereafter constitute the reservation for said Indians, and within which the allotments herein provided for shall be made. The said tract shall be surveyed, or so much thereof as shall be required for allotments, and as mon as such surveys are approved the selections and allotments snail be made. The President shall cause patents to issue to all persons to whom allotments of lands shall be made under the provisions of this act, which shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States to hold land in trust for a period of twenty-five years.</p></sidenote> of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State of Oregon, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his heirs as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the law of alienation and descent in force in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law of alienation and descent in Oregon to apply after execution of patents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>, as to removal to other reservations.</p></sidenote>State of Oregon shall apply thereto after patents have been executed, except as herein otherwise provided:</proviso> <i>Provided further</i>, That any Indian or Indians residing upon said reservation hereafter provided for them who may desire to remove to or settle upon any other reservation shall be permitted to do so, and shall retain their right to share their equal proportion of benefits to be derived from any fund that may arise from the sale of any of the lauds of said Umatilla Reservation, and in addition the equitable value of the right to take lands in severalty on said reservation, to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and taken
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/342">342</page> out of said fund; and the same shall be expended from time to time for their benefit in establishing them in their new homes in such manner as the Department shall direct</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That as soon as the report of said commission in respect to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands not included in new reservations to be resurveyed, appraised, and classified.</p></sidenote> new boundaries of said reservation shall be approved, the residue of said reservation lands not included in said new lines shall be surveyed, if not already surveyed, or if the stakes and monuments, if surveyed, have become so obliterated that the lines cannot be ascertained, and the same shall be appraised and classified into timbered and untimbered lauds; and in case where improvements have been made by any Indian or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements to be separately appraised.</p></sidenote>for the United States upon such lands, such improvements shall be separately appraised, and if the same belong to an Indian, such Indian shall be reimbursed the value of such improvements, in money; but no lauds <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No appraisement less than $1.25 per acre.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condition of sale.</p></sidenote>shall be appraised at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. The said lands, when surveyed and appraised, shall be sold at the proper land-office of the United States, by the register thereof, at public sale, to the highest bidder, at a price not less than the appraised value thereof, such sale to be advertised in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct. Each purchaser of any of said lands at such sale shall be entitled to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of untimbered lands and an additional tract of forty acres of timbered lands, and no more. He shall pay one-third of the purchase-price of untimbered lands at the time of purchase, one-third in one year, and one-third in two years, with interest on the deferred payments at the rate of five per centum per annum, and shall pay the full purchase-price of timbered lauds at the time of purchase. And where there are improvements upon the lands purchased which shall have been separately’ appraised, the purchaser shall pay the appraised value of such improvements at the time of purchase, in addition to the amounts hereinbefore required to be paid.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each purchaser shall, at the time of making his purchase, make and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of lands to be for use and occupation of purchaser.</p></sidenote> subscribe an oath or affirmation that he is purchasing said lands for his own use and occupation, and not for or on account of or at the solicitation of any other, and that he has made no contract whereby the title thereto shall, directly or indirectly, inure to the benefit of another. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Any conveyance, contract or lien, made before patent is issued to be void.</p></sidenote>And if any conveyance is made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the came, or any lien thereon created before the issuing of the patent herein provided, such conveyance, contract, or lien shall be absolutely null and void. And before a patent shall issue for untimbered lands the purchaser shall make satisfactory proof that he has resided upon the lands purchased at least one year and has reduced at least twenty-five acres to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions for issuing patents.</p></sidenote>cultivation. No patent shall issue until all payment shall have been made; and on the failure of any purchaser to make any payment when the same becomes due, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause said land to be again offered at public or private sale, after notice to the delinquent; and if said land shall sell for more than the balance due thereon, the surplus, after deducting expenses, shall be paid over to the first <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons having settled upon, or acquired title under preemption o r homestead laws to fractional subdivisions of adjacent lands, to have prior right to purchase.</p></sidenote>purchaser: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That persons who settled upon or acquired title under the preemption or homestead laws of the United States to fractional subdivisions of lands adjacent to the lines of said reservation, as now and heretofore existing, and at the time of the sale herein provided for are residing on such fractions, and have been unable to secure the full benefit of such laws by reason that the lands settled upon were made fractional by the boundary-line of said reservation crossing such subdivision, shall have a right, at any time after advertisement and before sale at public auction, to purchase, at their appraised value, so much of said lands as shall, with the fractional lands already settled upon, make in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres; and no additional residence shall be required of such settler, but he shall take and subscribe the oath required of other purchasers at the time of purchase. All controversies between settlers and purchasers in respect to settle-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/343">343</page>ment and the right of purchase shall be heard and determined, upon their priorities and equities, by the like officers and in the same manner as like contests are heard and determined under existing preemption laws:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That the State of Oregon shall be entitled to select<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State of Oregon entitled to select U. S. public lands, in exchange.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water right granted July 17, 1870, to be continued.</p></sidenote> from the public lands of the United States in said State lands in lien of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections contained in said Umatilla reservation as now set apart and established:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the water right across a portion of said reservation from the town of Pendleton granted by the Interior Department July seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy on the application of George A. La Dow, Lot Livermore and other citizens of Pendleton for manufacturing, irrigating and other purposes be confirmed and continued to W. S. Byers and Company their successors:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this act shall in no way impair or affect<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> any existing right to a reasonable use of the water of said stream for agricultural purposes, nor shall confirm or grant any right to use the water thereof in any manner nor to any extent beyond or different from that to which it has been heretofore appropriated.</proviso></p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the funds arising from the sale of said reservation lands,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funds to be deposited at interest in United States Treasury.</p></sidenote> after paying the expenses of survey, appraisement, and sale, and reimbursing any Indian or Indians for the value of any improvements belonging to such Indian or Indians, and the equitable share of any Indian to the funds arising from the sale of said reservation lands as herein provided, and reimbursing the United States for improvements made by the Government and under the provisions herein, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indians, and the same shall draw such rate of interest as is now or may be hereafter provided by law. Twenty per centum of the principal of said funds may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twenty per cent, to be used tor assisting establishment of Indians; and $20,000 for industrial farm and school.</p></sidenote> be used, under the direction of the President, in assisting said Indians to establish themselves upon their several allotments, in such manner as he shall direct, and twenty thousand dollars of the residue thereof shall be devoted to the establishment and support of an industrial farm and school for the training and education of the children of said Indians in the arts and methods of civilized life, and the increase from the funds thereafter to be devoted to the support of said industrial farm and school, and to such other beneficial purposes as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior may be for the best interest of said Indians: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the said Indians shall pledge themselves to compel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians to pledge themselves that children shall attend school.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for carrying act into effect.</p></sidenote> their children, male and female, between the ages of seven and fifteen years, to attend said school.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which said sum shall be reimbursed to the Treasury out of the sales of said lands; and ten thousand dollars of said sum so appropriated shall be expended toward establishing said industrial farm and school herein provided for.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That before this act shall be executed in any part, the consent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of majority of Indians to be obtained.</p></sidenote> of said Indians shall be obtained to the disposition of their lands as provided herein, which consent shall be expressed in writing and signed by a majority of the male adults upon said reservation, and by a majority of their chiefs in council assembled for that purpose, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall have power to make<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to make rules, determine disputes between Indians, and fix compensation of commissioners.</p></sidenote> needful rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and shall have power to determine all disputes and questions arising between Indians respecting their allotments, and shall fix the compensation to be allowed to the commisioners provided for in section two.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 320: to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the amounts due to citizens of the United States for supplies furnished to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota subsequent to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and prior to the massacre of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and providing for the payment thereof.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 344</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/344">344</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>320.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the amounts due to citizens of the United States for supplies furnished to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota subsequent to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and prior to the massacre of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and providing for the payment thereof.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement o f claims of Indian traders.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to investigate and determine claims of licensed Indian traders under contracts, or accounts, for supplies to Sioux and Dakota Indians in 1861 and 1862.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of act of 1863. vol. 12. ch. 37. p. 652.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate and determine the amounts due licensed traders, citizens of the United States, for supplies furnished, in the course of trade and business, to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota subsequent to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and prior to the outbreak and massacre by said Indians in August, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and for which damages were not awarded by the commissioners appointed under the act entitled “An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians”, approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for the reason that said act limited the action of said commissioners to claims arising from depredations, and did not authorize them to act upon claims arising upon contract or upon accounts for supplies furnished; and the said claims, when ascertained, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Interior out of the money hereby appropriated.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Interior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> to carry out the provisions of the foregoing section the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>not otherwise appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, however, That said sum shall be charged to the unpaid annuities stipulated to be paid to the said Sioux Indians under treaties, but abrogated and annulled by the act approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 321: to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Henry B. Anthony.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 344</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>321</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>321.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Henry B. Anthony.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eulogies upon Henry B. Anthony, deceased; printed with portrait, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Henry B. Anthony, a Senator from Rhode Island, with an account of his funeral, prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, twelve thousand copies, of which four thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have printed a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>portrait of said Henry B. Anthony, to accompany said eulogies; and for engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 322: to provide for the printing of the report and proceedings of the Commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington Monument.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 344</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>322</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>322.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the printing of the report and proceedings of the Commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington Monument.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing of report and proceedings of the “Commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedica-</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the report and proceedings of the commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington Monument, together with the engraved card attached thereto, be printed, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, and that twenty-six thousand five hundred additional copies be
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/345">345</page>printed, eight thousand copies of the same for the use of the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">tion of the Washington Monument. Engraved card to be attached.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> sixteen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, five hundred copies for distribution by Lieut Gen. P. H. Sheridan, U. S. A., to the civil and military organizations which participated in the procession, five hundred copies for the Washington National Monument Association for distribution among its members, five hundred copies for distribution by Col. Thomas L. Casey, Engineer, among the mechanics and workmen employed in the erection of the monument, five hundred copies for the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, and five hundred copies to the Hon. John W. Daniel; and for the purpose of defraying the expense of printing the said attached card, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 323: for the completion of a public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 345</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>323.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the completion of a public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building, Council Bluffs, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 186, p. 95.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost not to exceed appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the additional sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to erect a post-office, court-room, and internal-revenue building at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the requirements of an act for that purpose approved May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. The limit of cost prescribed in said act is hereby extended. And no plan shall be approved which will involve an expenditure for site and building complete, including approaches, greater than the limit herein fixed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 324: to donate a cemetery site on the public lands to the city of Kirwin, in the State of Kansas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 345</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>324</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to donate a cemetery site on the public lands to the city of Kirwin, in the State of Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kirwin, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cemetery site donated to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine, township four south, of range sixteen west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Kansas, now occupied by the city of Kirwin for cemetery purposes, be, and the same is hereby, donated to the said city of Kirwin for the use of a public cemetery.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 325: to provide for the erection of a public building at Aberdeen, Mississippi, for use as a post-office, United States court, and for United States internal-revenue officials, and for other Government purposes,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 345</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>325</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>325.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the erection of a public building at Aberdeen, Mississippi, for use as a post-office, United States court, and for United States internal-revenue officials, and for other Government purposes,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aberdeen, Miss.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable fire proof building at Aberdeen, in the State of Mississippi, for the accommodation of the United States district court, post office, internal-revenue officials, and for other Government purposes; and there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars; but it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote> and specifications to be prepared, which said plan and specifications
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/346">346</page> shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said seventy five thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the. site of said building, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building, for which he shall cause proper plans and estimates to be made, so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized for the purchase of said site and the completion of said building exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no part of the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be used until the State of Mississippi shall release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site, and the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be the owner thereof,</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 326: for the erection of a public building at Reading, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 346</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>326</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>326.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at Reading, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reading, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other government offices, at the city of Reading, in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote>State of Pennsylvania. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>eighty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsylvania shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 327: to provide for the construction of a courthouse and post-office at Clarksburg, West Virginia.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 346</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>327</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>327.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the construction of a courthouse and post-office at Clarksburg, West Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarksburg, W. Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at Clarksburg, in the State of West Virginia, a substantial and commodious public building, with fire proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts and post-office and for other Government uses. The site, and the building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote>thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of fifty thousand dollars: and for the purposes herein <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>mentioned the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <i>Provided</i>, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/347">347</page> site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of West Virginia shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States-shall be the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That it shall be the duty of <sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>the Secretary of the Treasury after the site for said building shall have been purchased to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared which said plan and specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said fifty thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for, and no plan shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 328: for the erection of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 347</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>328</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>328.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wichita, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts and other Government offices, at the city of Wichita, State of Kansas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote> building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of fifty thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plan and specifications shall not involve an an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said fifty thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be invested in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> United States, nor until the State of Kansas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said States and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 329: for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend Washington Territory,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 347</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>329.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend Washington Territory,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Townsend, Wash. Ter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein for the accommodation of the custom-house, bonded warehouse, post office, and other Government offices, at the city of Port Townsend, Washington Territory, The plans, specifications, and full<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost. etc.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/348">348</page> estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of seventy thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <i>provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet including street and alleys; and no money appropriated for this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 330: to amend section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine of chapter one, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to general incorporation acts of Territories.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 348</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>330</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>330.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to amend section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine of chapter one, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to general incorporation acts of Territories.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers of Territorial legislatures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s1889/p383">R. S., sec. 1889, p. 383, amended</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislatures of Territories not to gran t private charters, but may pass general incorporation acts.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine of chapter one, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1889"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec</inline>. 1889. </num>
<content class="inline">The legislative assemblies of the several Territories shall not grant private charters or special privileges, but they may, by general incorporation acts, permit persons to associate themselves together as bodies corporate for mining, banking, manufacturing, or other industrial pursuits, or the construction and operation of railroads, wagon-roads, canals, or irrigating-ditches, and the colonization and improvement of lands in connection therewith, or for colleges, seminaries, churches, libraries, or any benevolent, charitable, or scientific association”.</content>
</section>
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</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 331: for the erection of a public building in the city of Auburn, New York.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 348</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>331</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>331.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building in the city of Auburn, New York.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auburn, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Auburn,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> in the State of New York, a substantial and commodious public building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and United States courts, and for other Government uses.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, cost, etc.</p></sidenote> The site and the buildings thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of New York shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 332: for the erection of a public building at Chicago, Illinois.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 349</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/349">349</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>332.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the erection of a public building at Chicago, Illinois.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to cause the erection of a substantial and commodious building, upon ground owned by the United States on the corner of Fifth avenue and Polk street, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> known as the “old bridewell and dock property”, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, for the use of the United States local appraiser and other Government uses; the building when completed upon plans and specifications<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote> to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> appropriated, to be used and expended in the erection of said building.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 333: to change the limit of appropriation for the public building at Louisville, Kentucky.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 349</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docNumber>333</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>333.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to change the limit of appropriation for the public building at Louisville, Kentucky.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisville, Ky.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public building. 1882, vol. 22, ch. 182, p. 94.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the act entitled “An act for the erection of a public building at Louisville, Kentucky,” approved May twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, be amended by making the limit for said building one million dollars, and that sum is hereby fixed as the limit of cost thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Supervising Architect and the officers of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation limited to $1,000,000.</p></sidenote> United States Government having charge of the erection of public buildings are authorized and required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making contracts for the erection of said building,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 334: to incorporate the Luther Statue Association, to erect and maintain. monument or statue in memory of Martin Luther in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 349</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>334</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>334.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to incorporate the Luther Statue Association, to erect and maintain. monument or statue in memory of Martin Luther in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incorporation of the Luther Statue Association.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That John G. Morris and Gustavus A. Dobler, of the State of Maryland; Arnold J. D. Wedemyer, Charles A. Schieren, and Augustus Kountze, of the State of New York; John W. B. Dobler, of the State of New Jersey; Daniel M. Fox, of the State of Pennsylvania, and George Ryneal, junior, and John G. Butler, of the District of Columbia, be, and are hereby, created and made a body politic and corporate by the name, style, and title of the Luther Statue Association; and said persons, or their successors, shall constitute a board of trustees, nine in number, of said association, to be maintained in perpetual succession, and shall have all the powers of a body corporate necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of said association, namely, to erect and maintain in the District of Columbia a statue or monument in memory of Martin Luther.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said board of trustees shall have power to make all necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power of board of trustees to make by laws and fill vacancies.</p></sidenote> and proper by laws, and to alter or repeal the same at pleasure, and to fill, by election, all vacancies which shall occur in their body, so that the number of nine trustees shall always be preserved.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That said board of trustees shall have power to acquire, by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To acquire and transfer property.</p></sidenote> purchase or otherwise, and to hold in and by said corporate name of the Luther Statue Association, and for the purposes thereof, property, real, personal, and mixed, and to convey and transfer the same at pleasure:
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/350">350</page> <proviso><i>Provided however</i>, That the lands of said body corporate shall be located<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> in the District of Columbia, and shall not exceed five thousand square feet.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the lands acquired and held by said body corporate, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption from taxation.</p></sidenote> the statue erected thereon, and all the improvements and appurtenances thereto, shall be entirely exempt from taxation, and shall not be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>chargeable or assessed for any purpose whatever: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this act may be modified, repealed or amended, whenever Congress may see fit to do so.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 335: to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 350</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>335</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>335.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounting officers to settle claims of officers and men in military service for property lost or destroyed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value of the private property belonging to officers and enlisted men in the military service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, lost or destroyed in the military service, under the following circumstances:</chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">First. </num>
<content>When such loss or destruction was without fault or negligence<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When loss or destruction was without fault or negligence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When shipped by order on unseaworthy vessel.</p></sidenote> on the part of the claimant.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Second. </num>
<content>Where the private property so lost or destroyed was shipped on board an unseaworthy vessel by order of any officer authorized to. give such order or direct such shipment.</content>
</level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Third. </num>
<content>Where it appears that the loss or destruction of the private<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When lost in saving property of United States.</p></sidenote> property of the claimant was in consequence of his having given his attention to the saving of the property belonging to the United States which was in danger at the same time and under similar circumstances. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment out of the Treasury.</p></sidenote>And the amount of such loss so ascertained and determined shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote>shall be in full for all such loss or damage: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any claim which shall be presented and acted on under authority of this act shall be held as finally determined, and shall never thereafter be reopened or considered:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That this act shall not apply to losses sustained in time of war or hostilities with Indians:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the liability of the Government under this act shall be limited to such articles of personal property as the Secretary of War, in his discretion shall decide to be reasonable, useful, necessary, and proper for such officer or soldier while in quarters, engaged in the public service, in the line of duty:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That all claims now existing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims to be presented in two years.</p></sidenote>shall be presented within two years and not after from the passage of this act; and all such claims hereafter arising be presented within two years from the occurrence of the loss or destruction.</proviso></content>
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 336: to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Larned, Kansas, not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 350</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>336</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>336.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Larned, Kansas, not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First National Bank of Larned, Kans., to increase capital stock.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the First National Bank of Larned, located in the city of Larned, in the State of Kansas, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, in accordance with existing laws, to any sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/351">351</page> notwithstanding the limit heretofore fixed in its original articles of association and determined by the Comptroller of the Currency; and the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized to fix the limit of increase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of increase.</p></sidenote> of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Larned, Kansas, at the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 337: to provide for the sale of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.”</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 351</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>337</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>337.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the sale of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations in Nebraska and Kansas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to survey and sell said lands with consent of majority of chiefs, headmen, and male adults.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisement in tracts of forty acres.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales to be through public land offices.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That with the consent of a majority of the chiefs, headmen, and male adults of the Sac and Fox (of the Missouria) tribe of Indians and the Iowa tribe of Indians, expressed in open council by each tribe, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be surveyed, if necessary, and sold the remainder of the reservations of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians, lying in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. The said lands shall be appraised, in tracts of forty acres each, by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be selected by the Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians and the other two shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That after the survey and appraisement of said lands the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to offer the same, through the United States public-land office at Beatrice or Lincoln, Nebraska, at public sale, to the highest bidder. In cases where improvements have been made by any Indian or for the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian improvements separately appraised.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Price not less than $8 per acre, and sales only to actual settlers in good faith.</p></sidenote> upon such lands, such improvements shall be separately appraised: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no portion of such land shall be sold at less than the appraised value thereof, and in no case for less than eight dollars per acre, and to none except such as purchase the same for actual occupation and settlement, and who have made and subscribed on oath, before the register of said land-office, and filed the same with said officer of the land office at Beatrice or Lincoln Nebraska, that it is his good-faith intention to settle upon and occupy the land which he seeks to purchase, and improve the same for a home; and, except in case of the death of the purchaser, unless said party shall have executed his declared intention by making improvements and being in actual occupation of said land, by actual residence thereon, at the time for making the second payment, he shall forfeit the payment already made, and the land shall be subject to resale as hereinafter provided.</proviso> Each purchaser of said lands at such sale shall be entitled to purchase one hundred and sixty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase limited to 160 acres, except in case of a fractional excess.</p></sidenote> acres of land, and no more, except in cases where a tract contains a fractional excess over one hundred and sixty acres. If the excess is less than forty acres, is contiguous, and results from inability in the survey to make township and section lines conform to the boundary-fines of the reservation, and no other objection exists, the purchase of such excess shall be allowed. Such purchaser shall pay one-fourth of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments and interest.</p></sidenote> the purchase-price at the time said land is bid off, one-fourth in one year, one-fourth in two years, and one-fourth in three years, with interest on the deferred payments at the rate of six per centum per annum; and where there are improvements upon the lands purchased which shall have been separately appraised, the purchaser shall pay the appraised value of such improvements at the time of purchase, in addition to the amounts hereinbefore required to be paid. No patents shall issue<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents when all payments are made.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture on failure to pay.</p></sidenote> until all payments shall have been made; and on the failure of any purchaser to make payment as required by this act he shall forfeit the lands purchased, and the same shall be subject to entry and sale, at the appraised value thereof, or shall be again offered at public sale, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/352">352</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That if any member of said Sac and Fox or Iowa tribe of Indians residing at the date of the passage of this act upon any of the lands authorized to be sold by the second section of this act, and who <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments to Indians choosing to remain.</p></sidenote>has improvements thereon, shall elect to remain on the lands occupied by him, such lands shall be withheld from sale as provided for herein; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a certificate to issue to the person so electing as follows: If he be the head of a family, to one hundred and sixty acres of land, and if a single man, to eighty acres of land, the land so selected to include his improvements, and to be accepted in full satisfaction of his interest in and to the said reservation, and of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trust certificate for 25 years.</p></sidenote>moneys or fund realized from the sale thereof. The certificate provided for herein shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus certified, for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the allottee, or in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State in which said land is situated, and that at the expiration of said period the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents then to issue.</p></sidenote>States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or his heirs, as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conveyances or contracts, before 25 years expire, void.</p></sidenote>incumbrance whatsoever; and if any conveyance shall be made of the lands thus allotted, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void; and such lands during such time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free from taxation, etc.</p></sidenote>shall not be subject to taxation, alienation, or forced sale under execution or otherwise.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the proceeds of the sale of any improvements belonging<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of Indians ’ improvement paid to them.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of United States improvements paid into Treasury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of lands deposited in Treasury in trust for Indians with interest.</p></sidenote> to individual Indians shall be paid to the Indians to whom such improvements belonged. The proceeds of the sale of any improvements belonging to the United States shall Ire deposited in the Treasury of the United States and the proceeds of the sale of said lands, first deducting therefrom the cost of the survey, appraisement, and sale, and the expense of removing the Indians as hereinafter provided, shall be placed to the credit of the said Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians, according to the interest of said tribes in said reservations, in the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, which income shall be annually expended for the benefit of said Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior may, with the consent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior may, with consent of Indians, secure for them other reservations.</p></sidenote> the Indians expressed in open council, as aforesaid, secure other Reservation lands upon which to locate said Indians, cause their removal thereto, and expend such sum as may be necessary for their comfort and advancement in civilization.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents for reservations that may be selected.</p></sidenote> authorized to cause patents to be issued to the Sac and Fox (of the Missouria) tribe of Indians and the said Iowa tribe for the reservations that may be selected for them under the provisions of the preceding section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That the patent authorized by the preceding section to be issued<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents for lands to be in trust.</p></sidenote> to said Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the land therein described in trust for the sole use and benefit of said Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians, respectively.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever the Indians who may be properly residing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments to be for—</p></sidenote> upon the said reservations referred to in the last preceding sections shall desire allotments of lands in severalty, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause allotments to be made to such Indians in quantity as follows:
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To each head of a family, one hundred and sixty acres.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A head of a family, 160 acres.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Single person, over 21, 80 acres.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minor, 40 acres.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificates for allotments.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To each single person over the age of twenty-one years, eighty acres.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To each minor, forty acres.</listContent></listItem>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That upon the approval of the allotments provided for in the preceding section by the Secretary of the Interior, the President shall
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/353">353</page> cause certificates to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, which certificates shall be of the legal effect, and declare that the United States does and will hold the fee of the land thus allotted, for the period of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same as section 3.</p></sidenote> twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or in case of his decease, of bis heirs, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to the said Indian, or his heirs, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever; and if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior may, with the consent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Indians to reservations secured for them.</p></sidenote> the Indians expressed in open Council, as provided in section one, cause the removal of that portion of the Sac and Fox and Iowa tribes residing upon said Sac and Fox and Iowa Reservations, in Nebraska and Kansas, to the reservation or reservations that may be secured for them, and expend such sums as may be rendered necessary by such removal, and for the comfort and advancement in civilization of said Indians; and the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such expenses and for the expenses of the survey, appraisement, and sale of said Sac and Fox and Iowa lands; and the amount so expended shall be reimbursed to the United States out of the first proceeds of the sales of said lands by said tribes respectively.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 338: making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>338.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for the Agricultural Department.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.</heading>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>office of commissioner.</heading>
<content>For compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, four thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of Agriculture, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief clerk in said Department, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief of division of accounts and disbursing officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant disbursing officer, who shall act as property clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk to disbursing officer, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one engraver, two thousand dollars; one microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; two firemen, at seven
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/354">354</page> hundred and twenty dollars each; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants in folding-room, at six hundred dollars each; messengers, carpenters, watchmen, and laborers, ten thousand dollars; in all, seventy-thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>chemical division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of chief chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemists and assistants.</p></sidenote> one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; employment of additional assistance, when necessary, in the chemical division, six thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand live hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>entomological division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of entomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entomologist and assistant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional assistants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> one assistant entomologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistants in the entomological division, when necessary, four thousand dollars; for investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to agriculture and horticulture, experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them, and for the promotion of economic ornithology, or the study of the interrelation of birds and agriculture, an investigation of the food, habits, and migration of birds in relation to both insects and plants, and publishing report thereon, for drawings, and for chemicals and travelling and other expenses on the practical work of the entomological division, twenty five thousand dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand nine hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>gardens and grounds.</heading>
<content>For compensation of superintendent of gardens and grounds, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; labor, purchase and repair of tools, wagon and carts, manure, and purchase of trees, six thousand dollars; repairing and resurfacing concrete roads, two thousand dollars; labor in experimental garden, five thousand dollars; flower pots, two hundred and fifty dollars; painting greenhouses, six hundred dollars; repairing greenhouses, wood work, and glazing, one thousand dollars; purchase of economic seeds and plants, six hundred dollars; repairs of heating apparatus, including one new boiler, six hundred and fifty dollars; purchase of soil, sand, charcoal, and so forth, for potting plants, one hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>museum.</heading>
<content>For compensation of curator of museum, one thousand four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Curator, attendant, and watchman.</p></sidenote> dollars; one attendant in museum, one thousand dollars; one night watchman for museum building, who shall also act as night watchman for seed building, seven hundred and twenty dollars; collecting and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fruits, vegetables.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specimens.</p></sidenote>modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>laboratory.</heading>
<content>For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemists and microscopists,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laboratory.</p></sidenote> and for the necessary expenses in conducting experiments, including experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and other vegetable plants, forty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>seed division.</heading>
<content>For compensation of chief of seed division, one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief of seed division and superintendent.</p></sidenote> dollars; one superintendent of seed room, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/355">355</page> eight hundred and forty dollars; for the purchase and propagation, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase, propagation, and distribution of seeds, etc.</p></sidenote> distribution, as required by law, of seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of putting up the same, to be distributed in localities adapted to their culture, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all plants, seeds, trees, cuttings, vines, and shrubs shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, or shall, by their direction, be sent to their constituents; and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the Department of the results of the experiments therewith: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> seeds, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for at the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed by the Commissioner of Agriculture:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>, That the Commissioner shall report, as provided in this act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, from whom purchased, and the date of purchase. But nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Commissioner of Agriculture from sending flower, garden, and other seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, plants, cuttings, and vines:</proviso> <proviso><i>But provided, however</i>, That the Commissioner shall not distribute<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality be represents, but shall distribute the same so that each member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best adapted to the locality he represents.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>division of agricultural statistics.</heading>
<content>For compensation of one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statistician.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; for collecting foreign and domestic <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection of agricultural statistics.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p></sidenote>agricultural statistics, and compiling, writing, and illustrating matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, seventy-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand three hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>furniture, cases, and repairs.</heading>
<content>For repairing buildings, heating apparatus, furniture, carpeting, matting,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> water and gas pipes, and other necessary articles, and painting Department building and annex, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>library.</heading>
<content>For entomological and botanical works of reference, works on chemistry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote> and mineralogy, charts, current agricultural works for library, miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and the completion of imperfect series, one thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>bureau of animal industry.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Animal Industry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To carry out act of May 29, 1884.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 31.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For carrying out the provisions of the act of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the bureau of animal industry, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and in such manner as he may think best, to prevent the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prevent spread of pleuropneumonia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> spread of pleuropneumonia, not to conflict with existing law.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/356">356</page>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>quarantine stations for neat cattle.</heading>
<content>To establish and maintain quarantine stations, and to provide proper<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarantine stations.</p></sidenote> shelter for and care of neat cattle imported, at such ports as may be deemed necessary thirty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>forestry.</heading>
<content>For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to experiment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forestry.</p></sidenote> and to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, and the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>tea culture.</heading>
<content>For the cultivation and distribution of the tea plants on the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cultivation and distribution of tea plants on Government tea farm.</p></sidenote> tea farm, three thousand dollars; of which sum not more than two thousand dollars shall be expended for salaries and wages of labor.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>silk culture.</heading>
<content>For the encouragement and development of the culture and raising<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Culture of raw silk.</p></sidenote> of raw silk, fifteen thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>postage.</heading>
<content>For postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous articles<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage.</p></sidenote> for correspondents and foreign mail, four thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>contingent expenses.</heading>
<content>For stationery, freight, express charges, fuel, lights, subsistence and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> care of horses, repairs of harness, paper, twine, and gum for folding-room, and for miscellaneous items, namely, for advertising, telegraphing, dry-goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, and necessary items, including actual travelling expenses while on the business of the Department, fifteen thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That no part of the money herein or hereafter appropriated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Agriculture to report to Congress detailed statement of expenditures.</p></sidenote> for the Department of Agriculture shall be paid to any person, as additional salary or compensation, receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the Government; and in addition to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the said Department to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, at the commencement of each regular session, present to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditure of all appropriations for said Department for the last preceding fiscal year.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 339: making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 356</citableAs>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>339.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1886.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, as follows:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the Commanding General’s Office, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commanding General’s Office.</p></sidenote> seven hundred and fifty dollars.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/357">357</page>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting.</p></sidenote> to depot, one hundred and seven thousand three hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. And no money appropriated by this act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No payment to be made for recruiting the Army beyond, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be paid for recruiting the Army beyond the number of twenty-five thousand enlisted men, including Indian scouts and hospital-stewards; and thereafter there shall be no more than twenty-five thousand enlisted men in the Army at any one time, unless otherwise authorized by law.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Adjutant-General’s Department at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent; Adjutant-General’s Department.</p></sidenote> the headquarters of military divisions and departments, two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army: Purchase, equipment,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service; Army.</p></sidenote> and repair of field electric telegraphs; signal equipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target-ranges; telephone apparatus and maintenance of same, including the use of the Aqueduct Bridge for the suspension and permanent location thereon of the telegraph wires forming the Signal Service lines between the office of the Chief Signal Officer and the post of Fort Myer, Virginia, five thousand five hundred dollars. And there <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for Army not to be used for Signal Service, except for pay of officers detailed by Secretary of War, and sums specifically appropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of the Army.</p></sidenote>shall not hereafter be expended out of appropriations made for the support of the Army any money for the support of the Signal Service or Corps, or for any purpose connected therewith, other than the pay of such commissioned officers as may be detailed by the Secretary of War for service therein, except such sums as may be specifically appropriated therefor. .</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay Department</inline>.—For pay of the Army: For one Lieutenant-general; three major-generals; fifteen brigadier generals; twenty-three aids de camp, in addition to pay in the line; one military secretary, in addition to pay in the line; sixty-seven colonels; eighty-nine lieutenant-colonels; two hundred and thirty-four majors; three hundred and sixteen captains (mounted); three hundred and one captains (not mounted); thirty-four chaplains; thirteen storekeepers; forty adjutants; forty regimental quartermasters; adjutant and quartermaster of Engineer Battalion, in addition to pay in the line; two hundred and thirteen first lieutenants (mounted); three hundred and fifty first lieutenants (not mounted); one hundred and forty-five second lieutenants (mounted); three hundred second lieutenants (not mounted); one hundred and sixty acting commissaries of subsistence, in addition to pay in the line; additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds in Washington; additional pay to officer in command of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, one thousand dollars; additional pay to officers of foot regiments while on duty which requires them to be mounted; additional pay to officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay; retired officers; for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, in excess of the numbers for each class provided for in this act; enlisted men of all grades, not exceeding twenty-five thousand men; pay to enlisted men for length of service, payable with their current monthly pay; the allowances for travel, retained pay, clothing not drawn, and for interest on deposits payable to enlisted men on discharge; two retired ordnance-sergeants; for mileage of officers of the Army for travel, over shortest usually travelled routes, not to exceed one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; for miscellaneous expenses, to wit: Hire of not exceeding seventy-five contract surgeons and one hundred and sixty hospital-matrons; extra-duty pay to enlisted men for service in hospitals, and for general-service clerks and messengers at Army, division, department, and district headquarters, and at the headquarters of the general recruiting service, also at recruiting depots and at West Point, New York; pay of forty-nine paymaster’s clerks, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum, and fourteen veterinary
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/358">358</page> surgeons; hire of paymasters’ messengers, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; eighty post quartermaster-sergeants; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; compensation of citizen clerks and witnesses attending upon courts-martial, military commissions, and courts of inquiry; for reimbursement of travel-ling expenses of paymasters’ clerks actually paid by them; and for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty without troops at places where there arc no public quarters; in all, twelve million two hundred and five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Subsistence of the Army</inline>.—For rations for twenty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> enlisted men, one thousand civil employees, seventy-five contract surgeons, one hundred and sixty hospital-matrons, two hundred and seventy-five military convicts, seven hundred and fifty prisoners of war (including such Indian prisoners as are captured but whose subsistence is not otherwise appropriated for by Congress), and for additional half-rations for one hundred and twenty sergeants and corporals of ordnance, a total of not exceeding nine million nine hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred rations, estimated at twenty cents each; for difference between the cost of the ration and commutation thereof, at rates prescribed by the Secretary of War, for the following enlisted men, namely: Those detailed for clerical and messenger duty at headquarters of the Army, and at headquarters of divisions, departments, districts, and general recruiting service, and for various duties at military posts and stations, those travelling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry cooked or travel rations, and those ordered to participate in department, division, and Army rifle competition; for difference between the cost of the ration and the cost of cooked rations for enlisted men and recruits at recruiting stations; cost in excess of ordinary rations of hot coffee and canned food, or travel-rations, for troops travelling, when it is impracticable to cook rations; for subsistence of Indians visiting military posts and of Indians employed without pay as guides and scouts; in all, one million eight hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount available from passage of act.</p></sidenote>dollars; of which amount three hundred thousand dollars shall be available from and after the passage of this act for the purchase of stores necessary to be transported to distant posts in advance of the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. And not more than one hundred and five thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees in the Subsistence Department of the Arm v.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Quartermaster’s Department</inline>.—For the regular supplies of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s supplies.</p></sidenote> Quartermaster’s Department, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus, and repair and maintenance of the same, for heating barracks and quarters; of ranges and stoves for cooking; of fuel and lights for enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; of forage, in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the Quartermaster’s Department at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, including its care and protection; for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the Animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including blank-books for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermaster’s Departments and for printing of division and department orders and reports, two million seven hundred and seventy one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of horses for the cavalry and artillery, and for the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of horses, etc.</p></sidenote> scouts, and for such infantry as may be mounted, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the n umber of horses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>purchased under this appropriation added to the number actually on hand shall not at any time exceed the number of enlisted men and Indian scouts in the mounted service.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/359">359</page>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental expenses, to wit: For postage; extra pay to soldiers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts; in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days; expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escorts cannot be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts and on the frontiers, or when travelling under orders, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; Authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to officers of the Quartermaster’s Department; compensation of forage and wagon masters authorized by the act of July fifth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1838, vol. 5, p. 257.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the following expenditures, required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the trains, to wit: Hire of veterinary surgeons, medicine for horses and mules, picket-ropes, and for shoeing the horses and mules; also, generally, the proper and authorized expenses for the movement and operations of the Army not expressly assigned to any other Department, six hundred and ninety thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That two hundred and fifty thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the appropriation for incidental expenses, or so much of the same as shall be necessary, shall be set aside for the payment of enlisted men on extra duty, at constant labor of not less than ten days; and such extra-duty pay hereafter shall be at the rate of fifty cents per day for mechanics, artisans, schoolteachers, and clerks at Army, division, and department headquarters, and thirty five cents per day for other clerks, teamsters, laborers, and other enlisted men on extra duty.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> when moving either by land or water; of clothing and camp and garrison equipage from the depots of Philadelphia and Jeffersonville to the several posts and Army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipments and of subsistence stores from the places of purchase and from the places of delivery, under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small-arms from the foundaries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and Army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase anti hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts and drays, and of ships and other sea going vessels and boats required for the transportion of supplies and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; pay of enlisted men on extra duty driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as train masters, and in opening roads, and building wharves; transportation of funds for the Pay and other disbursing Departments; the expenses of sailing public transports<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public transports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clearing obstructions from roads, rivers, and harbors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads, and for removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, two million nine hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the whole number of civilian employees, including agents, superintendents, mechanics, packers, teamsters, and train-masters, paid from appropriations for transportation of the Army, shall not at any one time hereafter exceed one thousand, nor shall any of said employees be graded for salary above fourth-class clerks of the Army Regulations; and
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/360">360</page> the grade of sixth-class clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department is hereby abolished</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the pay for Army transportation lawfully due such land-grant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for transportation over land-grant railroads.</p></sidenote> railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds, to be adjusted by the proper accounting officers in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts, but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of the full amount of the service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> be paid, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for said services.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For barracks and quarters for troops, storehouses for the safe-keeping<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarters.</p></sidenote> of military stores, for offices, and for grounds for camp and summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at frontier stations; for the construction of temporary buildings and stables and for repairing public buildings at established posts, six hundred and seventy-five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no expenditure exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made upon any building or military post without the approval of the Secretary of War for the same, upon detailed estimates of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and repairs made by contract.</p></sidenote>Quartermaster’s Department; and the erection, construction, and repairs of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster’s Department shall, so far as may be practicable, be made by contract, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>after due legal advertisement:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars of the sums appropriated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of civilian employes.</p></sidenote> by this act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the Quartermaster’s Department, including those heretofore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, Army transportation, clothing, and camp and garrison equipage; and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, unless the same shall be specially fixed by law.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For construction and repair of hospitals, as reported by the Surgeon-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and repair of hospitals.</p></sidenote> of the Army, including the pay of enlisted men employed on extra duty in the same, one hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing and camp equipage.</p></sidenote> for the Army; for issue and for sales at cost-price, according to the Army Regulations; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleansing when necessary; for equipage, and for expenses of packing and handling, and similar necessaries, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Medical Department</inline>.—For purchase of medical and hospital supplies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical and hospital supplies, etc.</p></sidenote> expenses of purveying depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, advertising, and other miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. And not over thirty-six thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees in the Medical Department.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the Army Medical Museum, including ordinary repairs of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army Medical Museum.</p></sidenote> museum hall, preservation of specimens, and the preparation or purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Engineer Department</inline>.—For engineer depot at Willets Point, New<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer depot at Willets Point.</p></sidenote> York, namely: For purchase of engineering materials to continue the present course of instruction of the Engineer Battalion in their special duties of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental expenses of the depot, remodeling pontontrains, re-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/361">361</page> pairing instruments, purchasing fuel, forage, stationery, chemicals, professional books for library, extra duty pay to enlisted men employed as artisans, and ordinary repairs and unforeseen expenses, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For repairing surveying and other instruments, accumulated in depot for want of means to repair, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Ordnance Department</inline>.—For the current expenses of the ordnance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance service.</p></sidenote> service, required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals; of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents, tools, fuel, and lights; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small-arms, and other ordnance supplies, one hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small-arms,one hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metallic ammunition for small arms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Target practice.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For ammunition, tools, and material for target practice, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mounting and dismounting guns and removing the armament<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of the armaments from forts, etc.</p></sidenote> from forts being modified or repaired, including heavy carriages returned to arsenals for alteration and repairs, and other necessary expenses of the same character, and for repairing ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, and for extra duty pay for enlisted men detailed for ordnance service, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores, to fill requisitions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipments.</p></sidenote> of troops, one bundled and fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, consisting of clothing-bags, haversacks, canteens, and greatcoat straps, and repairing horse equipments for cavalry troops, seventy-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For horse equipments for cavalry, harness for field and machineguns, and for cavalry forge-carts, forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance stores on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation of ordnance stores.</p></sidenote> hand at the arsenals, twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase of machineguns suitable for field service, twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of machine guns.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For manufacture of arms at national armories, four hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacture of arms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than sixty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated for the Ordnance Department, in all its branches, shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes, namely:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, five hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examining surgeons and members of examining board.</p></sidenote> dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number that may be examined, and fees.</p></sidenote>applicant on such day: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applicant presumed to have had no disability at time of enlistment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents.</p></sidenote>examinations snail have been made:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all applicants for pensions shall be presumed to have had no disability at the time of enlistment; but such presumption may be rebutted.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fees for preparing vouchers, rent, fuel, lights, postage on letters<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> to the Executive Departments and to pensioners, stationery, and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of pension agent not to exceed four thousand dollars per annum.</p></sidenote>two hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the salary and emoluments of agents for the payment of pensions shall be four thousand dollars, and no more, per annum; and of the fees provided by law for vouchers prepared and paid, only so much thereof as may be required for expenses incurred in having said vouchers prepared, as well as the necessary clerical work at the agencies, shall be available.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian appropriation for year ending June 30, 1886.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of sixty agents of Indian affairs at the following-named<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of agents at agencies specified.</p></sidenote> agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely:</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Warm Springs agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Klamath agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Grand Ronde agency, atone thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Siletz agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Umatilla agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Neah Bay agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Yakama agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Colville agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Nisqually and S’Kokomish agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Quinaielt agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Tulalip agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Round Valley agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Title River agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Mission agency, at one thousand three hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Nevada agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Western Shoshone agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Nez Perces agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Lembi agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Fort Hall agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Flathead agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Blackfeet agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Crow agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Fort Peck agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Fort Belknap agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Yankton agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Standing Rock agency, atone thousand seven hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Cheyenne River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Fort Berthold agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Sisseton agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Devil’s Lake agency, at one thousand two hundred</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Pine Ridge agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Rosebud agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Shoshone agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Uintah agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Ouray agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Pueblo agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Navajo agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Mescalero agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Southern Ute agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Omaha and Winnebago agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Santee agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Sac and Fox agency, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Quapaw agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; and not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Osage agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Union agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the White Earth agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Sac and Fox agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Green Bay agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the La Pointe agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Mackinac agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the New York agency, at one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Colorado River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Pima agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the San Carlos agency, at two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the Eastern Cherokee Indians, eight hundred dollars; in all,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Cherokees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of agents limited to amounts herein appropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For charge of Indians on Tongue River.</p></sidenote> eighty-nine thousand eight hundred dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ some suitable person to take charge of the Indians on Tongue River, at a compensation not exceeding this sum, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters.</p></sidenote> discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/364">364</page> but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of five Indian inspectors, at three thousand dollars per annum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p></sidenote> each, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary travelling expenses of five Indian inspectors, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses of inspectors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">School superintendent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses, etc.</p></sidenote> incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Pay of one Indian school superintendent, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Necessary travelling expenses of one Indian school superintendent, including incidental expenses of inspection and investigation one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For buildings and repair of buildings at agencies, and repairs of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agency buildings and repairs.</p></sidenote> same, thirty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingencies of the Indian service, including travelling and incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and travelling and incidental expenses of five special agents, and for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, allowances to.</p></sidenote>two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That special agents shall be allowed three dollars per diem for travelling and incidental expenses while travelling or actually on duty in the field exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping car fare.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of commission of citizens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1869, vol. 16, ch. 16, p. 40.</p></sidenote> appointed by the President under the provision of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</section>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>FULFILLING TREATIES WITH INDIAN TRIBES.</heading>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>apaches, kiowas, and comanches.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For eighteenth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 584.</p></sidenote> the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 590.</p></sidenote>with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, twelve thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-nine thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>cheyennes and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheyennes and Arapahoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For eighteenth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 596.</p></sidenote> the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of clothing, as per same article, eleven thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 597.</p></sidenote> treaty, two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>chickasaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickasaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 774.</p></sidenote></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>boise forte band of chippewas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boise Fort band of Chippewas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments, for the support of one blacksmith and assistant, and for tools, iron and steel, and other articles necessary for
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/365">365</page> the blacksmith shop, as per third article of treaty of April seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 766.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments, for the support of one schoolteacher, and for the necessary books and stationery, as per same article of same treaty, eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments, for the instruction of Indians in farming, and purchase of seeds, tools, and similar necessaries, as per same article of same treaty, eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments of annuity, in money, to be paid per capita, as per same article of same treaty, three thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments of annuity, in provisions, ammunition, and tobacco, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments of annuity, in goods and other articles, as per same article of same treaty, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>chippewas of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For thirty-ninth of forty-six instalments to be paid to the Chippewas of the Mississippi, per third article of treaty of August second,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 904.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 720.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 720.</p></sidenote> of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1168.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 13, p. 694.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For thirty-first of forty instalments of annuity, in money, per third article, of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For thirty-first of forty instalments of annuity, in goods, per same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1168.</p></sidenote> articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For thirty-first of forty instalments, for purposes of utility, per same articles of same treaties, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>choctaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaws.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 99.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 213.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 212.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 236.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for education, per second and thirteenth article of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 236.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/366">366</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> fifty-seven dollars and ninety two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 236.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote>articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, due the Choctaw Nation, to be placed to the credit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit of amount due.</p></sidenote> of the Choctaws on the books of the United States Treasury, to draw interest at five per centum per annum from the twenty first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the date of the passage of an act by the Choctaw legislature to adopt the Choctaw freedmen as citizens, being three fourths of the balance of the sum of three hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 769.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 780.</p></sidenote>dollars stipulated to be paid and to draw interest under the third and forty sixth articles of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws dated April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, less such sums, at the rate of one hundred dollars per capita, as shall be sufficient to pay such persons of African descent belonging to said nation who shall elect to remove and actually remove from the said nation, fifty-two thousand one hundred and twenty five dollars; in all, eighty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty nine cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>columbias and colvilles.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbias and Colvilles.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 48th (long., 1st sess., p. 79.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief Moses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief Tonasket.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and eighty three, ratified by act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For annuity for Chief Tonasket, as per same agreement ratified by act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For employees, as provided in said agreement ratified by act of July<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employes.</p></sidenote> fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse Captain F. D.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Captain Baldwin.</p></sidenote> Baldwin for expenses incurred in the settlement of the disputes and the negotiation of the agreement of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, with the Columbias and Colvilles, four hundred and forty-four dollars and seventy cents, to be immediately available.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>creeks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creeks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 36.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 700.</p></sidenote> August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of June<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 69.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 700.</p></sidenote> sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of January<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 287.</p></sidenote> twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 700.</p></sidenote>of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, twenty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 287.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 700.</p></sidenote>and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/367">367</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 701.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on six hundred and seventy five thousand one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> and sixty-eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of .June fourteenth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 786.</p></sidenote> and sixty-six, thirty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest, at five per centum per annum, on the sum of forty five thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars, being an additional amount, appropriated for cession of land under the third article of their treaty dated June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, by act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 786.</p></sidenote> approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, from July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the date of ratification of the treaty, to July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, the date said principal was placed to the credit of the nation, eighteen years, forty-one thousand and four dollars and ninety cents: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no part of the above sum shall be paid unless the Creek Nation shall, within twelve months, and in pursuance of a resolution of its national council first had and obtained, make and file in the office of the Secretary of State an acceptance and ratification of the survey made and approved by the Department under the treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty six; and the additional lands acquired by the United States by the survey shall be held by the United States under the provisions of the treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; in all, one hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty cents.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pay to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 556.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Old Settlers.”</p></sidenote>treasurer of that part of the Cherokees known and denominated “Old Settlers or Western Cherokees,” the sum of six hundred and sixty dollars and eighty cents, together with five per cent, interest from the thirtieth day of September eighteen hundred and fifty-one it being the amount due and unpaid and including the balance now in the Treasury of the appropriation of eight hundred and eighty-seven thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and fifteen cents made to them by act of Congress, September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>crows.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crows.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fourth of twenty-five instalments, as provided in agreement with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 42.</p></sidenote> the Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventeenth of thirty instalments, to supply male persons, six hundred in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial woolen clothing, consisting of a coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 651.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventeenth of thirty instalments, to supply each female, seven hundred in number, over twelve years of age, with a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make the same, a pair of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestic, as per same article, four thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventeenth of thirty instalments, to supply three hundred and fifty boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each, per same article, five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 652.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For sixteenth of twenty instalments, for pay of teacher and furnish-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 651.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/368">368</page>ing necessary books and stationery, under seventh article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 632.</p></sidenote> tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 651.</p></sidenote> of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, eighty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>iowas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lowas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to duly first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1071.</p></sidenote>the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>kansas.<sidenote>Kansas.</sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest, in lieu of investment, on two hundred thousand dollars,<sidenote>Interest.
Vol. 9, p. 842.</sidenote> at five per centum per annum, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote>Proceeds of sale of lands to be applied to payment of present indebtedness.</sidenote> and directed to apply the net proceeds arising from the sales of Kansas Indian lands, in the State of Kansas, now in the Treasury, and such as shall from time to time be in the Treasury to the credit of the Kansas tribe, of Indians, to the payment of all of the present, indebtedness of said tribe, principal and interest, represented by the certificates issued in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment; bow made.</p></sidenote>and sixty-three, and known as Kaw or Kansas Indian scrip; said payment to be made as follows: He shall, ninety days after the approval of this act apply sixty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty-nine cents, being the net proceeds on hand March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, together with such sum as may have accrued since said date, in pro rata payment, principal and interest, of all such scrip certificates aforesaid as shall be tiled in the Department of the Interior on or before the said ninetieth day alter the approval of this act, and of the genuineness of which he shall be satisfied; and thereafter whenever the proceeds, after the deduction of the expenses of the sale of said lands, shall equal the sum often thousand dollars, the Secretary of the Interior shall pay said sum, together with any excess thereof, upon such certificates as aforesaid as shall be on tile at the Department of the Interior on the date of such payment and for thirty days thereto preceding, and shall continue so to pay until the indebtedness of said tribe represented by said scrip certificates, with the interest thereon, shall be fully liquidated, or until the entire net proceeds of the sale of said lands that are now on hand or that may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>hereafter be acquired shall be exhausted: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not exceeding five per cent interest per annum shall be allowed on any of such scrip.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>kickapoos.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kickapoos.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> dollars and eighty-eight cents, at five per centum per annum, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1079.</p></sidenote>educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-four cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Kickapoo Indians in the Indian Territory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support and civilization.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/369">369</page>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>klamaths and modocs.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamaths and Modocs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For nineteenth of twenty instalments, for keeping in repair one sawmill,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair of sawmill, etc.</p></sidenote> one flouring-mill, buildings for the blacksmith, carpenter, wagon and plow-maker, the manual labor school, and hospital, as per fourth article of treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 708.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments, for the purchase of tools and material<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tools and material.</p></sidenote> for saw and flour mills, carpenter, blacksmith, wagon and plow maker shops, and books and stationery for the manual labor school, per same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 709.</p></sidenote> article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For last of twenty instalments, to pay salary and subsistence of one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of physician, etc.</p></sidenote> physician, one miller, and two school teachers, as per fifth article of same treaty, three thousand six hundred dollars; in all, six thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>miamies of kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miamies of Kansas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent provision for blacksmith and assistant, and iron and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmith, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 191.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1095.</p></sidenote> steel for shop, per fifth article of treaty of October sixth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fourth article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four hundred and eleven dollars and forty-three cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent provision for miller, in lieu of gunsmith, per same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 191.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 464.</p></sidenote> articles and treaties, and per fifth article of treaty of October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty-two cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on twenty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> dollars and eighty one cents, at five per centum, for educational purposes, per third article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1094.</p></sidenote> fifty-four, one thousand and ninety-four dollars and twenty-four cents; in all, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>miamies of eel river.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miamies of Eel River.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per fourth article of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 51.</p></sidenote>treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per articles of treaty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 91.</p></sidenote>of August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third and separate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 114.</p></sidenote> articles of treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>molels.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Molels.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p></sidenote> materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 981.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>nez perces.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nez Pereas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding-schools,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p></sidenote> two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 650.</p></sidenote> three thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>northern cheyennes and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern Cheyennes and Arapahocs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventh of ten instalments, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, for each Indian engaged in agriculture, in the purchase of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agriculture.</p></sidenote> such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/370">370</page> Indians may indicate to be proper, as per sixth article of treaty of May<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15. p. 657.</p></sidenote> tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and agreement with the Sioux <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 254.</p></sidenote>Indians approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, twenty-five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventeenth of thirty instalments, for purchase of clothing, as per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 657.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount to be expended pro rata.</p></sidenote> sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, twelve thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount in this and the preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 658.</p></sidenote>farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty, nine thousand dollars; in all, forty-six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>omahas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omahas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For third of twelve instalments, being last series, in money or otherwise,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1044.</p></sidenote> per fourth article treaty of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty four, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to appraise and sell, in accordance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For sale of lands.</p></sidenote> with the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians, in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 341.</p></sidenote>the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, that portion of said reservation in township twenty-four, range seven east, remaining unallotted on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one thousand dollars; said sum to be reimbursed from the fund received from the sale <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>of said lands: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, and with the consent of the Indians, extend the time of payment for land as fixed by section two of said act so that one third of the purchase money shall become due and payable in two years from the date when the land shall be or has been thrown open to settlement, together with one year’s interest on the amount of the first instalment, to be paid when entry is made; and the second instalment of one third shall become due and payable in one year, and the remaining one third in two years from date of first payment, with interest as provided in said act; and in case of default in either of said payments, or the interest thereon, the person thus defaulting for a period of sixty days shall forfeit absolutely his right to the tract which he has purchased, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>and any payment or payments he may have made:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That also, with the consent of the Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to cause to be appraised and sold to the highest bidder, under such regulations and upon such terms as to payment as he may deem to be most advantageous to the said Indians, that part or parcel of said reservation described as follows: All that portion of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven and the west half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, in township twenty-five, range six east, lying east of the Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad, containing about fifty acres, more or less, conditioned, however, that the purchaser thereof shall erect, operate, and maintain a flouring mill thereon.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>osages.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osages.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 242.</p></sidenote>set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to Captain &amp; Co., for supplies furnished.</p></sidenote> pay to Captain and Company the sum of one thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and ten cents, amount due for supplies furnished Osage-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/371">371</page> Indians in eighteen hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-two, out of the fund to the credit of said Indians on the books of the Treasury entitled “Interest on Osage fund.”</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>otoes and missourias.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Otoes and Missourias.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For third of twelve instalments, being the last series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1039.</p></sidenote> and fifty-four, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make such extension<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for payment for lands purchased, may be extended.</p></sidenote> of time for the payment of the purchase money under the sale made under an act entitled “An act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederate Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes,” as he may deem advantageous to said Indians and settlers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the interest shall be paid at the rate as now provided by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> said act; but the time for the payment of the whole of said purchase money shall not be extended more than two years from the time the said purchase money became due according to the original terms of sale under said act.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>pawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawnees.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perpetual annuity.</p></sidenote>goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 729.</p></sidenote> fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p.730.</p></sidenote> treaty, ten thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two.apprentices, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farmers, etc.</p></sidenote> miller anti apprentice, and two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of iron and steel, and other necessaries for the shops,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 730.</p></sidenote> as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, four hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For repairs of grist and saw mills, three hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material and repairs.</p></sidenote> thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>poncas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Poncas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For twelfth of fifteen instalments, last series, to be paid to them or expended tor their benefit, per second article of treaty of March twelfth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 997.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, eight thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used at the discretion of the President, to carry on the work of aiding and instructing the Poncas in the arts of civilization, with a view to their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilization.</p></sidenote> self-support, for clothing, and for pay of employees,six thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for subsistence of the Poncas, twenty thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> in all, thirty-four thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the foregoing sums shall be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in Dakota Territory.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>pottawatomies.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottawatomies.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of August<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 51.</p></sidenote> third, seventeen hundred and ninety five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 114.</p></sidenote> dollars and ninety cents;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/372">372</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 185.</p></sidenote> second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 317.</p></sidenote> twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty’ of July<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 320.</p></sidenote> twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 317.</p></sidenote>treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent provision for payment of money, in lieu of tobacco,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money in lieu of tobacco, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 317.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 855.</p></sidenote> iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth articles of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmiths.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 296.</p></sidenote> iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 318.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 320.</p></sidenote>twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 320.</p></sidenote> treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty four dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 854.</p></sidenote> and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">That, the claim of certain individual members of the Pottawatomie<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of certain individual members referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> Nation of Indians, their heirs or legal representatives for depredations committed by others upon their stock, timber or other property <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 533.</p></sidenote>reported to Congress under the tenth article of the treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty eight be and the same are hereby referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication. And said court shall in determining said cause ascertain the amounts due and to whom due by reason of actual damage sustained and said cause shall be tried without delay as hereinbefore provided.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>pottawatomies of huron.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottawatomies of Huron.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For permanent annuity, in money or otherwise, per second article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 106.</p></sidenote> treaty of November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seven, four hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>quapaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quapaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Education.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 425.</p></sidenote> of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For blacksmith, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmiths, etc.</p></sidenote> same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>sacs and foxes of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 85.</p></sidenote> treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 540.</p></sidenote> per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/373">373</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 596.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> forty-two, forty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the Sacs and Foxes of Iowa shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of Iowa.</p></sidenote> have apportioned to them, from appropriations for fulfilling the stipulations of said treaties, their per capita proportion of the amount appropriated in this act, subject to provisions of treaties with said tribes; but this shall apply only to the Sacs and Foxes now in Iowa:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That this shall apply only to original Sacs and Foxes now in Iowa, to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>sacs and foxes of the missouri.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of Missouri.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four bundled dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 543.</p></sidenote> thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred seventy dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">School.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 1172.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>seminoles.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seminoles.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty six, twelve thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 702.</p></sidenote> dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren west), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 756.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of the Seminole Government, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>senecas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senecas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 161.</p></sidenote> twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 179.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth article of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty one,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 349.</p></sidenote> to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated in the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 515.</p></sidenote> dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen bundled and eighteen, and fifth article of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 179.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 514.</p></sidenote> treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, five hundred dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/374">374</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmith, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 352.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 514.</p></sidenote> fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>senecas of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senecas of New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 1, p. 442.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 35.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of June twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9. p. 35.</p></sidenote>per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>shawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shawnee.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent, annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p.51.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1056.</p></sidenote> of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 161.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1056.</p></sidenote>article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educational<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1056.</p></sidenote> purposes, per third article of last named treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>eastern shawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Shawnees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 179.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 514.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmith, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol 7, p. 352.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 514.</p></sidenote> fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>shoshones and bannocks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones and Bannocks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Shoshones: For sixteenth of thirty instalments, to purchase suits of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote> clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote>as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, blacksmith, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote> blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 675.</p></sidenote>materials as may be required, per article of the same treaty, eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Bannocks: For sixteenth of thirty instalments, to purchase suits of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote> clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/375">375</page> the ages named, aw per ninth article of the same treaty, five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physcian, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote> blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>six nations of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Six Nations of New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 46.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety four, four thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing and other necessaries.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For sixteenth of thirty instalments, to purchase clothing for males over fourteen years of age, for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty ninth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 638.</p></sidenote> sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For sixteenth of thirty instalments, to purchase such articles as may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 640.</p></sidenote> be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior for persons roaming, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For sixteenth of thirty instalments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for one thousand four hundred and twenty persons engaged in agriculture, twenty-eight thousand four hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of physician, five teachers, one carpenter, one miller, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, teachers, etc.</p></sidenote> engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional employes, Nebraska and Dakota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial schools.</p></sidenote> in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and Crow Creek agencies, six thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, as per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, one million two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 254.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of supplies included, Indians to be employed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Matron at Santee Agency.</p></sidenote> and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed wherever practicable.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of matron at Santee agency, five hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars; in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 638.</p></sidenote> all, one million five hundred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That so much of the act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medewakanton band of Sioux in Minnesota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 87.</p></sidenote> eighty-four, as makes an appropriation of ten thousand dollars for the Medewakanton band of Sioux Indians be so amended as to allow the Secretary of the Interior to disburse the same to the Medewakanton band of full blood Indians in Minnesota for agricultural implements, lands, or cash, as in his judgment may seem best for said Indians; and of this amount seven hundred and twenty dollars shall be expended to pay a practical farmer tor instructing said Indians in agriculture.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>sioux, yankton tribe.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux, Yankton tribe.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">The seventh of ten instalments, third series, to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 744.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and fifty eight, twenty-five thousand dollars:
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/376">376</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For subsistence and civilization of and purchase of stock for two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence and civilization.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 287.</p></sidenote> thousand Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” forty thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>confederated bands of utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confederated bands of Utes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carpenters, teachers, supplies, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 13, p. 765.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 622.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 621.</p></sidenote>blacksmith shop, per ninth article, of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For seventeenth of thirty instalments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 622.</p></sidenote>articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, twenty-five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For annual amount, for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 622.</p></sidenote>beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, twenty-five thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employes at Ute agencies.</p></sidenote> in all, sixty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>winnebagoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winnebagoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 545.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 628.</p></sidenote>fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support and education.</p></sidenote>expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty five cents;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 355.</p></sidenote> and forty-one cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements and stock.</p></sidenote>houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For fifth often instalments to be distributed, at the discretion of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rewards for conduct.</p></sidenote> President, to such Ute Indians as distinguish themselves by good sense, energy, and perseverance in the pursuits of civilized life and in the promotion of a good understanding between the Indians and the Government and people of the United States, four thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian depredations.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For the investigation of certain Indian depredation claims, ten thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to make list of all claims, investigate and report to Congress.</p></sidenote> dollars; and in expending said sum the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a complete list of all claims heretofore filed in the Interior Department and which have been approved in whole or in part and now remain unpaid, and also all such claims as are pending but not yet examined, on behalf of citizens of the United States on account of depredatious committed, chargeable against any tribe of Indians by reason of any treaty between such tribe and the United States, including the name
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/377">377</page> and address of the claimants, the date of the alleged depredations, by what tribe committed, the date of examination and approval, with a reference to the date and clause of the treaty creating the obligation for payment, to be made and presented to Congress at its next regular session; and the Secretary is authorized and empowered, before making such report, to cause such additional investigation to be made and such further testimony to be taken as he may deem necessary to enable him to determine the kind and value of all property damaged or destroyed by reason of the depredations aforesaid, and by what tribe such depredations were committed; and his report shall include bis determination upon each claim, together with the names and residences of witnesses and the testimony of each, and also what funds are now existing or to be derived by reason of treaty or other obligation out of which the same should be paid.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous supports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arapahoes, Cheyeunos. Apachen, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For subsistence and civilization of Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans: For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President, may, from time to time, determine, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For subsistence and civilization of the Assinaboines in Montana, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assinaboines in Montana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of Luke Superior.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support, education, and civilization of the Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans, including pay of employees, eighty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior: For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of clerk and necessary employees, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of Red Lake, etc.</p></sidenote> tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Support of Chippewas on White Earth reservation: For this amount,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas on White Earth reservation.</p></sidenote> or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care and support of the Otter Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota, to assist them in their agricultural operations, and for pay of physician (not to exceed one thousand two bundled dollars), ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Turtle Mountain band of Chippewas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confederated tribes in Middle Oregon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D’Wamish and other tribes, Washington Ter.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in Middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington Territory, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flatbead Indians, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlos’ band of Flatheads.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, eighteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flatheads.</p></sidenote> tribes, including pay of employees, eleven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Gros Ventres in Montana, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gros Ventres in Montana.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hualpais Indians in Arizona.</p></sidenote> other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais Indians in Arizona,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/378">378</page> the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the current year for said purpose be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated.
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apache and other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico.</p></sidenote> other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico or Arizona, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Support of Indians at Fort Peck agency: For this amount, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians at Fort Peck Agency.</p></sidenote> in such goods, provisions, and other useful articles as the President may, from time to time, determine, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, ninety thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support, civilization, and instruction of Shoshones and Bannocks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones and Bannocks, and other at Fort Hull Reservation, Idaho Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters, and others, Lemhi Agency.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamaths and Modocs, and others, Klamath Agency, Oregon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas Indians.</p></sidenote> and other Indians of the Fort Hall reservation, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, seventeen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi agency, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and Mo docs, and other Indians of the Klamath agency, in Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Makahs, including pay of employees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Makahs.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Menomonee Indians, including pay<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menomonee Indians.</p></sidenote> of employees, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modoc Indians, Indian Territory.</p></sidenote> within the Indian Territory, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For instruction, support, and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navajo Indians.</p></sidenote> the construction of ditches, reservoirs, and wells, the purchase of stock, pay of employees, and purchase of medicines, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid from the funds now in the Treasury belonging to said Indians; and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars of this amount may be paid for a clerk.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians.</p></sidenote> eighteen thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend of this amount a sufficient sum, which is hereby made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Nez Perces.</p></sidenote>immediately available for the purpose, for the removal of the Nez Perce Indians now in the Indian Territory to some other location, if he deems it proper so to do.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Nez Perce Indians in Idaho, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nez Perce Indians in Idaho.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Qui-nai elts and Quil-leh-utes, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.</p></sidenote> pay of employees, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshone Indians in Wyoming.</p></sidenote> twelve thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshone Indians in Nevada.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Sioux of Lake Traverse,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of Lake Traverse.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of Sioux of Devil’s Lake,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of Devil’s Lake.</p></sidenote> including employees, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S’Klnllani Indians.</p></sidenote>including pay of employees, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonkawa Indians.</p></sidenote> three thousand five hundred dollars.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/379">379</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walla-Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes.</p></sidenote> tribes, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yakamas and others.</p></sidenote> said agency, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To supply food and other necessities of life in cases of distress among<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food and necessaries in cases of distress among Indians not having treaty funds.</p></sidenote> the Indians not having treaty funds, arising from emergencies not foreseen or otherwise provided for, to be used at the discretion of the President, fifty thousand dollars; and a report of all expenditures under this, provision shall be made to Congress at its next session thereafter.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses Indian service in—</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, in Arizona, support and civilization of Indians at the Colorado River, Pima, and Maricopa and Moquis Pueblo agencies, twelve thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians of the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Title River, and Mission agencies, eighteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> expenses of Indian service in Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents at eight agencies for the Sioux, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service in Idaho, including travelling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars; employees at Lemhi agency, one thousand eight hundred dollars; and additional employees at Fort Hall, Idaho, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including pay of employees and travelling expenses of agents, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians locate I on the Pi Ute, Walker River, Western Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake reservations, sixteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo Agency, and pay of employees at said agency, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, in Oregon, support and civilization of Indians at Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, ten thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington Territory: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Territory.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/380">380</page> expenses of agents at seven agencies, and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Nisqually agencies, and pay of employees, including a physician, for Cœur d’Alene reservation, sixteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For general incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Indian service, including travelling expenses of agents and pay of employees, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>MISCELLANEOUS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Practical farmers.</p></sidenote> in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>exceeding seventy five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming among such Indians as are making effort for self support, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Italian police.</p></sidenote> and fifty privates, at eight dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five officers, at ten dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indians reservations, and for the purchase of equipments and rations for policemen of non-ration agencies, eighty-three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>thousand four hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the agent of the Navajo Indians may employ ten Indian policemen, at a rate of compensation not exceeding fifteen dollars per month each.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaccination.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Telegraphing and making purchases of Indian supplies: To pay the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian supplies; telegraphing.</p></sidenote> expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouses and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, thirty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of Indian supplies.</p></sidenote> expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For this amount, to enable Indians to avail themselves of the benefits<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To enable Indians to avail themselves of homestead act.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance fiscal year 1834, for paying expenses of delegates of Eastern and of herokoes while in Washington on tribe business, made available for same purpose for year 1885.</p></sidenote> of the homestead act, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That the balance of the amount of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars appropriated, in the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, to pay the expenses of the delegates representing the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians while in Washington attending to the business of the band or tribe during the year eighteen hundred anti eighty-four, and not expended for such purpose, is hereby authorized to be used to pay the expenses of said delegation, including travelling expenses to and from Washington, during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the expenses of a visit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of visit to Washington, D. C., of Turtle Mountain Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services and expenses of former delegates of Eastern band of Cherokees while at Washington, and debts of the band.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> to Washington of certain Turtle Mountain Indians, five hundred dollars, to be immediately available.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians, for the purpose of paying the services and expenses of former delegates of said Eastern band of Cherokees who have visited the city of Washington on business of the band, and to pay debts of the band: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no portion of said appropriation shall be paid for the debts of said
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/381">381</page> band, expenses of delegates, until the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior have approved the same.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims to hear and determine claim of Belva A. Lockwood against said tribe.</p></sidenote> hear and determine any claim which may be set up by Belva A. Lockwood against the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for alleged professional services rendered to said Eastern Band.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian day and industrial schools, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and repairs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, cattle, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost of school buildings.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, five hundred and thirty thousand dollars; for construction and repair of school buildings, forty thousand dollars; and for purchase of horses, cattle, and sheep, goats, and swine, for schools, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, five hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the entire cost of any boarding-school building to be built from the moneys appropriated hereby, including furniture, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and the entire cost of any day-school building to be so built shall not exceed six hundred dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the school year of each<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> pupil in the Indian schools herein appropriated for shall be held to include all usual and necessary vacations:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual reports b y Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Interior shall report annually on or before the first Monday of December of each year in what manner and for what purposes the general educational fund for the preceding fiscal year has been expended and said report shall embrace number and kind of school houses erected and their cost as well as cost of repairs, names of every teacher employed and compensation allowed, the location of each school and the average attendance at each school, and the first of said annual reports shall give a like full and detailed statement of all such expenditures heretofore made.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and education of Indian pupils of both sexes at industrial<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support and education of Indian pupils in Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Near Arkansas City.</p></sidenote> schools in Alaska, twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of the industrial school near Arkansas City, thirty thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance of one hundred and seventy-five dollars for the support and education of each pupil; for purchase of material end erection of shops, barns, and other necessary out buildings, and for; pairs of same, two thousand dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand one hundred and twenty five dollars; and pupils from any Indian tribe, other than the five civilized tribes of the Indian Territory, may be admitted to this school.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlisle, Pa.</p></sidenote> and for transportation of Indian pupils to and from said school, eighty thousand dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five dollars, exclusive of transportation, for the support and education of each pupil actually maintained in and support and education at said school, but actual cost of transportation and other expenses of such pupils as are sent out of said school among farmers for support and education may be disbursed from said funds: for annual allowance to Captain R. H. Pratt, in charge of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to R. H. Pratt.</p></sidenote> said Indian industrial school, one thousand dollars; in all, eighty-one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Saint Ignatius<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Ignatius Mission School, Montana.</p></sidenote> Mission School, Montana, at one hundred and fifty dollars each, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of the Forest<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest Grove, Oreg.</p></sidenote> Grove Indian Industrial School, at Forest Grove, or such other place in Oregon as the same ma.y hereafter be located: Two hundred Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, thirty-five thousand dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; completion of school-building and necessary outbuildings, and repairs and fencing, heating apparatus.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/382">382</page> fixtures, and furniture for school buildings, ten thousand dollars; in all, forty six thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Genoa, Nebr.</p></sidenote> and seventy-five dollars per annum each, at the industrial school for Indians at Genoa, Nebraska, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, of which one thousand five hundred dollars shall be immediately available to pay indebtedness for eighteen hundred and eighty-five; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of material and erection of necessary out buildings, and necessary repairs, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. And pupils from any Indian tribes, except the five civilized tribes in the Indian Territory, may be admitted to this school. And the limitation imposed upon the appropriation for this school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five in the act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby repealed.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p></sidenote> at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purpose of establishing an industrial school for the education<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Fé, N. Mex.</p></sidenote> of Indian youths, and the erection of the necessary buildings, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, twenty five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Secretary of the the Interior to erect buildings for a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of school buildings near Grand Junction, Colo.</p></sidenote>school for the Indians near Grand Junction, Colorado, fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid from any money due the confederated bands of Ute Indians; and in addition thereto be is authorized to use the sum of eight thousand dollars out of any money available for that purpose <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>heretofore appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That before such school shall be established there shall be donated to the Government for the purpose of said school not less than one hundred and sixty acres of land, together with a sufficient amount of water for the cultivation thereof, on which land the said school buildings shall be erected; to be immediately available.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support and education of Indian pupils, Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote> at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, sixty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent of school, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation imposed by act of July 4, 1884, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 92.</p></sidenote>purchase of material and erection of shops, cottages, out buildings, and necessary repairs, three thousand dollars; in all, sixty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. And the limitation imposed upon the appropriation for this school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five in the act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby repealed.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For payment, out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To support and educate twenty pupils at school on Flathead Reservation in excess of contract.</p></sidenote> support, of schools for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to the Indian Industrial School for Boys on the Flathead Indian Reservation, for clothing, subsisting, maintaining, and educating twenty Indian pupils in excess of the number provided for by contract with the Indian Department, during the twelve months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and eighty three and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For payment, out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thirty-four more pupils at Lincoln Institute, Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> support of schools for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, for the education, support, and transportation of thirty-four pupils in excess of the number cared for at that institution, under written authority from the Interior Department, during the quarter ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two hundred pupils at Lincoln Institute not to exceed $167 per annum cash.</p></sidenote> Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, thirty three thousand four hundred dollars.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/383">383</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial, agricultural,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For other schools not provided for in States or Territories.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 91.</p></sidenote> mechanical, or other schools, other than those herein provided for, in any of the States or Territories of the United States, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty seven dollars tor each pupil, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars. And wherever the word “children” or “child” occurs in that part of the act making appropriations for the Indian service for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Word “children” “child” to be construed to in chide Indians of whatever age.</p></sidenote> eighty five, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, under the heading “Support of schools,” it shall be constructed to include all Indians of whatever age that may have been or are pupils in any of the institutions therein provided for.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, and also for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of pupils.</p></sidenote>the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for the labor, twenty-eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to report to Congress as to amount alleged to be due to Miamis of Indiana and Kansas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 10.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15. p. 521.</p></sidenote> report to Congress, on or before December sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the amount if any, due the Miami Indians of Indiana and Kansas for money alleged to have been improperly taken from moneys due to said Indians and paid to other Indians, in violation of the treaties of eighteen hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, including attorneys’ fees necessarily paid by said Indians.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<level>
<heading class="centered">INTEREST UN TRUST-FUND STOCKS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest on trust fund stocks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">For payment of interest on certain abstracted and non paying State stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, namely:</p>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cherokee national fund.</p></sidenote> and sixty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Cherokee school-fund, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cherokee school fund.</p></sidenote> four hundred and ten dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickasaw national fund.</p></sidenote> eight hundred and twenty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven thou sand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaw general fund.</p></sidenote> dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware general fund.</p></sidenote> nine hundred and thirty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust fund interest due lowas, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lowas.</p></sidenote> five hundred and twenty dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Pian keshuws.</p></sidenote> four thousand eight hundred and one dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea, Peoria, and Piankeshaw school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menomonees.</p></sidenote> dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For trust-fund interest due Ottawas; and Chippewas, two hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ottawas and Chippewas.</p></sidenote> thirty dollars; in all, ninety-five thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases of supplies to be advertised; exceptions.</p></sidenote> herein made exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for Roods, etc., immediately available.</p></sidenote> required to pay for goods and supplies, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five; and the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote>subsistence deficiency that may occur: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reasons therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of surplus appropriation for purchase of stock cattle.</p></sidenote></proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become farmers, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.</proviso></content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diversion of certain appropriations.</p></sidenote> the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created, and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of the said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids for supplies, etc., may be rejected.</p></sidenote> accordance with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase in open market.</p></sidenote>open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.</content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">That at any of the Indian reservations where there is now on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of Government property on Indian reservations; disposal of proceeds.</p></sidenote> hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservations, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it maybe required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of the same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.</content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content class="inline">That the President is hereby authorized to open negotiations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to negotiate with Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees for purpose of opening to settlement certain lands to Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 699.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 755 and 799.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To report to Congress.</p></sidenote> with the Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees for the purpose of opening to settlement under the homestead laws the unassigned lands in said Indian Territory ceded by them respectively to the United States by the several treaties of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and for that purpose the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; his action hereunder to be reported to Congress.</content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/385">385</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That immediately upon and after the date of the passage of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians committing certain crimes to be subject t o laws relating to such crimes.</p></sidenote> this act all Indians, committing against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following crimes, namely, murder, manslaughter, rape, assault with intent to kill, arson, burglary, and larceny within any Territory of the United States, and either within or without an Indian reservation, shall be subject therefor to the laws of such Territory relating to said crimes, and shall be tried therefor in the same courts and in the same manner and shall be subject to the same penalties as are all other persons charged with the commission of said crimes, respectively; and the said courts are hereby given jurisdiction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courts given jurisdiction in all such cases.</p></sidenote> in all such cases; and all such Indians committing any of (he above crimes against the person or property of another Indian or other person within the boundaries of any State of the United States, and within the limits of any Indian reservation, shall be subject to the same laws, tried in the same courts and in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as are all other persons committing any of the above crimes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 342: making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>342.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for service, Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the revenues of said Department, in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1836, vol 5, p. 81.</p></sidenote> hundred and thirty six, as follows:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Postmaster General</inline>.—For mail depredations and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> post-office inspectors, including amounts necessary for fees to United States marshals and attorneys, two hundred thousand dollars: and of this sum three thousand dollars shall be paid the chief post-office inspector; and post-office inspectors shall be allowed four dollars per day, in lieu of the charges now permitted, for personal expenses: and not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount maybe expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and counsel necessarily employed by post-office inspectors of the Post-Office Department, subject to approval by the Attorney-General.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For advertising, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>.—For compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters.</p></sidenote> to postmasters, twelve million three hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation to clerks in post-offices, five million one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> find fifty thousand dollars. And postmasters are authorized, with the approval of the Postmaster-General, to assign at any time any clerk or employee of their respective post-offices to duty in any branch thereof: <proviso><i>Provided always</i>, That any employee shall be paid from money-order funds for such time as he is engaged in money-order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> work.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For payment to letter-carriers and the incidental expenses of the free-delivery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter-carriers.</p></sidenote> system, four million four hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars; forty five thousand dollars of which may be used, in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, for the establishment, under existing law, of the free-delivery system in cities where it is not now established.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free letter-delivery.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wrapping-paper, thirty-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrapping-paper.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wrapping-twine, eighty-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twine.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/386">386</page>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For post marking, canceling, and rating stamps, and ink and pads,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canceling stamps, etc.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For letter-balances, test-weights, and scales, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances, weights, and scales.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, light, fuel.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. That the Postmaster-General may in the disbursement of this appropriation, apply part thereof to the purpose of leasing premises for use tor post-offices of the first, second, and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly for a term not exceeding five years; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leasing premises for post-offices of first, second, and third classes.</p></sidenote>and whenever any building or part of a building under lease becomes unfit for use as a post-office, no rent shall be paid until the same shall be put in a satisfactory condition by the owner thereof for occupation as a post-office, or the lease may be canceled, at the option of the Postmaster-General; and a lease shall cease and terminate whenever a post-office can be moved into a Government building</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For safes and other office furniture, thirty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Safes; furniture.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery, sixty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous and incidental expenses of post-offices, including repairs, gas fixtures, and telegrams, eighty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>.—For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland transportation of mails.</p></sidenote> inland mail transportation, namely: For transportation on railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroads, failure to transport mails; penalty.</p></sidenote>routes, fourteen million and ten thousand dollars; and if any railroad company shall fail or refuse to transport the mails, when required by the Post-Office Department, upon the fastest train or trains run upon said road, said company shall have its pay reduced fifty per centum of the amount provided by law.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For railway post-office-car service, one million seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post-office car service.</p></sidenote> sixty-five thousand and twenty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, two hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special facilities on trunk lines.</p></sidenote> sixty-six thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For inland transportation by steamboat routes, six hundred and fifteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamboat.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars. The Postmaster General is authorized to contract for inland and foreign steamboat mail service, when it can be combined in one route, where the foreign office or offices are not more than two hundred miles distant from the domestic office, on the same terms and conditions as inland steamboat service, and pay for the same out of the appropriation for inland steamboat service.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For inland transportation by star routes, five million nine hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Star routes.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For railway post-office clerks, four million six hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post-office clerks.</p></sidenote> thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mail-messengers, nine hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail-messengers.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mail locks and keys, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and keys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mailbags.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mailbags and mail bag catchers, including full compensation (not exceeding five hundred dollars) for the whole and exclusive right of letters patent numbered two hundred and nine thousand eight hundred and twenty, granted November twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to A. V. Lunger, for a clamp for mailbag cranes, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Assistant Postmaster-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>.—For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps and of newspaper and periodical stamps, one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars. That upon all matter of the first class, as defined by chapter one hundred and eighty of the laws of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1879, vol. 20, ch. 180, p. 357.</p></sidenote>and seventy-nine, entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes,” and by that <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, ch. 92, p. 455.</p></sidenote>act declared subject to postage at the rate of three cents for each half-ounce or fraction thereof and reduced by the act of March third.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/387">387</page> eighteen hundred and eighty-three, .to two cents for each half ounce or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two cents for half-ounce letters changed to two cents for ounce.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drop-letters without free delivery, one cent per ounce.</p></sidenote> fraction thereof, postage shall be charged, on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at the rate of two cents for each ounce or fraction thereof; and drop letters shall be mailed at the rate of two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, including delivery at letter-carrier offices, and one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof where free delivery by carrier is not established. That all publications of the second class, except as provided in section twenty-five of said act, when sent by the publisher thereof and from the office of publication, including sample copies, or when sent from a news agency to actual subscribers thereto, or to other news agents, shall, on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, be entitled to transmission through the mails at one cent a pound or a fraction thereof, such postage to be prepaid as now provided by law.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And any article or item in any newspaper or other publication may be marked for observation, except by written or printed words, without increase of postage.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distributing agents.</p></sidenote> of the agency, eight thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper-wrappers and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and letter sheets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distributing agents.</p></sidenote> letter-sheets, seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes, newspaper-wrappers, and letter-sheets, and expenses of agency, sixteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal cards.</p></sidenote>dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distributing agents.</p></sidenote> of agency, seven thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For registered-package envelopes, locks and seals, and for office envelopes,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registered-pack-age envelopes, etc.</p></sidenote> and for dead-letter envelopes, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For ship, steamboat, and way letters, two thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship, steamboat, and way letters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving, etc.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign mails.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Superintendent of Foreign Mails</inline>.—For transportation of foreign mails, including railway transit across the Isthmus of Panama, eight hundred thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster-general to contract for transportation of.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the transportation of any part of said foreign mails, after legal advertisement with the lowest responsible bidder, at a rate not exceeding fifty cents a nautical mile on the trip each way actually travelled between the terminal points: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be on American steamships.</p></sidenote> That the mails so contracted shall be carried on American steamships, and that the aggregate of such contracts shall not exceed one-half of the sum hereby appropriated.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For balances due foreign countries, seventy-five thousand dollars, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance due foreign countries.</p></sidenote> the United States’ portion of the expenses of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union Convention.</listContent></listItem>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That if the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation to supply deficiencies in the revenue of Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this act, a sum equal to such deficiency of the revenues of said Department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply the said deficiencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That a special stamp of the face valuation of ten cents may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special stamp may be issued.</p></sidenote> be provided and issued, whenever deemed advisable or expedient, in such form and bearing such device as may meet the approval of the Postmaster-General, which, when attached to a letter, in addition to the lawful postage thereon, the delivery of which is to be at a free delivery
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/388">388</page> office, or at any city, town, or village containing a population of four thousand or over, according to the Federal census, shall be regarded as entitling such letter to immediate delivery within the carrier limit of any free delivery office which may be designated by the Postmaster-General as a special delivery office, or within one mile of the post office at any other office coming within the provisions of this section which may in like manner be designated as a special delivery office.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That such specially stamped letters shall be delivered from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specially stamped letters to be delivered.</p></sidenote> seven o’clock ante meridian up to twelve o’clock midnight at offices designated by the Postmaster-General under section three of this act.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That to provide for the immediate delivery of letters bearing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons may be employed to deliver letters bearing special stamp.</p></sidenote> the special stamp, the postmaster at any’ office which may come within the provisions of this act may, with the approval of the Postmaster-General, employ such person or persons as may actually be required for such service, who, upon the delivery of such letter, will procure a receipt from the party addressed, or some one authorized to receive it, in a book to be furnished for the purpose, which shall, when not in use, be kept in the post office, and at all times subject to examination by an inspect or of the Department.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That to provide for the payment of such persons as may be employed for this service, the postmaster at any office designated by section three of this act shall keep a record of the number of letters received at such office bearing such special stamp, which number shall correspond with the number entered in the receipt books heretofore specified; and at the end of each month he may pay to such person or persons employed a sum not exceeding eighty per centum of the face value of all such stamps received and recorded during that month: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in no case shall the compensation so paid to any one person exceed thirty dollars per month:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That nothing in this act shall in any way interfere with the prompt delivery of letters as now provided by law or regulation of the Post Office Department.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>343.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8">Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations for year ending June 30, 1886.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>senate.</heading>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of Senators, three hundred and eighty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Senators.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mileage of Senators, thirty-three thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of officers, clerks, and others receiving annual salaries in service of Senate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary to Vice-President.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, three hundred and forty-four thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and ten cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Vice-President</inline>.—For secretary to the Vice-President, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; for messenger, to be appointed by the Vice-President, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hun-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/389">389</page>dred dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of the Senate, etc.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>.—For secretary of the Senate, four thousand live hundred dollars, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, and for compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators, three hundred and ninety-six dollars; hire of horse and wagon for the Secretary’s office, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal executive clerk, principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, two thousand five bundled and ninety-two dollars each; assistant financial clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; five clerks, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; five clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; keeper of stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant in the stationery-room, one thousand dollars; two messengers, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; five laborers, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, sixty-two thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerks and messengers to committees</inline>.—For clerk of printing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Committee clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Committee on Appropriations, to be appointed by the committee, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk and stenographer to the Committee on Finance, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Committee on Claims, clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Private Land Claims, clerk to the Committee on Pensions, clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, clerk to the Committee on the Census, clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, clerk to the Committee on public Lands, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, clerk to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and seven messengers, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, for the following committees, namely: Finance, Post-Offices and Post Roads, Pensions, Claims, District of Columbia, Judiciary, Engrossed Bills, and Military Affairs; in all, fifty-seven thousand and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper</inline>.—For Sergeant-at-Arms<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sergeant-at-Arms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Doorkeeper and assistants.</p></sidenote> and Doorkeeper, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; for one horse and wagon for his use, six hundred dollars; for clerk to Sergeant at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant, doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger on the floor of the Senate, one thousand two hundred dollars; upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; four riding pages, at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; Postmaster to the Senate, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster, etc., to the Senate.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant postmaster and mail carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one clerk in the post-office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five mail carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the document-room (Amzi Smith), two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dol-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/390">390</page>lars; two assistants in document-room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to the superintendent of the document-room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one page in the document-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant in the folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk in the folding-room, one thousand dollars; one foreman in the folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; six folders, at three dollars per day while actually employed, six thousand five hundred and seventy’ dollars; twenty-seven messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger to the official reporters’ room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; conductor of elevator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; one fireman, at one thousand and eighty dollars; three laborers in the engineer’s department, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; female attendant in charge of ladies’ retiring-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; twelve laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; for fifteen pages for the Senate Chamber, including one telephone page, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session; in all, one hundred and forty seven thousand eight hundred and one dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For twenty-five clerks to committees, at six dollars per day during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Committees.</p></sidenote> the session, thirty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For clerks to senators who are not chairmen of committees, at six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Senators.</p></sidenote> dollars per day during the session, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Senate, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery and newspapers, including six thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage-stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, one hundred dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-arms, one hundred dollars; in all, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail-wagons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and mail wagons.</p></sidenote> for carrying the mails, three thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials for folding.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel and oil and cotton-waste for the heating apparatus, eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; for furniture and repairs of furniture ten thousand dollars; for packing-boxes, seven hundred and seventy dollars; for miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, including five thousand dollars for rent of Senate Committee rooms, fifteen thousand dollars; and for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per printed page, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments.</listContent></listItem>
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</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>congressional directory.</heading>
<content>For expenses of compiling and preparing the Congressional Directory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional Directory.</p></sidenote> to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>capitol police.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of officers, privates, and watchmen.</p></sidenote> at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-two privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars, one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent fund, one hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent fund.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>house of representatives.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members of House of Representatives and Delegates; compensation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote> Delegates from Territories, one million six hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For mileage, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and ninety thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and ten cents, namely:</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Speaker</inline>.—For private secretary to the Speaker,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private secretary and clerk to Speaker.</p></sidenote> one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk to the Speaker’s table, one thousand six hundred dollars, and for additional compensation to the clerk at the Speaker’s table, two hundred dollars for the present fiscal year; in all, five thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, assistants, etc.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Clerk</inline>.—For Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, four thousand five hundred dollars, and for hire of horses and wagons for the use of the Clerk’s office, six hundred dollars; for chief clerk, journal clerk, two reading clerks, and tally clerk, at three thousand dollars each, and for the journal clerk (H. H. Smith) for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; for printing and bill clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for disbursing clerk, file clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper, clerk, superintendent of document-room, index clerk, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; for distributing clerk and stationery clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for document clerk, upholsterer and locksmith, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant journal clerk, at six dollars per day during the session, one thousand two hundred and seventy-two dollars; one assistant index clerk, during the session and three months after its close, at six dollars per day, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; one bookkeeper and four clerks, one thousand six hundred dollars each; the person preparing the general index to the Journals of Congress, under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk to prepare index to journals of Congress, etc.</p></sidenote> resolution of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant to person preparing the general index to Journals of Congress, under resolution of May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand dollars; two messengers in the House Library, at one thousand three hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers, laborers, etc.</p></sidenote> fourteen dollars each; one laborer in the bath room, seven hundred and
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/392">392</page> twenty dollars; four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator, nine hundred dollars; one chief engineer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, one thousand two hundred dollars each; two conductors of the elevator, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; services in cleaning Statuary Hall and watching statuary therein, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, ninety-one thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following additional employees in the Clerk’s office, who are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> to be paid from and including March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six: Three clerks to index private claims, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; one messenger-boy in chief clerk’s room, at three hundred dollars per annum; and two laborers in the Clerk’s document-room, at nine hundred dollars per annum each; in all, nine thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerks and messengers to committees</inline>.—For clerk to the Committee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers to committees.</p></sidenote> on Ways and Means, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Agriculture, clerk to the Committee on Claims, clerk to the Committee on Public Lands, clerk to the Committee on War Claims, clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, clerk to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, at two thousand dollars each; assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For thirty one clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during the session, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To pay the six committee clerks now employed by resolution of the House the same compensation and for the same period as is provided for the payment of session clerks employed by the House, one thousand and eighty dollars, to be immediately available.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Sergeant-at-Arms</inline>.—For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc.</p></sidenote> of Representatives, four thousand dollars; for one horse and wagon for bis use, five hundred dollars; one deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; one cashier, three thousand dollars; one paying teller, two thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, at sixty dollars per month; and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Doorkeeper</inline>.—For Doorkeeper, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Doorkeeper, assistants, etc.</p></sidenote> and for hire of horses, five hundred dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand dollars; second assistant doorkeeper (George A. Bacon), to be employed in the document-room, two thousand dollars; clerk for Doorkeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand dollars; three clerks in the folding room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars and two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the document-room, two thousand dollars; chief assistant in the document room, at two thousand dollars; document file-clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file-clerk, under resolution of December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; fourteen
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/393">393</page> messengers on the soldiers’ roll, under the control of the Doorkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, and hereafter messengers on the soldiers’ roll shall not be subject to removal except for cause reported to and approved by the House; nine messengers, including messenger to the reporters’ gallery, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; seven laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; ten laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; for the two laborers now in charge of water-close, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; six laborers in charge of cleaning the Hall of the House, known as “cloak room men”, at fifty dollars per month during the session; for the two “cloakroom men”, one on each side of the ball, now longest in the service of the House, from March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at fifty dollars per month each; and for one female attendant in ladies’ retiring-room, six hundred dollars; two messengers, during the session, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum each; for one employee (John T. Chancey), one thousand five hundred dollars; one Department messenger (C. W. Coombs), two thousand dollars; for labor in folding books, speeches, and pamphlets: one foreman, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one folder in the sealing-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, five hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders, during the session, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum each; and fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and for thirty-four pages, during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of additional folding-room, one thousand dollars; one night<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional folding-room.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses; repair of wagon, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster, assistant, etc.</p></sidenote> watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred dollars; for feed for horses and care and repairs of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Postmaster</inline>.—For Postmaster, two thousand five hundred dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten messengers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, during the session, at eight hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For hire of horses and mail-wagons for carrying the mails, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and mail-wagons.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For two stenographers to committees, to be appointed by the Speaker<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stenographers for committees.</p></sidenote> on or after December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at four thousand dollars per annum each, four four thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Official reporters</inline>.—For one chief official reporter (John J.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official reporters.</p></sidenote> MeElhone), six thousand dollars; and four official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; messenger to the official reporters, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand dollars. And wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing they shall be construed to mean seven months.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the House, of Representatives, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding material.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel and oil.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and repairs.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For materials for folding, sixteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars. For furniture, and repairs of the same, ten thousand dollars.
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</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For packing-boxes, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packing-boxes.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For cartage, six hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cartage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of E. J. Babcock, secretary of the Commission on the Dedication<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. J. Babcock.</p></sidenote> of the Washington Monument, two hundred dollars, to be paid from the appropriation for the dedication.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> of the House, and committees of the House, including six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, forty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage-stamps for the officers of the House of Representatives;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage-stamps.</p></sidenote> For the Sergeant-at-Arms, fifty dollars; the Clerk, fifty dollars; the Doorkeeper, fifty dollars; and the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; in all, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>public printing.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public Printer and clerks.</p></sidenote> dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; one clerk of class one; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of his office, namely: For stationery, postage,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> advertising, traveling expenses horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>library of congress.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Librarian, four thousand dollars; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Librarian, assistants, etc.</p></sidenote> twenty five assistant librarians, two at two thousand five hundred dollars each, two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, two at one thousand six hundred dollars each, two two at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, seven at one thousand four hundred dollars each, six at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one at nine hundred and sixty dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of books for the Library three thousand dollars; for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of books, periodicals, etc., for Library and Supreme Court.</p></sidenote>purchase of law-books for the Library, two thousand dollars; for the purchase, by the Librarian of Congress, of new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchased under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars; for expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign Governments, one thousand dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the Librarian of Congress to arrange, select, edit, and prepare<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrangement, for publication, of historical manuscript in Library, collected by Peter Force.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incorporation of additional manuscript.</p></sidenote> for publication the historical manuscripts in the Library of Congress collected by the late Peter Force for the publication known as the fourth and fifth series of the American Archives, not heretofore published, and to incorporate such additional manuscript or rare unpublished materials relating to the period embraced as may be approved by the Joint Committee on the Library, the same to be printed in folio form, at the Government Printing Office, under the supervision of the Librarian of Congress, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase of works of art, under the direction of the Joint<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of works of art.</p></sidenote> Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of said Library, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of copyright buss liens.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For Botanic Garden: For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent and assistants of Botanic Garden.</p></sidenote>dollars; for assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress, nine thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvements of Botanic Garden.</p></sidenote> for labor and materials in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>EXECUTIVE</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of President of the United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vice-President.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation to the following in the office of the President of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private Secretary, assistants, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> United States: Private Secretary, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two executive clerks, at two thousand dollars each; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a telegraph operator; one clerk of class one; steward, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one day-usher, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one day-usher, at one thousand two hundred dollars; five messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one night-usher, one thousand two hundred dollars; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one fireman, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> therefor, as well as record-books, telegrams, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses, and harness, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners, examiner, Secretary, etc.</p></sidenote> each; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be a stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Commission, three thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For furniture and repairs of furniture, file cases and file-boxes, books,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, stationery, printing, etc.</p></sidenote> stationery, printing, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, typewriting, ice, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including beating, lighting, and altering rooms, and care of same, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> First Assistant Secretary of State four thousand five hundred dollars; two Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; for chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for six Chiefs of Bureau and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class four; stenographer to the Secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and ten clerks,at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one packer, at seven hun-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/396">396</page>dred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For proofreading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">proof-reading, stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars, for stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand dollars; tor books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For services of lithographer, and necessary materials for the lithographic<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lithographer.</p></sidenote> press, one thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Editing and distribution of laws.</p></sidenote>second session of the Forty-eight Congress, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Editing and distribution of the Statutes at Large.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> Forty-eighth Congress, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses and repairs of wagons and harness, one thousand two hundred dollars; for rent of stable and wagon-shed, six hundred dollars; for care of clock, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, one thousand dollars; and for miscellaneous items, not included in the foregoing, two thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<chapeau>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary’s Office</inline>.—For compensation of the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Treasury, eight thousand dollars; two Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; stenographer to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one copyist; five skilled laborers, at live hundred and fifty dollars each; five skilled laborers, at five hundred dollars each; four messengers; one assistant messenger; in all, thirty five thousand and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Office of chief clerk and superintendent.: For chief clerk, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; three elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one. engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one machinist and gas fitter, one thousand two hundred dollars; seven firemen; one gardener, eight hundred and forty dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen; one foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; twenty-nine laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; three laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; seventy-five charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; and for the following employees while actually employed: one foreman of cabinet shop, at five dollars per day; one draughtsman, at four dollars per day; one cabinetmaker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day; twelve cabinetmakers, at three dollars per day each; one cabinetmaker, at two dollars per day; in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations: For chief of division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations.</p></sidenote> two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as bookkeeper, one hundred dollars; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirty-four thousand and thirty dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of customs.</p></sidenote> and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of appointments: For chief of division, two thousand seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of appointments.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine bundled dollars each; two assistant messengers; in all, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of public moneys: For chief of division, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of public moneys.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as bookkeeper, one hundred dollars; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of loans and currency: For chief of division, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of loans and currency.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; two assistant chiefs of divisions, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; eight clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as receiving-clerk of bonds, one hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; one paper-cutter, at three dollars per day; one paper counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-six paper-counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, seventy-four thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of revenue marine: For chief of division, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of revenue marine.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one laborer; in all, twenty two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of mercantile marine and internal-revenue: For chief of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of mercantile marine and internal revenue.</p></sidenote> division, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one laborer; in all, nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of stationery, printing, and blanks: For chief of division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of stationery, printing, and blanks.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; two assistant messengers; one foreman of bindery, at five dollars per day; four binders, at four dollars per day each; and one sewer and folder, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, thirty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of mail and files: For chief of division, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of mail and files.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; six clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; and one laborer, at five hundred dollars; in all, twenty nine thousand nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of captured property, claims and lands: For chief of division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of captured property, claims, and lands.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
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</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of public buildings: For assistant superintendent of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of public buildings.</p></sidenote> Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of special agents.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerks.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; and one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Supervising Architect</inline>.—In the construction branch of the Treasury:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising Architect, assistant, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk, at two thousand dollars; photographer, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars: and one assistant messenger; in all, eighteen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, computers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional draughtsman, civil engineers, etc., authorized to be employed.</p></sidenote> accountants, modelers, assistants to the photographer, copyists, and such other services as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order, may be employed in the Office of the Supervising Architect to carry into effect the various appropriations tor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>public buildings, to be paid for from such appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the expenditures on this account, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty six, shall not exceed one hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report, etc., to be made to Congress.</p></sidenote>and thirty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">First Comptroller of the Treasury</inline>.—For First Comptroller<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and eleven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-two thousand and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Second Comptroller of the Treasury</inline>.—For Second Comptroller<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars, five chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; nine clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; fourteen clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; three clerks, atone thousand dollars each; nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, one hundred and three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the additional force in the Second Comptroller’s Office rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks.</p></sidenote> necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, namely: Three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; and two clerks of class one; in all, twelve thousand six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For continuing the adjustment of the accounts of the Soldiers’ Home,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuation of adjustment of accounts of Soldiers’ Home.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s4818/p935">R. S., sec. 4818, p. 935</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of customs, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> under section forty-eight hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, in the Office of the Second Comptroller and in the Office of the Second Auditor, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Commissioner of Customs</inline>.—For Commissioner of Customs, four thousand dollars; deputy commissioner, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thou-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/399">399</page>sand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And each of the cities of Tacoma and Seattle, in Washington Territory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma and Seattle, Washington Territory, made ports of delivery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of deputy collector.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be, and it is hereby, made a port of delivery; and the deputy collector who shall be stationed at each of them shall receive such compensation, not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">First Auditor</inline>.—For the First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four copyists and counters, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and two laborers; in all, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Second Auditor</inline>.—For Second Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks of class four; forty clerks of class three; additional to one clerk of class three as disbursing clerk two hundred dollars; fifty-five clerks of class two; forty eight clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, two hundred and forty-six thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the twenty additional clerks of class one in the Second Auditor’s<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks.</p></sidenote> Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, twenty-four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Third Auditor</inline>.—For Third Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; fifty-six clerks of class two; thirty-nine clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and six laborers; and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-nine thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the additional force in the Third Auditor’s Office rendered necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks.</p></sidenote> by increase of work relating to pensions, namely: Five clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; and eight clerks of class one; in all, twenty-seven thousand four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Fourth Auditor</inline>.—For the Fourth Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, sixty nine thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Fifth Auditor</inline>.—For the Fifth Auditor, three thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fifth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and two laborers; in all, forty-seven thousand six hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department</inline>.—<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor of Treasury for Post-Office Department, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>For the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, who may be designated to sign, in the name of the said Auditor, such letters and papers as the Auditor may direct, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four, and additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty-eight clerks of class three; eighty-seven clerks of class two; eighty-one clerks of class one;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/400">400</page> fifty-six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; thirty-one assorters of money-orders, at nine hundred dollars each; six assorters of money-orders at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger; ten assorters of money-orders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five assistant messengers; twenty laborers; and ten charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, five hundred and six thousand and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the temporary force to dispose of accumulated money-orders,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks.</p></sidenote> namely: Three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, ton thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Treasurer</inline>.—For the Treasurer of the United States, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer, assistant treasurer, cashier, assistant cashier, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty-six clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; fifteen clerks of class two; one coin clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; twenty-three clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seventy-four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six messengers; six assistant messengers; twenty-six laborers; and seven laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, two hundred and sixty-nine thousand six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be reimbursed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of redemption of national currency, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one principal teller and one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; and one assistant teller, at two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; fifteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; in all, eighty-one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Register of the Treasury</inline>.—For the Register of the Treasury,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars; assistant register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; nineteen clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; four assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, one hundred and sixty-two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Comptroller of the Currency</inline>.—For Comptroller of the Currency,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Comptroller of the Currency, deputy, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars; eleven clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman; three laborers; and two nightwatchmen; in all, one hundred and three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bank-plates,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special examination of national banks, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, teller, bookkeeper, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by the national banks), namely: One superintendent, at two thousand dollars; one teller and one bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; and one
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/401">401</page> assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars; nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Light-House Board</inline>.—For chief clerk of the Light House Board,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Board, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following additional employees in the Office of the Light-House<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks.</p></sidenote> Board, who shall be paid from the appropriations for the light-house establishment, namely: one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Statistics</inline>.—For the officer in charge of the Bureau of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Statistics, officers in charge, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Statistics, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five copyists; one messenger; two laborers; one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-six thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For collecting statistics relating to internal commerce: For the payment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of experts.</p></sidenote> of experts, and for other necessary expenditures connected with the collection of facts relative to the internal and foreign commerce of the United States, seven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Engraving and Printing</inline>.—For Chief of Bureau, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Chief of Bureau, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; three copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Life-Saving Service</inline>.—For General Superintendent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General superintendent of Life-Saving Service, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk and accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Navigation</inline>.—For Commissioner of Navigation, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Navigation, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; additional to one clerk acting as deputy commissioner, two hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; four clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Secret Service Division</inline>.—For one chief, three thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secret Service; chief, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; and one attendant, at six hundred and eighty dollars; in all, twelve thousand nine bundled and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine Hospital<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising Surgeon-General Ma-</p></sidenote> Service</inline>.—For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars;
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/402">402</page> one surgeon, three thousand dollars; one passed assistant surgeon, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">rine Hospital service; assistant, clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk one thousand two hundred dollars; one hospital steward (employed as chemist), one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists: one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and one laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine Hospital Service.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat Inspection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector-general Steamboat inspection Service; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Service</inline>.—For Supervising Inspector-General, three thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, not to exceed eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, ten thousand one hundred and forty dollars; the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat Inspection service.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Construction of Standard Weights and Measures</inline>.—<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Standard weights and measures.</p></sidenote>For construction and verification of standard weights and Measures, including metric standards, for the customhouses, other offices of the United States, and for the several States, and mural standards of length in Washington, District of Columbia, the following, while actually employed, namely: One adjuster, at five dollars per day; verifier and mechanician, at four dollars per day each; laborer, at one dollar and fifty cents per day; one recorder, at sixty dollars per month; and one watchman; in all, five thousand nine hundred and seventy eight dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of materials anti apparatus, and incidental expenses, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the International<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American member of International Committee on Weights and Measures.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 235, reappropriation.</p></sidenote> Committee on Weights and Measures at the general conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, appropriated by the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for this object, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, is hereby reappropriated and made available for like purpose for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Director of the Mint</inline>.—For Director, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director of the Mint, examiner, computer, assayer, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; examiner, two thousand three hundred dollars; computer, two thousand two hundred dollars; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a stenographer; two clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one messenger; two copyists; assistant in laboratory, one thousand dollars; one helper, at five hundred dollars; in. all, twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of Bureau of the Mint.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Director, namely: For assay-laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries, one thousand dollars; for examination of mints, expenses in visiting the mints and assay-offices for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements and for special examinations, two thousand five hundred dollars; for books, pamphlets, periodicals, specimens of coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, one thousand dollars; and for the collection of statistics relative to the annual production of the precious metals in the United States, four thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand five hundred dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Commissioner of Internal Revenue</inline>.—For Commissioner of Internal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Internal Revenue, deputies, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; two heads of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; five heads of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one superintendent of stamp-vault, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; twenty-five clerks of class three; thirty-four clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixty-six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, and hereafter no vacancies shall be filled in the grade of clerks at nine hundred dollars each in this Bureau until the number is reduced to fifty; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and eighty-two thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For two stamp-agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp-agents, etc.</p></sidenote> two counters, at nine hundred each; in all, five thousand dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of Treasury department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several Bureaus, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of material for binding canceled marine papers, requisitions, and other important records; newspapers, books, band stamps, and repairs of the same (and of the amount appropriated not more than five hundred dollars may be used in the purchase of current publications), two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of law-books and suitable books of reference for the library of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary traveling expenses, and for other traveling expenses, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For freight, expressage, telegrams, and telephone service, four thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of buildings, eight thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars, including one thousand two hundred dollars for renting additional rooms for the Second Auditor’s Office.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of horses and subsistence of horses for office and mail wagons, including shoeing, and for wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of ice, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of file-holders and file-cases, twelve thousand dollars; and not less then three thousand five hundred dollars of this sum shall be expended for file-boxes, file-cases, shelving, and book cases for the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, for filing accounts, books, and vouchers pertaining to postal accounts, the money-order service, and the transportation of the mails.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, engine hose and cotton waste, grates, grate-baskets and fixtures, stoves and fixtures, blowers, coal-hods, pokers, shovels, and tongs, fourteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of gas, brackets, candles, candlesticks, drop lights and tubing, gas-burners, gas-torches, globes, lanterns, matches, match-safes, and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of carpets, oil cloth, mats, and matting, and repairs, and for cleaning and laying of the same, by contract, eight thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of boxes, bells and bell-pulls, book-rests, chairs, chair-caning, chair-covers, eases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, desks, leather for covering sofas, locks, lumber, rugs, screens, shelving for file-rooms, tables, turpentine, varnish, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, water coolers and stands, window-shades and fixtures, fifteen thousand dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings and fixtures, alcohol, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, cloth, chamois-skins, door and window fasteners, dusters, flour, garden and street hose lace-leather, lye, nails, oil, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil-plates, spittoons, soap, sponge, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, tumblers, wire, and zinc, and for blacksmithing, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpening tools, and other absolutely necessary articles, twelve thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>collecting internal revenue.</heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors, one million<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collectors and deputy collectors of internal revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That the number of deputy collectors, gaugers, storekeepers, and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue shall not be increased, nor shall the salary of said officers and employees be increased beyond the salaries paid during the last fiscal year.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of agents, surveyors, etc.</p></sidenote> of gaugers, for salaries of storekeepers,-and for miscellaneous expenses, two million one hundred thousand dollars; and hereafter storekeepers, or storekeepers and gaugers, who are assigned to distilleries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers in Commission not to exceed more than by 15 per cent, the number actually engaged in, and necessary for duty.</p></sidenote> whose registered capacity is twenty bushels or less, shall receive two dollars per day for their services; and no collector in any district shall recommend, nor shall there be appointed or commissioned, more deputy collectors, storekeepers, storekeepers and gaugers, gaugers, inspectors, or other officers, or allowed to remain in commission more of any of said officers, at any one time, than fifteen per centum in excess of the number actually engaged in performing duty at the time and indispensably necessary for the performance of said duty: <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the compensation of the chief of the internal-revenue agents <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of revenue agents limited.</p></sidenote>shall not exceed ten dollars per day, and of the other agents not exceeding seven dollars per day each; and for per diem in lieu of subsistence, while traveling on duty, said agents shall receive at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding three dollars per day.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>independent treasury.</heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore</inline>. For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Baltimore; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; for three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; for two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Assistant Treasurer at Boston</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Boston; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, five thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying-teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant paying-teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; vault clerk, two thousand dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; first bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; second bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; specie clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant specie clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; money clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; coupon clerk and redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receipt clerk and general clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant redemption clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; two watchmen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Chicago</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Chicago; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five, hundred dollars; for cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; for paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for bookkeeper and receiving-teller, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; two coin,coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper and three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; for one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Cincinnati; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier, two thousand dollars; for bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for receiving teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; check clerk and interest clerk, each one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; fractional-silver and minor-coin clerk, one thousand dollars; nightwatchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; two watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, New Orleans; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, lour thousand dollars; cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; porter, five hundred dollars; one watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one night watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, New York; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, eight thousand dollars; cashier and chief clerk, four thousand dollars; deputy assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief of coin division, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief of note-paying division, three thousand dollars; chief of note-receiving division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of check-paying division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of registered-interest division, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of coupon-interest division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief of minor-coin division, two thousand four-hundred dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of canceled-check division, two thousand dollars; two clerks, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; six clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; five messengers, atone thousand three hundred dollars each; one messenger, at one thousand two hundred dollars; keeper of building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistant detectives, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three hall-men at one thousand dollars each; six watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two porters, nine hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand and ninety dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Philadelphia; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief interest clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; chief registered-interest clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin-teller, one
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/406">406</page> thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; assistant coupon clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; assistant registered-interest clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; assistant cashier, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant coin teller, one thousand four hundred dollars; receiving-teller, one thousand three hundred dollars; assistant receiving teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of building,one thousand one hundred dollars; four female counters, at nine hundred dollars each; five watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at Saint Louis</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, Saint Louis; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk and teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper and one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger, one thousand dollars; four watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco</inline>.—For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurer, San Francisco; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> treasurer, five thousand dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, two thousand dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; coin-teller,one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; and four watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p></sidenote> and money on hand at the several sub-treasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositaries under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For engraving, printing, finishing, and binding interest, transfer, redemption,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving,Printing, etc.</p></sidenote> pension and other checks and drafts, including cost of paper for the same, for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, twenty-eight thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>united states mints and assay-offices,</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Philadelphia</inline>,—For salary of the superintendent, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and engraver, four in all, at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; bookkeeper <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>two thousand dollars; abstract clerk and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; register of deposits, warrant clerk, and cashiers clerk, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; assayer’s computation clerk and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and ninety-three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Workmen and adjusters.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and repairs (aud purchases, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), one hundred thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at San Francisco California</inline>,—For salary of superintendent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at San Francisco.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> four thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; chief
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/407">407</page> clerk and cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, and warrant clerk, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; register of deposits two thousand dollars; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computation clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendent’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand nine hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and thirty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Workmen and adjusters.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, fifty thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Carson, Nev.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Carson, Nevada</inline>,—For salary of Superintendent, three thousand dollars; for assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; chief clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, cashier, bookkeeper, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; abstract clerk and register of deposits, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assayer’s computation clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen and adjusters sixty thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at New Orleans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana</inline>,—For salary of the superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, three in all, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, one thousand nine bundled dollars each; cashier and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; weigh clerk, abstract clerk, bookkeeper, and assayers computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; register of the deposits, warrant clerk, and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; cashiers clerk, at one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen and adjusters, seventy four thousand dollars, For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs and new <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>machinery, thirty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Denver, Colorado</inline>,—For salary of the assayer in charge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint at Denver, Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; for melter, two thousand two hundred and fitly dollars; assistant assayer,one thousand four hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office,New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, officers, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at New York</inline>,—For salary of Superintendent, four thousand live hundred dollars; for assayer, and for melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; assistant melter and refiner, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; weighing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; bar clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; abstract clerk and assayers computation clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; register of deposits, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for assayer’s first assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for assayers second assistant,two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; for assayers third assistant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen, twenty-five thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/408">408</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay-office at Helena, Montana</inline>,—For salary of assayer in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Helena, Montana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer, melter, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; and of melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For wages of workmen, twelve thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, eight thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Boise City.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer, melter, clerk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay-office at Boise City, Idaho Territory</inline>,—For assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor five thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay-office at Charlotte, North Carolina</inline>,—For assayer and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Charlotte, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer, assistant, melter.</p></sidenote> melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; and assistant assayer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Assay-office at Saint Louis, Missouri,—For assayer in charge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Saint Louis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assayer and clerk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, three thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>government in the territories,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial Governments.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Alaska</inline>,—For salary of governor, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, judge, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; judge, three thousand dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; four commissioners, one thousand dollars each; four deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, twenty thousand five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the actual and necessary expenses of the judge, marshal, and attorney,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of judge, marshal, etc.</p></sidenote> when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the marshal, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For incidental and contingent expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of the Territory, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory op Arizona</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, hire of porter and messenger<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> for secretary’s office; and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Dakota</inline>.—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and five associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, twenty two thousand four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely: For postage; stationery and blanks;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> light, oil, and candles; messenger and porter; labor and care of Government property; clerk in secretary’s office; and incidental expenses, two thousand dollars, And the legislature of Dakota may divide said Territory into as many council and representative districts as they desire, which districts shall be as nearly equal as practicable taking into <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>consideration population, (except Indians not taxed): <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the number of council districts shall not exceed twenty-four, and the number of representative districts shall not exceed forty-eight.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/409">409</page>
</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses to be expended by the governor, five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Idaho</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely: For official printing; stationery;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> fuel, lamps, oils, and candles; broom and dusters; rent of secretary’s office, library rooms, and storage rooms for government property; furniture for secretary’s office; postage and seals; ice; messenger and porter, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office two thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses, to be expended by the governor, five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Montana</inline>,—For salary of governor two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely; For rent of secretary’s office and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> storage room for Government property; porter and messenger for Secretary’s office; postage; stationery and printing; fuel and lights; furniture and repairs on furniture; clerk in secretary’s office; and telegraphing, two thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of New Mexico</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; and interpreter and translator in the executive office, at five hundred dollars, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely; For rent, light, fuel; casing for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> filing records; earpets and furniture; stationery and record-books; postage; incidentals; and pay of messenger and porter, one thousand five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Utah</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members and officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> of the legislative assembly; mileage of members; stationery; rent of halls and committee rooms; gas and other miscellaneous expenses; printing bills, laws, journals; current and contingent expenses of the secretary’s office, twenty-two thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the salaries of the commissioners appointed under an act entitled,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of commissioners appointed under net to amend sec. 5352, R. S., p. 1039.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 47, p. 30.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of Commission, for printing, stationery, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> “An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-five thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the commission, for printing, stationery, clerk-hire, office rent, fifteen thousand dollars; <i>Provided</i>, That out of this sum the commission is hereby authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding six hundred dollars, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty six,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of officers of election, including contingent expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of officers of election, etc.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Washington</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thou-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/410">410</page> sand six hundred dollars; chief justice and three associate judges at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor, chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, sixteen thousand four hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses namely: For per diem of officers and members of the legislative assembly; mileage of members;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> repairing capitol building, legislative hall, and council chamber; repairing furniture, carpets, and matting; and for lights, fuel, and stationery for officers and members of legislative assembly, and for other incidental expenses of the legislature; rent of secretary’s office; hire of messenger; light, fuel, stationery, postage, office furniture, repairs, and other incidentals, twenty-two thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Wyoming</inline>,—For salary of governor, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of governor; chief justice, etc.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; chief justice, and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of officers and members <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote>of the legislative assembly; rent of two halls and committee-rooms for legislature; fitting up halls; removing furniture; new carpets, stoves, furniture, and repairing old; fuel, lights, and incidentals; stationery; record books; printing laws, journals, bills; fuel, rent, light, furniture, stationery, postage, messenger, and incidentals of Secretary’s office, twenty-two thousand dollars;</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> governor, five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>WAR DEPARTMENT,</heading>
<chapeau>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Secretary of War, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> one, chief clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; twenty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, one thousand dollars; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; and one watchman at five hundred and forty dollars; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Adjutant-General</inline>,—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Adjutant-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; thirty-five clerks of class three; sixty-seven clerks of class two; three hundred and fifty-three clerks of class one; sixteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five messengers; fifty-one assistant messengers; twenty watchmen; three laborers; in all, six hundred and ninety one thousand nine hundred dollars, And not less than two hundred of the clerks in the office of the Adjutant General shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement of pension applications and soldiers’ claims,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following additional clerks in the Office of the Adjutant-General,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional clerks.</p></sidenote> for the sole purpose of completing, with the necessary detail from the existing force, the regimental registers of the volunteer forces of the several States during the late war, namely: One clerk of class four; two clerks of class two; and six clerks of class one; in all, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Inspector-General</inline>,—For one clerk of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of inspector-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of military Justice.</p></sidenote> class tour; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Military Justice</inline>,—One chief clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/411">411</page> one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> and one assistant messenger; in all thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Signal Office</inline>,—Two clerks of class four; three clerks of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, messengers, etc.</p></sidenote> class one; one clerk atone thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; and one laborer, at four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, ten thousand six hundred and sixty dollars, And for the services of scientific experts, clerks, draughtsmen copyists, messengers, mechanics, laborers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, to carry into effect the appropriations for observation and report of storms, and for the construction, maintenance, and repairs of military telegraph lines, forty thousand dollars; <i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War shall each year, in annual<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Quartermaster-General</inline>,—One chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Quartermaster-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> clerk, at two thousand dollars; nine clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; twenty-three clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; ten clerks at one thousand dollars each; fifteen copyists, at. nine hundred dollars each; one female messenger, at forty dollars per month; four messengers; six assistant messengers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer, two hundred and twenty-five dollars; two charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one fireman, live watchmen; one draughtsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy five dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following clerks and others to be employed by tie Quartermaster <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exra clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1864, vol. 13, ch. 253, p. 394.</p></sidenote>General in the investigation of claims for settlement by the Treasury Department under the act of July fourth eighteen hundred and sixty-four; One clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; eleven copyists; three assistant messengers; one watchman; and twenty-five agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; in all, seventy-three thousand five hundred and eighty dollars, And hereafter vacancies occurring in the offices of clerks and others provided for in this paragraph shall not be filled,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For per diem in lieu of subsistence of the agents employed while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of War, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation, thirty thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Commissary General</inline>,—One chief clerk,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Commissary-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> at two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; two laborers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fitly dollars; and two watchmen; in all, forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Surgeon-General</inline>,—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Surgeon General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; thirty-two clerks of class three; sixty-two clerks of class two; one hundred and seventy-two clerks of class one; one hundred and nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer in division of records and museum, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; eighteen assistant messengers; one messenger-boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars; eight watchmen; two superintendents of buildings, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; and fifteen laborers; in all, five hundred and thirty-two thousand and eighty dollars; and not less than three hundred of the clerks in the Surgeon-Generals Office shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the set-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/412">412</page>tlement of pension applications called for by the commissioner of Pensions.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">In the Office of the Chief of Ordnance,—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Chief of Ordnance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty-two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, forty-four thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Paymaster-General</inline>,—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Paymaster-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; seven watchmen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and five laborers; in all sixty-four thousand nine hundred and ten dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">In the Office of the Chief of Engineers</inline>,—One chief clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Chief of Engineers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, and such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional employes authorized, etc.</p></sidenote> other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys for military defenses, to be paid for from such appropriations: <i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of publication of Records of the Rebellion</inline>,—For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> one agent, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall be employed on the general index; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; four copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman of printing, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one pressman, one thousand two hundred dollars; five compositors, at one thousand dollars each; two copy holders, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the superintendent of the building at the corner of F and seventeenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of building corner F and 17 th streets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer, etc.</p></sidenote> streets, two hundred and fifty dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars: four watchmen; two laborers; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, six thousand six hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage stamps for the War Department and its Bureaus, as required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage stamps for War Department and Bureaus.</p></sidenote> under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>the Bureaus, buildings (except the War Department building), and offices of the War Department; purchase of professional and scientific books, card catalogues, law-books, blank-books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, furniture, carpets, matting, oil cloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges,fuel, gas, and heating apparatus; telegraphing; freight and express charges; repairs to buildings and furniture; and for other absolutely necessary expenses, sixty one thousand five hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery for the War Department and its Bureaus and offices,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of buildings for use of the War Department, as follows;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings for use of War Department.</p></sidenote> For Adjutant-General’s Office, five thousand seven hundred dollars; for the Signal Office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for the Quartermaster-General’s Office, ten thousand dollars; for the Paymaster (reneral’s Office, three thousand six hundred dollars; for the Surgeon Gen-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/413">413</page>eral’s Office, nine thousand seven hundred dollars; for the Commissary-General’s Office, two thousand five hundred dollars; for the Chief of Engineers’ Office, one thousand six hundred dollars; for the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>public buildings and grounds,</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, messenger.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; and for messenger in the same office, eight hundred and forty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public gardener.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Overseer, draughtsman, foreman, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchmen—</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Franklin Square.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lafayette Square.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian Grounds.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For overseer, draughtsman, foremen, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For two day watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For two nightwatchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judiciary Square.</p></sidenote> and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For one watchman for Iowa Circle; one watchman (or Fourteenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa Circle, et c.</p></sidenote> Street Circle and neighboring reservations; one for Rawlins Square and Washington Circle; one for Dupont Circle; one for McPherson and Farragut Squares; one tor Stanton Place and neighboring reservations; one for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden; one for Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for greenhouse at the nursery, nine in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, five thousand nine hundred and forty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For one nightwatchman for Armory Square and reservations east to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armory Square, etc.</p></sidenote> Botanic Garden, at seven hundred and twenty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of office.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office, nine hundred dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small"><heading>state, war, and navy department building,</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Office of the Superintendent: One clerk class one; one chief engineer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of superintendent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, chief engineer, etc.</p></sidenote> at one thousand two hundred dollars; six assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; one captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; forty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one machinist, at nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen firemen; six conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: seventeen laborers; and fifty-four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, eighty-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items, thirty-four thousand dollars,</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Secretary of the Navy, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> for compensation of chief clerk of the Navy Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; one disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five clerks of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three clerks of class three; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; six clerks
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/414">414</page> of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; telegraph-operator, at one thousand dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger-boys, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger-boy, at two hundred and forty dollars; three laborers; one clerk of class two; and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class two (for Examining and Retiring); one clerk of class one; and one assistant messenger (in care of library); in all, fifty-eight thousand six hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Yards and Docks</inline>.—For one chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class Cour; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting</inline>.—For chief clerk, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of equipment and Recruiting.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two copyist, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Navigation</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the compilation of the Naval Records of the War of the Rebellion:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compilation of Naval Records of War of the Rebellion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nautical Almanac Office.</p></sidenote> For one clerk of class one; and two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Nautical Almanac Office: For the following assistants, namely: Three at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one copyist, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of computers on piece-work.</p></sidenote> American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, and improving the Tables of the Planets, eight thousand four hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Hydrographic Office: For two clerks of class two; one clerk of class<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hydrographic Office.</p></sidenote> one; one assistant messenger; and one office attendant, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, five thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For draughtsmen, engravers, copyist, copperplate-printers, printers’ apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of chart-paper, copperplates, electrotyping copperplates; ink and other materials necessary in printing division; materials for drawing division and for mounting charts; materials for engravers; for photolithographing charts for immediate use, and transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; repairs to printing-presses; for extra drawing and engraving, and for purchase of foreign charts and hydrographic works for the use of vessels of the Navy; for the purchase of drawing paper, drawing materials, and necessary instruments to be furnished naval vessels while surveying, and for repair of such instruments, and for printing Pilot Chart of North Atlantic Ocean, twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of rooms for use of the presses for hydrographic printing,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of rooms.</p></sidenote> and for repairs and heating of the same, and for gas, water, and telephone rates, one thousand two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Contingent expenses, of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses or branch offices.</p></sidenote> Baltimore, New Orleans, and San Francisco, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, five thousand dollars.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/415">415</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Observatory.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one instrument-maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; four watchmen, including one for new Naval Observatory grounds; two skilled laborers, one atone thousand dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and seven laborers, in all eighteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> purchase of apparatus and material for repairs of instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars; for purchase of professional books and periodicals for the library, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For repairs to buildings, fuel, gas, furniture, chemicals, stationery, freight, postage, and all contingent expenses, three thousand nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For payment to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries, three hundred and thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Ordnance</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> dollars; draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eight thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Construction and Repair</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Construction and repair.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assestant draughtsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Steam Engineering</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one chief draughtsman, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draughtsman, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</inline>.—For chief clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Judge-Advocate General, United States Navy</inline>.—For one clerk<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Professional books.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one laborer; in all, six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For professional books for Department library, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing materials, freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various Bureaus and offices, eleven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<chapeau>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Secretary of the Interior, Assistant Secretary, chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building; three members
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/416">416</page> of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior at two thousand dollars each; one superintendent of documents two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be a disbursing clerk; for one stenographer one thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; one clerk of class three (custodian), who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one bookkeeper for custodian, one thousand two hundred dollars; six clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one, one of whom shall be the telegraph operator of the Department and one the assistant stenographer; one returns-office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one female clerk, to be designated by the President to sign land-patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; nine copyists; three messengers; seven assistant messengers; ten laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer at six hundred dollars; four packers at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three copyists and three laborers for distributing the reports of the tenth census; for one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen, additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and six fireman; in all, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Attorney-General</inline>.—For three law clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of assistant Attorney-general.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> one at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, one at two thousand five hundred dollars, and one at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five clerks, at two thousand dollars each; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, who shall act as stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, twenty thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">General Land Office</inline>.—For the Commissioner of the General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of General Land Office, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Land Office, four thousand dollars; one assistant commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land-offices, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; three principal clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; forty clerks of class four; fifty-six clerks of class three; sixty-seven clerks of class two; seventy-three clerks of class one, fifty-one clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and fifty eight copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; eight assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, four hundred and ninety thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc., for inspectors and clerks.</p></sidenote> to investigate fraudulent land-entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, ten thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law-books.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote> in the General Land Office, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Indian Office</inline>.—For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of</p></sidenote> Affairs, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/417">417</page> financial clerk, at two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Affairs, chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; chief of division, at two thousand dollars; one principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; one of whom shall have charge of the educational division; ten clerks of class three; one stenographe), at, one thousand six hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class two; one of whom shall be a draughtsman; nine clerks of class one; thirteen clerks at one thousand dollars each; fourteen copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars; and one laborer; in all, ninety seven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">That a committee consisting of five members elect to the House of Representatives<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Committee appointed to investigate expenditure of appropriations for Indians, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Forty-ninth Congress to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Forty-eighth Congress shall prior to the first Monday of December next inquire into and investigate the expenditure of appropriations for Indians, under treaty, for their support, for their education, or otherwise, and whether any changes should be made in said appropriations or their expenditure. Said committee shall also inquire into the expenditure of public money for the Yellowstone Park and the administration of the laws applicable to said park, whether any change should be made in said laws or the boundary of the Park and what steps if any can be taken to make of practical benefit and utility that portion of the public domain. That said committee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power of Committee.</p></sidenote> shall have power to appoint sub committees, and visit the places where appropriations mentioned herein are expended and in doing so they are authorized to use government conveyances and means of transportation. Said committee or any subcommittee thereof shall have power to send for persons and papers and to appoint a clerk and the Committee may report by bill or otherwise to the Forty-ninth Congress. A sum sufficient to pay expenses of said committee hereby authorized and of witnesses that may be summoned before it, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated which shall be immediately available and payable on the draft of the chairman of said committee in sums not exceeding one thousand dollars at any one time.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Pension Office</inline>.—For compensation of the Commissioner of pensions,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of Pensions, first deputy commissioner, etc.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; first deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; second deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief clerk, two thousand dollars; medical referee, three thousand dollars; assistant medical referee, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two qualified surgeons, who shall be experts in their profession, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen medical examiners, who shall be surgeons of education, skill, and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twelve chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; forty-five principal examiners for Review Board, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-four assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seventy-five clerks of class four; one hundred clerks of class three; four hundred clerks of class two; four hundred clerks of class one; two hundred and twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of buildings, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one hundred and thirty copyists; twenty messengers; twenty messenger-boys, at four hundred dollars each; twenty-five watchmen; and twenty-five laborers; five charwomen, at four hundred dollars each; in all, one million nine hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That vacancies occurring in the clerical force of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> Pension Office during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six shall not be filled by promotion or original appointment until a reduction of one hundred and fifty in all is made; and thereafter the number shall not be increased, and the number in the several grades shall remain as existing when said reduction is completed.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For per diem, when absent from home on duly, for special examiners,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc., for special examiners.</p></sidenote> or other persons employed in the Pension Office detailed for the purpose of making special investigations of matters pertaining to the pension Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional examiners.</p></sidenote> for one year, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dollars each, two hundred and ten thousand dollars; and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed; and any of those now employed in the Pension Office or as special exit miners may be reappointed if they are found to be qualified.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For per diem in lieu of subsistence for one. hundred and fifty additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc., for additional special examiner.</p></sidenote> special examiners above provided for, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, two hundred any twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">United States Patent Office</inline>.—For compensation of the Commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Commissioner of Patent Office, assistant,chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Patent Office, five thousand dollars; tor assistant commissioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand dollars; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner in charge of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; trademark examiner and examiner of designs, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty-four principal examiners at two thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty-eight first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty eight second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; thirty third assistant examiners, atone thousand font hundred dollars each; thirty-five fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one librarian, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; three assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three (one of whom shall be translator of languages); eighteen clerks of class two; fifty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; four skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three draughtsmen, atone thousand dollars each; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; thirty-two permanent clerks at one thousand dollars each; five model attendants, atone thousand dollars each; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; seventy-five copyists, six of whom may be copyists of drawings; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; sixty-two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; forty-five laborers, at six hundred dollars each; forty laborers, at four hundred and eighty’ dollars each; in all, five hundred and ninety-seven thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of books for a scientific library for the Patent Office, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books for scientific library.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the Official<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Photolithographing, etc.</p></sidenote> Gazette, forty-four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies; said photolithographing or otherwise producing plates and copies, referred to in this and the preceding paragraph, to be done under the supervision of the Commissioner of Patents, and in the city of Washington, if it can there be done at reasonable rates; and the Commissioner of Patents, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/419">419</page> shall be authorized to make contracts therefor, eighty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transporting publication of patents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of public use or sale of inventions, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defense of suits instituted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Education, collector and compiler of statistics, etc.</p></sidenote>Patent Office to foreign Governments, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventions for two years or more prior filing application for patents, and for expenses attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Education</inline>.—For the Commissioner of Education, three thousand dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one translator, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; two copyists at eight hundred dollars each; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one skilled laborer, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger; two laborers; two laborers at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred dollars; and one laborer, at three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty-five thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For books for library, five hundred dollars; current educational periodicals,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc., for library.</p></sidenote> two hundred and fifty dollars; other current publications, two hundred and twenty five dollars; completing valuable sets of periodicals, two hundred dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special reports.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the distribution and exchange of educational documents, and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution and exchange of educational documents.</p></sidenote> the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture, and models of school-buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for repairing the same, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Commissioner of Railroads</inline>. —For Commissioner, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Railroads, bookkeeper, engineer, clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; railroad engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one copyist; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For examination of books and accounts of certain subsidized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examination, etc., of subsidized and land-grant railroads, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Labor, chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> land-grant railroad companies, and inspecting roads, shops, machinery, and equipments of same, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Labor</inline>.—For Commissioner of Labor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; for rent of rooms for use of Bureau, and for fuel, light, stationery, employees and all other necessary expenses of said Bureau, and to make investigation into the statistics of labor in the United States and elsewhere, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and as provided by law, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all. forty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And the Secretary of the Interior shall in submitting the estimates<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to give in detail the number and salaries of officers, etc., in Bureau annually.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Architect of the Capitol, draughtsman, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> annually for the expenses of this Bureau give in detail the number and salaries of officers and employees therein.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Architect of the Capitol</inline>.—For Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; person in charge of heating apparatus of the Congresional Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty four dollars; one laborer in charge of water-closet in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars; and for three laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; for the pay of seven watchmen em-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/420">420</page>ployed on the Capitol Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Director of the Geological Survey</inline>.—For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director of Geological Survey, executive officer, chief clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> Director, six thousand dollars; executive officer, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief disbursing clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; one photographer, two thousand dollars; three assistant photographers, one at nine hundred dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and one at four hundred and eighty dollars; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; four clerks at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven bundled and twenty dollars each; one watchman, at eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty live thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and the Bureaus, offices, and buildings of the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission: For furniture,carpets, ice, lumber, hardware, dry-goods, advertising, telegraphing, expressage, wagons and harness, food and shoeing for horses, diagrams, awnings, constructing model and other cases, portfolios and cases for drawings, file-holders, repairs of eases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several Bureaus<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> and offices, including the Geological Survey, seventy-two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For new books and books to complete broken sets, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of a building for use of the Bureau of Education, six thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the rent of other buildings for the use of the Department of the Interior, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, fifty-eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, any building rented hereunder may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be vacated on the part of the Government as soon as the new Pension Office building is ready for occupancy.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage-stamps for the Interior Department and its Bureaus, as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post age-stamps.</p></sidenote> required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For preparation of the Official Register of eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official Register of 1885.</p></sidenote> eighty five, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<appropriations level="small"><heading>surveyors-general and their clerks.</heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyor-general of Territory of Arizona, clerks.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of office,etc-</p></sidenote> books, stationery, and other incidental .expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of California, two thousand seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> fifty dollars; and for the clerks in his office, including those completing, translating, copying, and indexing original Spanish archives, and preserving from destruction originals greatly defaced in the office of the surveyor-general of California, thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars.
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dakota.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Idaho, two thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, books, stationery, messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand three hundred and forty two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Montana, two thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; for restoring torn and defaced records, and for binding field-notes and plats and mounting the same, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of Minnesota, two thousand dollars; and for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote> clerks in his office, eight thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of Nevada, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five handled dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska, Iowa.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote>five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/422">422</page> books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Washington, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent, of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Wyoming, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the Postmaster General, eight thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Postmaster-general. stenographer, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> chief clerk to the Postmaster-General, two thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; law-clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars; and one clerk of class four (in office of assistant Attorney-General for Post Office Department); two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger eight hundred and forty dollars; one copyist; one messenger; one assistant messenger; in all, thirty one thousand and nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For First Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Assistant Postmaster-general, chief deck, and others.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars, and while the office is held by the present incumbent five hundred dollars additional; chief of salary, and allowance division, two thousand two hundred dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; twenty clerks of class three; one clerk of class three, to act as stenographer and Department telegraph operator; six clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk of class two and six clerks atone thousand dollars each, for one year, in the salary and allowance division; superintendent division post office supplies, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four assistant messengers; seven laborers (for division of post-office supplies); superintendent of free delivery, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; and one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars (office of superintendent of free delivery); in all, one hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For Second Assistant Postmaster General, four thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Assistant Postmaster-general, chief clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of inspection, two thousand dollars; superintendent of railway adjustment, two thousand dollars; ten clerks of class iour; thirty four clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, one hundred and forty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For Third Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Assistant Postmaster-general, chief clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of dead letters, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of division of postage-stamps, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one chief of finance division, who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General may determine for the faithful discharge of his duties, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; nineteen clerks of class three; thirty-two clerks of class two; forty-two clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight female clerks, at one thousand two hun-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/423">423</page>dred dollars each; fifty-four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six female clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, two hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of foreign mails, chief clerk, clerks, and assistant messenger.</p></sidenote> clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of money-order system,chief clerk, clerks, and others.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two firemen; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and ten laborers; in all, seventy-three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For office of mail depredations: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of mail depredations,chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For topographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; four skilled<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Topographer, draughtsmen, etc.</p></sidenote> draughtsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; four skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one examiner, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one map mounter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant map mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen; and four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty three, thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For office of disbursing clerk and superintendent of building: Disbursing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerk and superintendent of building; clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> clerk and superintendent, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class two (accountant); one clerk of class one (storekeeper); one engineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, at one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, at nine hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be a steamfitter, at nine hundred dollars; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one carpenter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant carpenter, at one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, at one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen; twenty laborers; one plumber, nine hundred dollars; one awning maker at nine hundred dollars; and fifteen charwomen, atone hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, forty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Post Office Department: For stationery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> and blank books, nine thousand dollars; for the purchase of free penalty envelopes, three thousand six hundred dollars; fuel, and for repairs to heating apparatus, seven thousand two hundred dollars; for gas, six thousand six hundred dollars; plumbing and gas-fixtures,four thousand seven hundred dollars; telegraphing, five thousand dollars; painting, four thousand seven hundred dollars; carpets and matting, five thousand nine hundred dollars; furniture, seven thousand five hundred dollars; keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, one thousand five hundred dollars; hardware, one thousand seven hundred dollars; miscellaneous items thirteen thousand dollars; in all seventy’ thousand four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For rent of topographer’s office, one thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of topographer’s office.</p></sidenote> for rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/424">424</page> order office of the Post-Office Department, and of the money-order division of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, eight thousand dollars; for rent of additional buildings for the use of the money-order office of the Post Office Department, and of the money-order division of the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all fourteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following for the additional buildings for the money order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, gas. etc., for additional buildings.</p></sidenote> and Sixth Auditors Offices namely: For heating apparatus and fuel one thousand three hundred dollars; gas. four hundred dollars; furniture for the. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>money order office five hundred dollars; miscellaneous items five hundred dollars; four watchmen; three laborers; and three charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, eight thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, twenty-nine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publishing Official Postal Guide.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous expenses of the topographer’s office in the preparation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses of topographer’s office.</p></sidenote> and publication of the post route maps, twenty thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post route maps to the public at cost, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post route maps.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For postage-stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage-stamps.</p></sidenote> not exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>JUDICIAL.</heading>
<content>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Attorney-General</inline>.—For compensation of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the Attorney-general, Solicitor-General, assistants, and others.</p></sidenote> Attorney-General,eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; three Assistant Attorneys-General, at five thousand dollars each; one Assistant Attorney-General of the Post Office Department, four thousand dollars; Solicitor of the Internal Revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; examiner of claims three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; three assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant attorney, at two thousand dollars; law clerk and examiner of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and ex officio superintendent of the building, two thousand two hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; five clerks of class four; additional for disbursing clerk and clerk in charge of pardons, two hundred dollars each; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; cue telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; seven copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; three laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five charwoman, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one bundled and twelve thousand one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Department, namely: For furniture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and repairs, one thousand dollars; for law and miscellaneous books for library of the Department, one thousand dollars; for stationery, one thousand five hundred dollars; for miscellaneous expenditures, such as telegraphing, postage, fuel, lights, labor, and other necessaries, including ordinary repairs of building and care of grounds, seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; in all, ten thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For care and subsistence of horses, purchase of new horses, and repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, wagons, etc.</p></sidenote> of wagons and harness, one thousand six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court-house, engineer, watchmen, etc.</p></sidenote> court house in the District of Columbia who shall be under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One engi-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/425">425</page>neer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three watchmen; three firemen; four laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and six assistant messengers; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury</inline>.—For compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of Solicitor of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-eight thousand and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For law and miscellaneous books for office of the Solicitor of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law and miscellaneous books.</p></sidenote> Treasury, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warden of jail of District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and associate judges.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">United States courts</inline>.—For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Statesmen thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, ten thousand dollars each; in all, ninety thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To pay the salaries of the United States judges retired under section<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of United States judges retired.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s714/p135">R. S., sec. 714, p 135</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit judges.</p></sidenote> seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary tor the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, is hereby appropriated.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For nine circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six thousand dollars each, fifty-four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal United States Supreme Court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District judges.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For salaries of the fifty-six district judges of the United States, two hundred and three thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief justice of Supreme Court of District of Columbia and associate judges.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys.</p></sidenote> of Columbia and the five associate judges, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States, twenty thousand one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, twelve<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District marshals.</p></sidenote> thousand seven hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0"><inline class="smallCaps">Court of Claims</inline>.—For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judges of Court of Claims, chief clerk, and others.</p></sidenote> at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; and messenger thereof; in all, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other contingent and miscellaneous<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For reporting the decisions of the court, and superintending the Printing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting decisions, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s1765/p314">R. S., 1765, p. 314</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1874, vol. 18, ch. 328, p. 109.</p></sidenote> of the twentieth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the. Revised Statutes, or section three of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight.</listContent></listItem>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of assistant messengers, tiremen. etc., per annum. rated.</p></sidenote> and laborers provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inconsistent or conflicting acts repealed.</p></sidenote> with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 344: making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>344.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for naval service.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes:</p>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the pay of the Navy, for the active-list, namely: For one Admiral,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy active-list.</p></sidenote> one Vice-Admiral, seven rear-admirals, eight Chiefs of Bureaus, nineteen commodores, forty-three captains, eighty four commanders, seventy-four lieutenant-commanders, two hundred and sixty lieutenants, eighty-nine junior lieutenants, one hundred and ninety one ensigns, fourteen medical directors, fifteen medical inspectors, forty seven surgeons, seventy-four passed assistant surgeons, eight assistant surgeons, two assistant surgeons not in the line of promotion, thirteen pay-directors, twelve pay-inspectors, forty-eight paymasters, twenty eight passed assistant paymasters, nineteen assistant paymasters, sixty-nine chief engineers, eighty-eight passed assistant engineers, eighty-one assistant engineers, twenty-four chaplains, twelve professors of mathematics, ten naval constructors, nine assistant naval constructors, ten civil engineers, one hundred and sixty six warrant officers, thirty-seven mates, two hundred and ninety-six naval cadets; in all, three million six hundred and fifty-two thousand nine hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of the retired list, namely: For forty-eight rear-admirals, fifteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy retired-list.</p></sidenote> commodores, twelve captains, ten commanders, twenty-one lieutenant-commanders, thirty-five lieutenants, eight ensigns, twenty-one medical directors, three medical inspectors, seven surgeons, six passed assistant surgeons, six assistant surgeons, ten pay directors, two pay inspectors, four paymasters, two passed assistant paymasters, one assistant paymaster, fourteen chief engineers, twenty-tour passed assistant engineers, twenty-five assistant engineers, eight chaplains, six professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, three civil engineers, seventeen boatswains, sixteen gunners, ten carpenters, and eleven sail-makers; in all, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay to petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petty officers, seamen, etc.</p></sidenote> boys, including men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey service, not exceeding eight thousand two hundred and fifty in all, two million four hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<appropriations level="major"><heading>MISCELLANEOUS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries, clerks to paymasters, etc. Extra pay, exchange, mileage, etc.</p></sidenote> clerks to paymasters, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission and interest, transportation of funds, exchange; mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets, and for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, in excess of the numbers of each class provided for in this act, and for any increase of pay arising from different duty, as the needs of the service may require; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/427">427</page> paymasters’ offices at the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library; mail and express wagons, and livery and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress, and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine, expenses; care and transportation of the dead; reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction, and information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, arising at home or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extraordinary expenses.</p></sidenote> abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.</heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigation supplies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books; compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s ways, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-room, for decks and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other than that used in the engineer department; candles when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running lights; chimneys and wicks; and soap used in the navigation department; stationery for commanders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts martial; musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering signals and indicators, and speaking tubes and gongs for signal communication on board vessels of war; and for introducing electric lights on board vessels of war, in all, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special ocean surveys.</p></sidenote>dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and telegraphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes and materials, and all other contingent expenses, four thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For preserving and handling ordnance and ordnance material of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance stores and supplies.</p></sidenote> kinds now in service, for the armament of ships therewith, for the purchase or manufacture of ammunition therefor, for materials and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Bureau for these purposes; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance proving-ground, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase or manufacture of steel guns of small caliber for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel guns.</p></sidenote> ships now in service, and for testing the same at the naval ordnance proving-ground, twenty-one thousand dollars.
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/428">428</page>
</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the completion and public test of two breech-loading rifle cannon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Test of breech-loading rifle cannon.</p></sidenote> of the larger calibers now in course of construction for the Navy, with carriages and ammunition for both, eighty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For completing a six-inch wire-wound gun, four thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of wire-wound gun.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Test of American armor.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For testing American armor made of American material, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees, cartage and express charges, repairs to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at magazines, toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, three thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the torpedo corps, namely: For labor, material, freight and express<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo corps.</p></sidenote> charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments,and general torpedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.</heading>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment of vessels.</p></sidenote> expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heating apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy yards, eight hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for the naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recruiting.</p></sidenote> service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of training ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, printing,advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assistance to vessels in distress, continuous-service certificates and good conduct badges for enlisted men, schoolbooks for training-ships, medals for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, fifteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment at navy yards and stations, nine thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freights<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yards and docks.</p></sidenote> and transportation of materials and stores, books, models, maps, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy yards; tools and repairs of the same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service; telegrams; furniture for Government houses and offices in the navy yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of public buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire-engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental labor at
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/429">429</page> navy-yards; water-tax, and for toll and ferriages; rent of four officers’ quarters at League Island; pay of the watchmen in the navy-yards; and for awning and packing-boxes, and advertising for yard and dock purposes, two hundred thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, twenty-four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medicine and surgery.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For support of the medical department: For surgeons’ necessaries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgeons’ necessaries, and civil establishment.</p></sidenote> for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, sixty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the naval-hospital fund, namely: For maintenance of the naval <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital fund.</p></sidenote>hospitals at the various navy-yards and stations, thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses of the Bureau: For freight or expressage on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> medical stores; toll, ferriages transportation of insane patients; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repair of wagons and harness; purchase and feed of horses and cows; trees, plants, garden-tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval-laboratory, sick-quarters at Naval Academy, and dispensaries at navy-yards; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick-quarters at Naval Academy, dispensaries at navy-yards, and for receiving-ships and rendezvous, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> including roads, wharves, out houses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions and clothing.</p></sidenote> officers, naval cadets, seamen, and marines; expenses of inspections and storehouses, including labor; purchase of water for cooking and drinking on board ships; and for provisions and commutation of rations for seven hundred and fifty boys, one million eighty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments, candles, fuel,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furniture for inspection and pay-offices in navy-yards, expenses of naval clothing factory, foreign postage, telegrams, and express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and incidental expenses absolutely necessary, fifty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment, six thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation, repair, and completion of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of tools; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in t he line of construction and repair: incidental expenses, namely, advertising, foreign postage, telegrams, photographing, books, plans, stationery, and instruments for drawing-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/430">430</page> room, one million dollars: <i>Provided</i>, That no part of this sum shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair a of wooden ships.</p></sidenote>applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of ships abroad.</p></sidenote>the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For repairs, completion, and preservation of machinery and boilers, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam-machinery.</p></sidenote> steam steerers, steam capstans, steam-windlasses, and so forth, in vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase and preservation of all materials and stores; purchase, fitting, and repair of machinery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; wear, tear, and repair of machinery and boilers of naval vessels; incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and Bureaus, such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of said sum shall be applied to the repair of engines and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same character and power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of which can be fully repaired tor twenty per centum of the estimated cost of a new ship of the same size and materials.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingencies, such as instruments and materials for draughting-room,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the civil establishment, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>NAVAL ACADEMY.</heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors and others.</p></sidenote>mathematics and one of chemistry, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of physics, one of Spanish and French, and one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant professors, namely, tour of French, one of English studies, history, and laws, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword-master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, atone thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; secretary of the Naval Academy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks to superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; one clerk to commandant of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dollars; one dentist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to superintendent, six hundred dollars; one armorer, five hundred and twenty nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and one quarter-gunner, four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation-rooms, library, store, chapel,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/431">431</page> and offices, at two hundred mid forty dollars each; one bandmaster, five bundled and twenty eight dollars; twenty one first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-three thousand five hundred and fifty-nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of watchmen and others: For captain of the watch and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Captain of watch and others.</p></sidenote> weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watchmen, at two dollars per day each; foreman of the gas and steam-heating works of Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and steam-heating works, one at three dollars, one at two dollars and fifty cents, and eight at two dollars per day each; oi e yeoman, six hundred dollars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman of painters, and one foreman of masons, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; one mason, at three dollars per day; two joiners and one painter, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; one tinner, one gas-fitter, and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all, twenty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of mechanics and others: For one mechanic at workshop,at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mechanics and laborers.</p></sidenote> two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one master laborer, to keep public grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty eight cents per diem; fourteen laborers, to assist in same, three at two dollars per diem each and eleven at one dollar and fifty cents per diem each; one laborer, to superintend quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public grounds, at two dollars per diem; twenty servants, to keep in order and attend to quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public buildings, at twenty dollars per month each; in all, fourteen thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars and ninety five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineering,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employes in department of steam-engineering.</p></sidenote> Naval Academy: One master machinist, one boilermaker, and one pattern-maker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; two machinists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; in all, seven thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of buildings, etc.</p></sidenote> walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improvements, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no appropriations provided for in this act shall be construed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> to authorize or be applied to a new building for the use of the superintendent of other officers of the Academy.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel for beating and lighting the Academy and school-ships, seventeen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingent expenses, Naval Academy: For purchase of books for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> the library, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stationery, blank books, models, maps, and for textbooks for use<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> of instructors, two thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Visitors .</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">Fur purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the Department<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemicals, etc.</p></sidenote> of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of gas and steam machinery; steam-pipe and fittings;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> rent of building for the use of the Academy; freight; cartage; water; music; musical and astronomical instruments; uniforms for the bandsmen; telegraphing; for feed and maintenance of teams; for current expenses and repairs of all kinds; and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-four thousand six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For stores in the departments’ steam-enginery, eight hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/432">432</page>
<appropriations level="major"><heading>MARINE CORPS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel commandant,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of officers on active-list.</p></sidenote> one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one quartermaster, one paymaster, four majors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge advocate-general United States Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twenty-two second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, three majors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers on retired-list.</p></sidenote> two assistant quartermasters, four captains, and three second lieutenants, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For pay of non commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Non-commissioned officers and privates.</p></sidenote> one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drummers and fliers, and one thousand five hundred privates, three hundred and eighty nine thousand and fifty two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For ten clerks and two messengers, sixteen thousand and thirty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, messengers, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing undrawn, twenty thousand dollars; transportation of officers travelling under orders without troops, eight thousand dollars; commutation of quarters for officers where there are no public buildings, four thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions.</p></sidenote> of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, sixty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For clothing, seventy-seven thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stores.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For fuel, eighteen thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For military stores, namely: For pay of one chief armorer, at three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayonet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, canteens, musket-slings, swords, flags, knapsacks, spare parts for repairing muskets, drums, fifes, bugles, and other instruments, five thousand dollars; purchase of ammunition, one thousand dollars; purchase and repair of instruments for the band, and purchase of music, five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, ten thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation and recruiting.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to be used for the manufacture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of barracks.</p></sidenote> of clothing, stores for supplies, and offices of assistant quartermaster at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there are no public buildings, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For forage for four public horses, one for messenger to commandant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage.</p></sidenote> and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use at marine barracks, Mare Island, California, and League Island, Pennsylvania, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase of forage, four thousand six hundred and eighty dollars:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no commutation for forage shall be paid.</proviso></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For contingencies, namely: For freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; funeral expenses of marines; stationery; telegraphing; rent, of telephone; apprehension of deserters; per diem to enlisted men employed on constant labor for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men; packing-boxes; wrapping-paper; oilcloth; crash; rope; twine; carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of hose; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; repair of fire-extinguishers; purchase and repair of handcarts and wheelbarrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so forth; stoves where there are no grates; purchase of ice; towels and soap for offices; improving parade grounds; repair of pumps and wharves; laying drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/433">433</page> purposes, including gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yards and stations; and water at marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York: Annapolis, Maryland, and Mare Island, California; also straw for bedding for enlisted men at the various posts, and furniture for Government houses; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For superintendent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pa.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars; steward, four hundred and eighty dollars; matron, three hundred and sixty dollars; chief cook, two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; chief laundress, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; twelve scrubbers and waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; six laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; stable keeper and driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; master-at-arms, four hundred and eighty dollars; corporal, three hundred dollars; barber, three hundred and sixty dollars; carpenter, eight hundred and forty-five dollars; water-rent and gas, two thousand dollars; cemetery and burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, and for grates, furnaces, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, four thousand five hundred dollars; and for support of beneficiaries, forty-three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixty thousand and sixty-seven dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">To enable the President, to strengthen the naval establishment of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional vessels for increase of Navy.</p></sidenote> United States by additional vessels of the best and most modern design, having the highst attainable speed, the sum of one million eight bun died and ninety-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be expended as follows and under the following limitations:</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the construction of two cruisers of not less than three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of cruisers and gunboats.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost, plans, etc.</p></sidenote> nor more than five thousand tons displacement, costing, exclusive of armament, not more than one million one hundred thousand dollars each; one heavily armed gunboat of about sixteen hundred tons displacement, costing, exclusive of armament, not more than five hundred and twenty thousand dollars; and one light gunboat of about eight hundred tons displacement, costing, exclusive of armament, not more than two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars; and authority is hereby given for the construction of said four vessels, at not ex ceding the total cost for each above specified, in accordance with such final plan as may be determined upon, after a revision and reconsideration of all designs which have been heretofore made, and in the manner and conformity to the conditions and limitations provided for the construction of the new cruisers in the acts of August fifth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1802, vol. 32, ch. 391, p. 291.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, ch. 97, p. 477.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two, and of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, except so tar as said acts provide for and define the duties of Naval Advisory Board.</listContent></listItem>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2 </num>
<content class="inline">That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to return<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Return of steamer Alert to England authorized.</p></sidenote> the Arctic steamer Alert to Her Majesty’s Government, with the thanks of the Government of the United States for the generous and graceful act of courtesy in so promptly tendering the gift of that vessel, and for the valuable service thereby rendered to the cause of science and humanity.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamer Bear to be transferred to Treasury Department; steamer Thetis to be used in the Navy.</p></sidenote> to transfer to the Treasury Department, for use as a revenue cutter in the waters of Alaska, the steamer Bear, of the late Greeley relief expedition, and is hereby authorized to place the steamer Thetis for use in the Navy, as a surveying vessel or otherwise.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 345: waking appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 434</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/434">434</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>345.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">waking appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fortifications.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the sums of money herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:</p>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For protection, preservation, and repairs.</p></sidenote> works of defense for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred thousand dollars the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And the President of the United States shall appoint a Board of which<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of Board to examine and report as to location and character of defenses needed.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War shall be a member and president, to be composed of two officers of the Engineer Corps, two from the Ordnance Corps, two officers of the line of the Navy, and two civilians, which Board shall examine and report at what ports fortifications or other defenses are most urgently required, the character and kind of defenses best adapted for each, with reference to armament, the utilization of torpedoes, mines, or other defensive appliances, and for the necessary and proper expenses of said Board and for the compensation of the two civilians at ten dollars per day while so employed in the discharge of said duty the sum <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report to be transmitted to Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine movable torpedoes.</p></sidenote>of forty thousand dollars to be immediately available is hereby appropriated; and the report of said Board shall be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of War.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase of movable submarine torpedoes propelled and controlled by power operated and transmitted from shore stations as may be recommended by the Board of Engineers of the Army of the United States, and approved by the Secretary of War, fifty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For improvements, competitive test, and purchase of motors for movable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement, test, and purchase of motors for torpedoes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine mines.</p></sidenote> torpedoes, twenty-five thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For purchase of appliances for submarine mines for harbor defense ten thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For continuation of torpedo experiments and for practical instruction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo experiments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruction of engineer troops.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machine guns.</p></sidenote> of engineer troops in the details of the service twenty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the purchase of machine guns of the latest improvement thirty thousand dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">For the armament of seacoast fortifications, including the manufacture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armaments of sen-coast fortifications.</p></sidenote> of heavy guns and carriages for the constructing and testing experimental gun carriages; for the purchase or manufacture of a multi charge gun and testing same; for projectiles, gun-loaders, fuses, powder, and implements, their trial and proof, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, including compensation of draughtsman on gun Construction while employed in the Ordnance Bureau, four hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Experiments in the use of dynamite, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No gun to be purchased until tested.</p></sidenote>fifty thousand dollars; and not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars thereof may be used for the expenses of experiments in the use of dynamite or other high explosive projectiles.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent0 fontsize10 depth0">And no type of gnu shall be purchased until thoroughly tested and found to conform to the requirements of this act.</listContent></listItem>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 346: to authorize an additional appointment on the retired-list of the Army.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 434</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize an additional appointment on the retired-list of the Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">
President of the United States to appoint on the retired list of t h e Army one General,</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint on the retired list of the Army of the United States, from among those who have been Generals com-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/435">435</page>manding the armies of the United States or Generals-in-Chief of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">or General-in-Chief, from among those who have served as such.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank and pay.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number now allowed by law increased accordingly.</p></sidenote> Army, one person with the rank and full pay of such General, or General-in-Chief, as the case may be; and the total number now allowed by law to compose said retired-list shall be, on such appointment, increased accordingly.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 347: to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse-railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 435</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse-railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way granted Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company over island of Rock Island and bridges connecting with Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Ill.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to permit the location, building, and keeping in repair upon the island of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, and upon the arsenal bridges connecting said island with the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, in such manner as he, the Secretary of War, may deem fit, and so as to interfere as little as may be with the use of said island by the United States for a national armory and arsenal, a continuous line of double track railway, at the expense of the Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company which company shall have the privilege of running their cars on and over the said railway, at their own expense, under such regulations and restrictions as to times and manner of running the cars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations,etc., to be made by Secretary of War.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate of fate as to employes of United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>, as to other passengers.</p></sidenote> and rates of fare as the Secretary of War shall from time to time prescribe: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the rate of fare for employees of the United States at the Rock Island Arsenal from Hock Island and Moline, in Illinois, and from Davenport, in Iowa to the arsenal shall not exceed two and one-half cents for one passenger for one way:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, further</i>, That the rate of fare shall not exceed two and one half cents for one passenger for one way during the hours from six until seven o’clock in the morning and from five until seven o’clock in the evening.</proviso> The Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War may remove, etc., at his discretion.</p></sidenote> of War is empowered to suspend or revoke this privilege, and to remove said railway at any time in his discretion.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is empowered to establish and enforce<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations for collecting and accounting for moneys of the company to be made by Secretary of War; his decision to be final.</p></sidenote> such rules and regulations as he may deem fit for collecting from said railway company and for holding, expending, and accounting to said Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company for the moneys required for and expended in carrying out the provisions of section one of this act; and the decision of the Secretary of War as to the amount of moneys required therefor shall be final and binding on said railway company.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That if any person or persons shall wilfully and unnecessarily<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Injury, etc., to any property or obstructing passage on road a misdemeanor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> obstruct or impede the passage on or over said railway, or any part thereof, or shall injure or destroy the cars or any property belonging to said company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of twenty dollars to said Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company, and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his, her, or their acts as aforesaid; and that the suits therefor may be had in the courts of the United States having jurisdiction: <proviso>Provided</proviso>, That this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> clause and penalty shall not apply to or restrict or affect in any way the officers or employees of the United States Government on said island in any act of theirs for the maintenance of good order on and for enforcing the rules and regulations pertaining to said bridges and island, and for enforcing the regulations of the Secretary of War for the Government of said railway thereon.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 348: to provide for the appraisement and sale of lots in the town of Pern, Dubuque County, Iowa</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 436</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docNumber>348</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/436">436</page>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to provide for the appraisement and sale of lots in the town of Pern, Dubuque County, Iowa</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, under an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lots in Peru, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1836, vol. 5. ch. 262, p. 70.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1837, vol. 5, ch. 36, p. 178.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> thirty-six, and an act amendatory thereto, approved March third eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled “An act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Bellevue, Dubuque, and Peru, in the county of Dubuque,” and so forth, certain disposition was therein provided for the lands set oil for such towns; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the site for the said town of Peru, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, and the lots thus reserved, have been settled upon by bona fide settlers, who have made valuable improvements thereon: Therefore</recital>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to appoint commissioners to appraise.</p></sidenote>,</enactingFormula>
</preamble>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States appoint three commissioners, any two of whom shall be a quorum to do business, who, before entering upon the discharge of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of commissioners.</p></sidenote>their duties, shall take an oath to faithfully perform the same. Said commissioners shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, to view said lots and appraise their value, not taking into consideration the improvements thereon; after which appraisement the proper <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale; how conducted.</p></sidenote>register and the proper receiver shall expose said lots to public sale to the highest bidder, after advertising the same in three public newspapers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lots, paid for or patented,reserved.</p></sidenote>at least three months, reserving from such sale such lots as, according to the records of the General Land Office, have already been paid for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual settlers may purchase at appraised value.</p></sidenote>or patented: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the actual settlers upon said lots who have made valuable improvements thereon shall first be entitled to purchase the same at their appraised value.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said commissioners shall each be entitled to five dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of commissioners.</p></sidenote> per day for each day actually employed as provided above, to be paid by the receiver of public moneys of the proper land district.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 349: relative to the Chinese indemnity fund.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 436</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>349</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">relative to the Chinese indemnity fund.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese indemnity fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to convert into coin and return to Chinese Government.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President be. and be is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the residue of the indemnity received from China, which is now in the custody of the Secretary of State and is known and designated in the accounts and reports of the Department of State as the Chinese indemnity fund, to be converted into coin, and the sum of five hundred and eighty-three thousand lour <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance covered into Treasury.</p></sidenote>hundred dollars and ninety cents be returned to the Chinese Government, and the balance of said fund, if any, be covered into the. Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>, Charles E. Hill to be first paid for steamer Keorgeor.</p></sidenote>of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That before the payment to China the Secretary of State shall pay from said fund to the executors of Charles E, Hill the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, upon receipt of a release in full for all claims upon China tor the use and loss of the steamer Keorgeor, in or about the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three.</proviso></content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 350: to amend section fifteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, giving longevity pay to certain officers of the Navy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 436</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>350</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to amend section fifteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, giving longevity pay to certain officers of the Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity pay to certain Navy officers.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and alter the passage of this act the passed assistant engineers of the Navy shall receive during the third five years after the date from which they take rank as
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/437">437</page> passed (first) assistants, when at sea, two thousand four hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passed assistant engineers to have increased pay.</p></sidenote> fifty dollars; on shore duty, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; on leave or waiting orders, one thousand nine hundred dollars. During and after the fourth five years from such date, when at sea, two thousand seven hundred dollars; on shore duty, two thousand three, hundred and fifty dollars; on leave or waiting orders, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. And section fifteen hundred and fifty-six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s1556/p266">R. S., sec. 1556, p. 266</ref>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote> of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended accordingly.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 351: to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to examine the claim of, and providing for the payment of, Outerbridge Horsey, assignee.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 437</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to examine the claim of, and providing for the payment of, Outerbridge Horsey, assignee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners of District of Columbia to examine claim of Outer-bridge Horsey, assignee of T. B. Winter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to pay if due.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to examine the claims of Outerbridge Horsey, assignee of T. B. Winter, for medicines furnished the poor of the sixth council district in said District, and ascertain forthwith what, if any, sum be due and unpaid thereon; and that thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered and directed to pay the sum found to be due to Outerbridge Horsey, out of any moneys in the Treasury otherwise unappropriated; and the sum of one hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents, or so much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated for the payment of said claim out of money in the Treasury otherwise unappropriated.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 352: for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint,</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Soldiers and sailors of United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension hereafter for loss of arm at shoulder-joint to be same as for loss of leg at hip-joint.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That all soldiers and sailors of the United States who have bad an arm taken off at the shoulder-joint, caused by injuries received in the service of their country while in the line of duty, and who are now receiving pensions, shall have their pensions increased to the same amount that the law now gives to soldiers and sailors who have lost a leg at the hip joint; and this act shall apply to all who shall be hereafter placed on the pension-roll,</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 353: amending section seven hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">amending section seven hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/t/s764/p143">R. S., sec. 764, p. 143</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amended.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That section seven hundred and sixty four of the Revised Statutes be amended so that the same shall read as follows:
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">“From the final decision of such circuit court an appeal may be taken<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal to Supremo Court.</p></sidenote> to the Supreme Court in the cases described in the preceding section”.</p>
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<dc:title>Chapter 354: to adopt the “Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea”</dc:title>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/438">438</page><centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>354.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to adopt the “Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea”</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revised International Rules and Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sen. to he followed in navigation of vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms a sailing-ship and steamship defined.</p></sidenote>
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<chapeau class="inline">That the following “ Revised International Rules and Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea” shall be followed in the navigation of all public anti private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and in all coast waters of the United States, except such as are otherwise provided for, namely:</chapeau>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps">“Article</inline> 1. </num><content>In the following rules every steamship which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing-ship, and every steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam.</content>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">rules concerning lights.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules concerning lights</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights to be carried in nil weather from sunset to sunrise.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights for seagoing steamship.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White light in front of foremast.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 2. </num><content>The lights mentioned in the following articles numbered three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven, and no others, shall be carried in all weathers, from sunset to sunrise.</content></article>
<article><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 3. </num><chapeau>A seagoing steamship, when under way, shall carry—</chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="a">“(<i>a</i>) </num><content>On or in front of the foremast, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the breadth of the ship exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light, so constructed as to show a uniform anti unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="b">“(<i>b</i>) </num><content>On the starboard side a green light, so constructed as to show a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green light on starboard.</p></sidenote> uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="c">“(<i>c</i>) </num><content>On the port side a red light, so constructed as to show a uniform <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red light on port side.</p></sidenote>and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="d">“(<i>d</i>) </num><content>The said green and red sidelights shall be fitted with inboard <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green and red side lights; bow fitted.</p></sidenote>screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.</content></level></article>
<article><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 4. </num><content>A steamship when towing another ship shall, in addition to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights for steamship when towing another ship.</p></sidenote> her sidelights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, so as to distinguish her from other steamships. Each of these lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same position, as the white light which other steamships are required to carry.</content></article>
<article><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 5</num> <level class="inline"><num value="a">(<i>a</i>) </num><content>A ship, whether a steamship or a sailingship, which from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ships when not under command because of accident, to carry lights at night and balls or shapes by day</p></sidenote>any accident is not under command, shall at night carry, in the same position as the white light which steamships are required to carry, and if a steamship, in place of that light, three red lights in globular lanterns, each not less than ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles and shall by day carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="b">“(<i>b</i>) </num><content>A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing-ship, employed in laying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and balls or shapes for ships employed in laying or picking up cable.</p></sidenote> or in picking up a telegraph cable, shall at night carry, in the same position as the white light which steamships are required to carry, and if a steamship, in place of that light, three lights in globular lanterns, each
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not less than ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line, over one another, not less than six feet apart. . The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character that the red lights shall be visible at the same distance as the white light. By day she shall carry, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than six feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremasthead, three shapes not less than two feet in diameter, of which the top and bottom shall be globular in shape and red in color, and the middle one diamond in shape and white.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="c">“(<i>c</i>) </num><content>The ships referred to in this article when not making any way<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Only ships under way to carry sidelights.</p></sidenote> through the water shall not carry the sidelights, but when making way shall carry them</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="d">“(<i>d</i>) </num><content>The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article, are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and shapes to be taken as signals that ship is not under command.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signals of distress, see art. 27.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights carried by sailing-ship when under way or being towed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When, during bad weather, side-lights cannot be fixed.</p></sidenote> to be taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is not under command, and cannot therefore get out of the way. The signals to be made by ships in distress and requiring assistance are contained in article twenty-seven.</content></level></article>
<article><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 6. </num><content>A sailing ship under way or being towed shall carry the same lights as are provided by article three for a steamship under way, with the exception of the white light, which she shall never carry.</content></article>
<article><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 7. </num><content>Whenever, as in the case of small vessels during bad weather, the green and red sidelights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel, ready for use, and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens.</content></article>
<article><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 8. </num><content>A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing-ship, when at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights for ships at anchor.</p></sidenote> anchor, shall carry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less than eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.</content></article>
<article><num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 9. </num><content>A pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights for pilot vessels.</p></sidenote> shall not carry the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all round the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or a flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes. A pilot vessel, when not engaged on her station on pilotage duty, shall carry lights similar to those of other ships.</content></article>
<article><num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 10. </num><chapeau class="inline"><p class="inline">Open boats and fishing-vessels of less than twenty tons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights for open boats and fishing-vessels of less than 20 tons, when under way and having nets in water.</p></sidenote> net registered tonnage, when under way and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry the colored side lights; but every such boat and vessel shall in lieu thereof have ready at band a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other side, and on approaching to or being approached by another vessel such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“ The following portion of this article applies only to fishing-vessels<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fishing-vessels and boats in sea off coast of Europe north of Cape Finisterre.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fishing-vessels and boats of 20 tons or more, when, under way, etc.</p></sidenote> and boats when in the sea off the coast of Europe lying north of Cape Finisterre:</p>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="a">“(<i>a</i>) </num><content>All fishing-vessels and fishing-boats of twenty tons net registered tonnage or upward, when under way and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the water, shall carry and show the same lights as other vessels under way.</content></level>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="b">“(<i>b</i>) </num><content>All vessels when engaged in fishing with drift-nets shall exhibit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels engaged in fishing with drift-nets.</p></sidenote>two white lights from any part of the vessel where they can be best seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical distance between them shall be not less than six feet and not more than ten feet, and so that the horizontal distance between them, measured in a line with the keel of the vessel, shall be not less than five feet and not more than ten feet. The lower of these two lights shall be the more forward, and both of them shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to show all round the horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, for a distance of not less than three miles.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="c">“(<i>c</i>) </num><content>All vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with dragnets.</p></sidenote>dragnets shall exhibit, from some part of the vessel where they can be best seen, two lights. One of these lights shall be red and the other shall be white. The red light shall be above the white light, and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less than six feet and not more than twelve feet; and the horizontal distance between them, if any, shall not be more than ten feet. These two lights shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be visible all round the horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, the white light to a distance of not less than three miles and the red light of not less than two miles.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="d">“(<i>d</i>) </num><content>A vessel employed in line-fishing, with her lines out, shall carry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels employed in line-fishing.</p></sidenote> the same lights as a vessel when engaged in fishing with drift-nets.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="e">“(<i>e</i>) </num><content>If a vessel, when fishing with a trawl, dredge, or any kind of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light and signal when vessel fishing becomes stationary.</p></sidenote> drag net, becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, she shall show the light and make the fog-signal for a vessel at anchor.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="f">“(<i>f</i>) </num><content>Fishing-vessels and open boats may at any time use a flare-up in addition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">flare-up lights; when and where used.</p></sidenote> to the lights which they are by this article required to carry and show. All flare-up lights exhibited by a vessel when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of drag net shall be shown at the after part of the vessel, excepting that if the vessel is hanging by the stern to her trawl, dredge, or drag net they shall be exhibited from the bow.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="g">“(<i>g</i>) </num><content>Every fishing-vessel and every open boat when at anchor between sunset and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fishing-vessels and open boats when at anchor.</p></sidenote> sunrise shall exhibit a white light, visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="h">“(<i>h</i>) </num><content>In a fog a drift-net vessel attached to her nets, and a vessel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When foghorn and bell are to be used.</p></sidenote> when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of dragnet, and a vessel employed in line fishing with her lines out, shall, at intervals of not more than two minutes, make a blast with her fog horn and ring her bell alternately.</content></level></article>
<article><num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 11. </num><content>A ship which is being overtaken by another shall show from her stern<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A ship overtaken by another.</p></sidenote> to such last-mentioned ship a white light or a flare-up light.</content></article>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">sound signals fob fog, and so forth.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sound signals for fog, etc.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 12. </num><chapeau class="inline"><p class="inline">A steamship shall be provided with a steam-whistle or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamships to be provided with steam-whistle, foghorn, and bell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drum instead of bell on Turkish vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sailing-ships to carry foghorn and bell.</p></sidenote> other efficient steam sound signals, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstructions, and with an efficient foghorn, to be sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell. (In all cases where the regulations require a bell to be used, a drum will be substituted on board Turkish vessels.) A sailing-ship shall be provided with a similar fog horn and bell.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In fog, mist, or falling snow, whether by day or night, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows, that is to say:</p>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="a">“(<i>a</i>) </num><content>A steamship under way shall make with her steam-whistle or other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sound signals; how and when need.</p></sidenote> steam sound signal, at intervals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="b">“(<i>b</i>) </num><content>A sailing-ship under way shall make with her foghorn, at intervals of not more than two minutes, when on the starboard tack one
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blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="c">“ (<i>c</i>) </num><content>A steamship and a sailing ship when not under way shall, at intervals of not more than two minutes, ring the bell.</content></level></article>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">speed of ships to be moderate in fog, and so forth.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Speed of ships to to be moderate in fog, etc.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 13. </num><content>Every ship, whether a sailing-ship or a steamship, shall in a fog, mist, or falling snow go at a moderate speed.</content></article>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">steering and sailing rules.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steering and sailing roles.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 14. </num><chapeau>When two sailing-ships are approaching one another so as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When sailing ships are approaching one another.</p></sidenote> to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as follows, namely :</chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="a">“ (<i>a</i>) </num><content>A ship which is running tree shall keep out of the way of a ship which is close hauled.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="b">“ (<i>b</i>) </num><content>A ship which is close hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a ship which is close hauled on the starboard tack.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="c">“ (<i>c</i>) </num><content>When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the ship which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="d">“ (<i>d</i>) </num><content>When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the ship which is to leeward.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="e">“ (<i>e</i>) </num><content>A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other ship.</content></level></article>
<article><num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 15. </num><content>If two ships under steam are meeting end on, or neatly end on,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When two steamships are meeting.</p></sidenote> so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other. This article only applies to cases where ships are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not apply to two ships which must, if both keep on their respective courses, pass clear of each other. The only cases to which it does apply are when each of the two ships is end on, or nearly end on, to the other; in other words, to cases in which by day each ship sees the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with her own, and by night to cases in which each ship is in such a position as to see both the sidelights of the other. It does not apply by day to cases in which a ship sees another ahead crossing her own course, or by night to cases where the red light of one ship is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one ship is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light, or a green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.</content></article>
<article><num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 16. </num><content>If two ships under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When two steamships are crossing.</p></sidenote>collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.</content></article>
<article><num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 17. </num><content>If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship and Hie other a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamship to keep out of way of sailing-ship.</p></sidenote>steamship, are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steamship shall keep out of the way of the sailing-ship.</content></article>
<article><num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 18. </num><content>Every steamship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamship approaching to slacken speed.</p></sidenote> of collision shall slacken her speed, or stop and reverse, if necessary.</content></article>
<article><num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 19. </num><content><p class="inline">In taking any course authorized or required by these regulations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamships signals to another vessel.</p></sidenote> a steamship under way may indicate that course to any other ship which she has in sight by the following signals on her steam-whistle, namely:</p>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">“One short blast to mean ‘I am directing my course to starboard.’</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">“Two short blasts to mean ‘ I am directing my course to port.’</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">“Three short blasts to mean ‘ I am going full speed astern.’</listContent></listItem>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“ The use of these signals is optional, but if they are used the course of the ship must be in accordance with the signal made.</p>
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<article><num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 20. </num><content>Notwithstanding anything contained in any preceding article,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Overtaking ship to keep out of way of ship overtaken.</p></sidenote> every ship, whether a sailing-ship or a steamship, overtaking tint other shall keep out of the way of the overtaken ship.</content></article>
<article><num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 21. </num><content>In narrow channels every steamship shall, when it is sate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Course in narrow channels.</p></sidenote> and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such ship.</content></article>
<article><num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 22. </num><content>Where by the above rules one of two ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course.</content></article>
<article><num value="23"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 23. </num><content>In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special circumstances.</p></sidenote> all dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.</content></article>
<article>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">“no ship, under any circumstances, to neglect proper precautions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No ship, under any circumstances, to neglect proper precaution.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="24"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 24. </num><content>Nothing in these rules shall exhonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look out, or of the neglect of any precaution which maybe required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case.</content></article>
<article>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">“reservation of rules for harbor and inland navigation.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservation of rules for harbor and inland navigation.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="25"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 25. </num><content>Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of a special rule, duly made by local authority, relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland navigation.</content></article>
<article>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">“special lights for squadrons and convoys.</heading>
<num value="26"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 26. </num><content>Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No interference with special rules of any Government as to ships of war or ships under convoy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signals for ships in distress.</p></sidenote> of any special rules made by the Government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for ships sailing under convoy.</content></article>
<article><num value="27"><inline class="smallCaps">“Art.</inline> 27. </num><content><p class="inline">When a ship is in distress and requires assistance from other ships or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, that is to say:</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“In the daytime—</p>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">“ First. </num><content>A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">“Second. </num><content>The international code signal of distress indicated by N C.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">“Third. </num><content>The distant signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball, or anything resembling a ball.</content></level>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“At night—</p>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">“First. </num><content>A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">“ Second. </num><content>Flames on the ship (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth).</content></level>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">“Third. </num><content>Rockets or shells, throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals.”</content></level>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing “<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All conflicting laws repealed, except as to navigation in harbors, lakes, and inland waters of United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act to take effect September 1, 1884.</p></sidenote> Revised International Rules and Regulations” for the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas, and in all coast waters of the United States, are hereby repealed, except as to the navigation of such vessels within the harbors, lakes, and inland waters of the United States; and that this act shall take effect anti be in force from and after the first day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</content>
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<dc:title>Chapter 355: regulating appeals from the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the supreme courts of the several Territories.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>355</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 443</citableAs>
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<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 355, 356. 1885.</centerRunningHead><page identifier="/us/stat/23/443">443</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>355.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">regulating appeals from the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the supreme courts of the several Territories.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeals or writs of error from judgments, etc., of supreme court., District of Columbia: or of a Territory, not allowed unless amount involved be more than #5,000.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to apply to cases involving validity of patent or copyright, treaty, statute, or authority exercised under United States.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That no appeal or writ of error shall hereafter be allowed from any judgement or decree in any suit at law or in equity in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or in the supreme court of any of the Territories of the United States, unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline> 2. </num>
<content>That the preceding section shall not apply to any case wherein is involved the validity of any patent or copy right, or in which is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States; but in all such cases an appeal or writ of error may be brought without regard to the sum or value in dispute.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chapter 356: to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a post-route.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>356</docNumber>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a post-route.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Davenport and Rock Island Bridge Company to construct bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Ill., and Davenport, Iowa.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That it shall be lawful for the Davenport anti Rock Island Bridge Company, a corporation duly created and organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, as may accommodate the Moline. Rock Island and Southern Railroad, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, on the east side of said river, and the Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Railroad, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Iowa, on the west side of said river, and for the accommodation of any railroads that are or may hereafter be built, and to lay over said bridge a railroad track for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or may be constructed to the said river, on either side thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and provisions hereinafter provided: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That Congress may at any time prescribe such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise as may be deemed reasonable.</proviso>
</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be built with a draw, so as not to impede<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote> the navigation of said river; said draw shall be a pivot draw, over the channel of said river usually navigated, and with spans giving a clear width of waterway of not less than two hundred feet on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans shall give a clear width of waterway of not less than three him died feet, and said spans shall not be less than three hundred feet, and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark and not less than thirty feet above low-water mark, measured to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall, as nearly as practicable, be parallel with the current of said river: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signals.</p></sidenote> Said draw shall always be opened promptly upon reasonable signal; and said company, or its successors and assigns, shall at all proper times keep and maintain all proper lights on said bridge during nights, so that its<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote> presence may always be noticed by vessels and craft navigating the channel of said river. And all plans for the construction of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> and approaches thereto must first be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and when the same shall be approved by said Secretary the work thereon may be commenced and prosecuted to completion:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That said bridge shall be constructed with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to passage of bridge.</p></sidenote> such aids to the passage of said bridge, in the form of booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/444">444</page><centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 356, 357. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
water to a permanent channel and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the draw and raft spans, as the Secretary of War shall prescribe and order, to be constructed and maintained at the expense of the company owning said bridge:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be at right angles with current.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes in construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be preserved.</p></sidenote></proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That said bridge shall, as nearly as may be, be constructed at right angles with said river or the current thereof:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That any change in the mode of construction of said bridge shall be first submitted to the said Secretary for his approval, and when approved the said company may then proceed with the construction according to said change:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That if said bridge, when constructed, shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be a substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, the said Secretary shall require said company to change the construction thereof so as to avoid any serious and substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, at the expense of the owners of said bridge.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the bridge hereby authorized shall be a lawful structure,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-route, and a lawful structure.</p></sidenote> and shall be a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of the mails of the United States, and the troops and munitions of war, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid to railroads and transportation companies leading to said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All railroad companies accorded equal rights.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to decide in case of disagreement as to amount to be paid.</p></sidenote>in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>allegations and proofs of the parties : <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of section three in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said bridge.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be subject, except as above mentioned, to the limitations and provisions of an act entitled “An act to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subject to limitations of act to construct bridge at Clinton, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1872, vol. 17, ch. 73, p. 44.</p></sidenote> author ize the construction of abridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads.” approved April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specified rights of the United States reserved.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in such structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chapter 357: to increase the salary of the clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>357</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 444</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>357.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the salary of the clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk of Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the salary of the clerk of the Court of Commissioners, of Alabama Claims shall hereafter be at the rate of four thousand four hundred dollars per annum,
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chapter 358: to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>358</docNumber>
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<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 358. 1885.</centerRunningHead><page identifier="/us/stat/23/445">445</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>358.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company to construct bridge over the Cumberland River, at or near Carthage, Tenn.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Cumberland River at the most accessible point in or near the corporate limits of Carthage, County of Smith, and State of Tennessee. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains and wagons and travelers across said river.
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-route, and lawful structure.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the United States may construct<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i> as to postal telegraph.</p></sidenote> a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuous spans.</p></sidenote> spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than one hundred and sixty-four feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part, of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least thirty-four feet above extreme high water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to and its piers parallel with the current of the river: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if the same shall be constructed as a draw bridge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> the draw or pivot shall be over the main channel at an accessible point, and the spans shall not be less than one hundred and sixty feet in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That the said draw shall be opened promptly<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights and signals.</p></sidenote> by said corporation, upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light House Board shall prescribe, and shall also place and maintain such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> sheer booms and other guides necessary for the safe passage of vessels and other water craft as may be required by the Secretary of War. No bridge shall be erected or maintained tinder the authority of this act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation to be preserved.</p></sidenote>such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of said corporation ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the ease may be brought in the circuit court of the United States of the middle district of Tennessee in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located, or in the circuit court of the State of Tennessee for that circuit:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operations of the same:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the right is reserved to regulate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to regulate tolls, etc., reserved.</p></sidenote> tolls and freights over said bridge.</proviso></content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc., to be submitted to Secretary of War for approval.</p></sidenote>and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/446">446</page><centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 358, 359. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specified rights of United States reserved.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same company to construct bridge over Caney Fork River between mouth and Buffalo Valley, subject to preceding provisions and limitations.</p></sidenote>hereby also authorized to construct a railroad bridge over the Caney Fork River at such point between the mouth of said river and the Buffalo Valley as may be necessary in the building of their road, subject to the provisions and limitations contained in the preceding sections.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chapter 359: making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>359</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>359.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency appropriation for year ending June 30, 1885, and for prior years.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen bundled and eighty-five, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> year eighteen hundred and eighty .-four, four hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of stenographer to the Secretary of State from March fifteenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stenographer.</p></sidenote> to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Department of State to ascertain what records or other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To further provide for ascertaining and procuring records and documents relating to French spoliation claims, under act of January 20, 1885.</p></sidenote> documents are in existence either in France or Spain or the French colonies affecting the rights or claims of American citizens under the act of Congress approved January twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, entitled “An act to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first of July, eighteen hundred and one,” and to procure said records and documents, or certified copies thereof, the sum of five thousand dollars, in addition to the sum already appropriated for that purpose, this amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State and to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of a draft of T. McF. Patton, United States consul at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. McF. Patton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of draft of.</p></sidenote> Osaka and Hiogo, Japan, drawn in payment of salary of the interpreter at said consulate for the third quarter of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, eighty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to Luoise R. S. Wing, the widow of E. Rumsey Wing, late<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louise R. S. Wing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> minister of the, United States to Ecuador, a sum equal to the salary of said minister for six months, in addition to all legal allowances.</p>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359. 1885.</centerRunningHead><page identifier="/us/stat/23/447">447</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to Louise F. Hunt, the widow of William H. Hunt, late envoy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louise F. Hunt.</p></sidenote> extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Russia, a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> sum equal to the salary of said minister for six months, in addition to all legal allowances.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>foreign intercourse<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign intercourse.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the annual rental of legation buildings in Tokyo,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of legation buildings in Tokio, Japan.</p></sidenote> Japan, up to March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three thousand four hundred dollar s.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts of certain consular officers.</p></sidenote>from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of certain consular officers by reimbursing the account of consular fees, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, thirty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-one cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-one dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due to certain consular officers on the settlement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of amounts due to certain consular officers.</p></sidenote> of their accounts, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, sixty dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money from the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morton, Rose &amp; Co.</p></sidenote> Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of Morton, Rose and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of account of.</p></sidenote> Company, United States bankers at London, for drafts of United States ministers paid by them, by a transfer of the amount to their account of consular surplus fees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, thirteen thousand one hundred and thirty dollars and seventy four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the balance found due to J. R. Young, United States minister<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. R. Young.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of balance due on account of contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> to China, on his account of contingent expenses to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and fifty-two dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. H. Heap.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of account of.</p></sidenote> from the Treasury, to allow from the unexpended balance of said appropriation for the fiscal year ending eighteen hundred and eighty-three the amount disbursed by G. H. Heap, secretary of legation at Constantinople, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John S. Mosby. Settlement of accounts of.</p></sidenote>from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of John S. Mosby, United States consul at Hong-Kong, by reimbursing the account of consular fees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers to pay to Eugene Schuyler, late<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eugene Schuyler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, under R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309.</p></sidenote> United States minister resident and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, the amount allowed under section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes for his transit from his late post (at Athens) to his residence in the United States, namely, from November second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to December fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six hundred dollars and fifty four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Thomas B. Van Buren for expenses incurred by him in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas B Van Buren.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy six for the relief and transmission to the United States of three discharged naval seamen, forty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of State to pay the bills of expense incurred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. W. Rice.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To pay bills for care of abandoned ship.</p></sidenote> from May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to September sixth, eighteen bundled and eighty three, inclusive, by F. W. Rice, then consul of the United States at Colon, in caring for an American vessel, the Mary C. Comery, abandoned by her master and crew in the harbor at that place, five hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/448">448</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of State to pay the claim of the native authorities<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of native authorities of Manila.</p></sidenote> of Manila for assistance rendered in the year eighteen hundred and seventy four to the shipwrecked crew of the American brig Leonora, sixty seven dollars and eighteen cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of Commissioner of Navigation from July fifth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of Commissioner of Navigation.</p></sidenote>hundred and eighty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at four thousand dollars per annum, three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional compensation to the clerk acting as Commissioner of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional compensation to clerk.</p></sidenote> Navigation from September first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to use two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of employees of division of warrants for extra labor.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred and fifty dollars of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for his office to pay employees of the division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations of his office for extra labor performed by them prior to May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, outside of the regular office-hours of the Department, to be paid in such sums as shall seem to him to be just and equitable, having reference to the value of the services rendered to the Government by each employee respectively.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay additional compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred by employees, in exchange of Government securities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to clerks and employees of Third Auditors Office of the treasury for extra work done at night.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> for services rendered by employees of his Department, and for expenses incurred by them, in connection with the exchange of Government securities in London in eighteen hundred and eighty-one. one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To compensate the clerks and employees of the Third Auditor’s Office of the Treasury for extra work done at night during the months of April, May, June, and July, eighteen hundred and eighty three, in copying the roll of pensioners in said office, seven thousand eight bun died and thirty two dollars and eighty-one cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That each clerk and employee shall be entitled to one half-day’s pay for each night’s work actually performed, to be computed on the basis of his then current salary.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For old customhouse, Saint Louis, Missouri: Paving Third street<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis. Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paving streets in front of old customhouse.</p></sidenote> front, one thousand and forty-one dollars and seventy four cents; paying Olive street front, nine hundred and forty six dollars and forty nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving and curbing street on north front of court house and post office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paving and curbing street on north front of court-house.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lake View. Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paving street.</p></sidenote> at Springfield, Illinois, eight hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving Halstead street adjacent to marine-hospital lot in Lake View, Illinois, two hundred and sixty four dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>internal revenue.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to collectors of Internal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of collectors of internal revenue.</p></sidenote> revenue for services rendered during the period between the expiration of their first commissions and the date of taking the oath of office under their second commissions, one thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of agents, etc.</p></sidenote> revenue: Additional amount necessary to pay salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses of gaugers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of gaugers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">miscellaneous expenses.</p></sidenote> for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, fifty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/449">449</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue: To pay expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue.</p></sidenote> incurred during the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, by collectors of internal revenue, under authority of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in securing a more thorough collection of taxes due upon spirits distilled from fruit, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>independent treasury.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Treasury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S.. sec. 3653, p.719.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes, for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amounts due on account of checks and certificates of deposit.</p></sidenote> checks and certificates of deposit, independent Treasury, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, fourteen dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For depositary at Tucson, Arizona in addition to his pay as postmaster,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositary, Tucson, Ariz.</p></sidenote> being for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>mints and assay-offices.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assay laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay laboratory, chemicals, etc.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, assay-office at Helena, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Helena.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Workmen and contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay-office, Boise City.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages and contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. Wolters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, assay-office at Helena, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages and contingent expenses, assay-office at Boise City, four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse A. Wolters, late assayer in charge, for amount expended by him, as shown by vouchers paid by him, in excess of the amount of funds advanced, and disallowed by the accounting officers as an expenditure in excess of the appropriation for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty-six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>territories.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the additional associate justice of the supreme court of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of additional associate justice of supreme court of Washington Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 101.</p></sidenote> the Territory of Washington, authorized by act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, from September first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five at three thousand dollars per annum, two thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And all suits or proceedings pending in the district courts of Dakota<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suits pending in district courts, Dakota and Washington Territories, may be transferred to new district.</p></sidenote> and Washington Territories at the time of the passage of said act, and which would, if instituted after the passage of said act, be required to be brought in the new districts created and provided for in said act, may be transferred by consent of parties to said new district courts, and there disposed of in like manner and with like effect as if the same had been there instituted; and all writs and recognizances relating to such suits and proceedings so transferred shall be considered as belonging to the courts of the said new districts respectively in the same manner and with like effect as if they bad issued or had been taken in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Skamania and Spokane counties, Wash. Terr., made a part of fourth judicial district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> reference thereto originally; and the counties of Skamania and Spokane, in said Washington Territory, shall constitute part of the fourth judicial district thereof until the legislature shall meet and otherwise provide.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for legislative expenses, Territory of Dakota, four thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/450">450</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount due on account of legislative expenses, New Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. A. Sidebotham.</p></sidenote> on account of legislative expenses, Territory of New Mexico, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse R. A. Sidebotham, secretary of the Territory of Idaho,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to.</p></sidenote> the amount over deposited by him and covered into the Treasury, as reported by the First Comptroller ninety dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life-saving service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to expend from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteer surfmen of the Cleveland Life-Boat Station.</p></sidenote> the appropriation “Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” for payment of volunteer surfmen of the Cleveland Life-Boat Station. ten men, ten days each, for services rendered, under the direction of the Keeper of the station named, on the occasion of the great flood of the Ohio River in the month of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, such sum as in bis discretion shall be just, not exceeding five dollars per day to each person for each day’s service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to expend from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. M. Clemons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to.</p></sidenote> the appropriation. “ Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,” for reimbursement of L. M. Clemons, keeper of the Point Marblehead Life-Boat Station, ninth district, for moneys expended for the transportation of the life-saving apparatus from the station named to Sandusky, Ohio, and return, on the occasion of the great flood of the Ohio River in the month of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of four dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>engraving and printing.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and finishing United States notes, gold and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving, printing, and finishing U. S. notes, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National bank notes.</p></sidenote> silver certificates, registered bonds for transfers, and other securities, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving (except face-plates), printing, and finishing circulating notes for national banking associations, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amounts due on account of labor and expenses of engraving and printing.</p></sidenote> on account of labor and expenses of engraving and printing, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states fish commission.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For propagation of food-fishes, twelve thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Propagation of food-fishes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clark &amp; Given.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For coal furnished by Clark and Given, Washington, District of Columbia, for the offices of the United States Fish Commission during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the vessels of the United States Fish Commission made<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of vessels.</p></sidenote> during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty cents. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant Commissioner.</p></sidenote>And the assistant to the United States Fish Commissioner authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-two, page six hundred and twenty eight), shall hereafter be designated as assistant commissioner.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount due George W. Knox, being for freight delivered during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geo. W. Knox.</p></sidenote> the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, fifty-eight dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount due George W. Knox, being for freight delivered on account of the vessels of the United States Fish Commission during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-one dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the New York Herald for advertising, October twenty-eighth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. Y. Herald, Payment to.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-one, et sequentes, for proposals to build
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the steamer Albatross, authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, thirty-one dollars and twenty cents.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous treasury.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Attorney General of the United States is required to investigate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney-General of U. S., to investigate judgements, etc., against United States, arising under act approved 1875, vol. 18, ch. 166, p. 506, and report to Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote> the judgments and awards against the United States arising under an act of Congress entitled “an act to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in the State of Wisconsin ” approved March third eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and to report to Congress at its next session whether the liability of the United States therefor is established and what amount is justly due thereon.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriations for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, gas, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty four”, a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, and from “ Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, carpets, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty four,” a sum not exceeding two thousand four hundred dollars, and from “contingent expenses, Treasury Department, furniture, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” a sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred dollars, and from “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, file-holders and cases, eighteen hundred and eighty four,” a sum not exceeding two thousand eight hundred dollars, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, furniture, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, horses, wagons, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” so much as may be required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation “ Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,” not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, investigation of accounts, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” so much as may be required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation “ contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay A. W. Bash on account of expenses of collecting the revenue<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. W. Bash, payment to.</p></sidenote> from customs prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and forty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Phelps, Stokes and Company on account of refunding taxes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Phelps, Stokes &amp; Co., payment to.</p></sidenote>illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (internal revenue), four thousand and twenty dollars and thirty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Repairs and preservation of customhouses, courthouses, and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and preservation of customhouses, etc.</p></sidenote> public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, fifteen thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, including all personal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant custodians and janitors.</p></sidenote> services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote> so apportion this sum as to avoid any further deficiency on this account during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fuel, light, water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, light, water.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> and firemen in the proper care of the buildings, furniture, and heating apparatus, exclusive of personal service, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for care, custody, and protection of lauds and other property of the United States, being for expenses incurred by the Solicitor of the Treasury in perfecting the title
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of the United States to certain lands in Pennsylvania, and for advertising the sale of lands, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-six dollars and ninety-five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to the credit of the Union Pacific Railway Company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to credit of the Union Pacific Railway Company.</p></sidenote> (Kansas division) for transportation furnished January tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, on account of the ethnological exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution at the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, thirty-three dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse the keeper and assistant keeper of the Sharp’s Island Light-Station,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to keeper and assistant at Sharp’s Island Light-Station, Maryland.</p></sidenote> Maryland, for actual loss of personal property sustained by them at the time said fight-station was carried away by ice, February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That in addition to the amount received from duties on tonnage under section fifteen of the act of June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balances of amounts collected from seamen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4585, p. 888.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4586, p. 888.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4587, p. 888.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriated for expenses of Marine Hospital Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of committee of National Academy of Sciences.</p></sidenote>eighty four, twenty-third Statutes, page fifty-seven, the unexpended balances of amounts, not exceeding one hundred and forty two thousand dollars, remaining in the Treasury of hospital dues collected from seamen under section forty-five hundred and eighty-five, forty-five hundred and eighty-six, and forty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes, be, and the, same are hereby, appropriated and made available to meet the expenses of the Marine Hospital Service for the fiscal year ending, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the expenses of the committee of the National Academy of Sciences, incurred in preparing answers to inquiries of the joint commission considering the Government surveys, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national board of health.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of the Secretary of the Board from April first, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Board of Health.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-four, to March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messenger.</p></sidenote> to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of building from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of building.</p></sidenote> to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, nine bundled dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>COURT OF CLAIMS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the judgments of the Court of Claims as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments of Court of Claims, payment of.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, fifteen thousand six hundred and ninety-two dollars, with interest thereon at five per centum per annum from June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; Sallie H. Palmer, thirty dollars; James W. Harvey and James Livesey, forty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents, with interest on sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars and ninety-five cents thereof at five per centum per annum from November twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; Charles Morton, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and seven cents; William H. Emory, one hundred and eighty-dollars; James H. North, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; John M. Mueller, seven hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-two cents; Joel F. Kinney, six thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty cents ; Jeremiah Harrison and William F. Harrison, nine hundred and forty dollars; Henry G. Brookings, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-five cents; Delvaille and Joubert, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-two cents; Levid J. Harris, executor, six thousand six hundred and six dollars and eight cents; Aristide Delvaille,
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four hundred and twenty-two dollars and ninety-three cents; the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments of Court of Claims, payment of, continued.</p></sidenote> National Match Company one hundred and thirty dollars; the Richardson Match Company four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; the Alligator Match Company, one thousand and fifty dollars; Frederick P. Newton, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; William Gates’s Sons, eight thousand four hundred and nineteen and eighty cents; Melvin T. Fripp, administrator of J. E. Lawrence Fripp, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents; the Cape Ann Granite Company fifty three thousand two hundred and ninety one dollars; the board of field officers of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State Troops, five thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents; Edgar A. Walz, twelve thousand three hundred and sixty five dollars and eleven cents; the Barbour Match Company, twelve thousand six hundred and thirty-three dollars; the James G. Hotchkiss Match Company, four hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-one cents; William J. Jenkins, five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; the Saint Louis Wine Company, thirty-two dollars and thirty cents; the Home Bitters Company, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-nine cents; E. Wilder and Company, sixty-one dollars and twenty cents; John F. Henry, and Company, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty-two cents; Bernard Riley, administrator of Thomas Gorman, one hundred dollars ; V. E. Manger and John Petrie, junior, four hundred and sixty-four dollars and ten cents; V. B. Manger, one hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty cents; Seth W. Fowle and Son, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty cents; Robert Selden, one hundred dollars; Alexander C. Rhind, two hundred and fifty dollars; Charles H. McBlair, four hundred and fifty dollars; Stephen P. Quackenbush, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; James H. Watmough, five hundred dollars; Dabney H. Maury, one hundred dollars; Marius Duvall, three hundred dollars; Douglas F. Forrest, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; Marius Duvall, executor of Joshua R. Sands, deceased, six hundred and twenty-five dollars; Augustus Eichele, six thousand and forty-four dollars and seventy-three cents; Mary H. Lanier, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Henry H. Lewis, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Samuel P. Carter, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; William B. Sinclair, three hundred dollars; Duncan N. Ingraham, six hundred and twenty-five dollars; Laura M. Chilton, one hundred and fifty dollars; Sarah L. Chander, one hundred and twenty dollars; Agnes R. Tilghman, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Eloise J. Minor, four hundred dollars; Charles Thomas, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; John S. Manry, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; Cornelia A. Stanley, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Isaac Wilmoth, forty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, four thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-five cents; John W. Beaman, ninety-one dollars and eighty six cents; Thaddeus Thayer, eight hundred and nine dollars and twenty cents; Henry McGowan, three thousand dollars; Ezekial G. Byam, trading in the firm-name of Byam, Carlton Company, six thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents; Austin Messinger, two thousand and forty dollars; William Roeber, five thousand eight hundred and twenty-six dollars; the Excelsior Match Company, one thousand and forty-eight dollars and nine cents; Herman W. Newbauer, trading under the name of Newbauer and Company, four thousand six hundred and nine dollars; James Eaton, three thousand four hundred and ten dollars; Henry Stanton, one thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents; Phineas T. Ives, six hundred and ninety six dollars and seventy-eight cents; B. Bendel and Company, two thousand six hundred dollars; the Clark Match Company, three hundred and twenty dollars; Aristides Welch, five hundred dollars; Thomas R. Bootes, three hundred and seventy-
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five dollars; Lelia I. Sinclair, four hundred and fifty dollars; Elizabeth H. Spotts, two hundred and fifty dollars ; A. F. Warley, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents; Merced G. Brent, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; William Leigh, four hundred and fifty dollars; Eliza M. Fairfax, four hundred and fifty dollars; Eliza H. Ramsay, one hundred and fifty dollars; Van R. Morgan, two hundred and fifty dollars; John T. Mason, three hundred dollars; Frederick Chatard, four hundred and fifty dollars; M. C. Meigs, three thousand three hundred and seventy dollars; Joseph W. Harrison, thirty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents, in all, two hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and eighty five dollars and nine cents; and a sufficient sum in addition thereto as may be necessary to pay the interest on the judgments in favor of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company and of James W. Harvey and James Livesey as above provided is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to be paid until right of appeal has expired.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the aforesaid judgments shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Metropolitan police, contingent expenses: To pay Washington <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Gas-Light Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public Printer, payment to.</p></sidenote>Gas-Light Company, gas for police headquarters, May and June eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, fifty dollars and eighty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Executive office, contingent expenses: To pay the Public Printer for printing and binding three hundred copies of Report of Commissioners for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, three hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Miscellaneous expenses: To pay W. A. Gordon, for examination of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. A. Gordon, payment to.</p></sidenote> title, March, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, of lot eleven, block six, by order of A. G. Riddle, attorney District of Columbia, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Boundary intercepting sewer: That the unexpended balances of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundary intercepting sewer.</p></sidenote> appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, six thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty cents, are hereby reappropriated and made available for labor and material applied to that work under contract numbered three hundred and eighty-nine, dated May twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Assessor’s office: To pay G. A. Hall the difference between salary as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor’s office.</p></sidenote> messenger, at fifty dollars per month, and salary as clerk, at one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. A. Hall, payment to.</p></sidenote>two hundred dollars per annum, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to June first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eleven months, he having performed the duties of clerk during that lime, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Furniture for new school buildings: To pay J. W. Boteler and Son <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, new school buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. W. Boteler &amp; Son, payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor’s office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerk-hire.</p></sidenote>for furniture for Analostan school, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, six dollars anti fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Auditor’s office: For temporary clerk-hire to enable the auditor to bring up the books and arrange the records of bis office and to audit the books of the collector, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and forty three dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">District offices and markets: For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, and insurance,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District offices and markets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, ice, gas, etc.</p></sidenote> being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, sixty-four dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Streets: For cleaning and repairing lateral sewers and basins, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Streets, sewers, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars and forty-eight cents; for cleaning tidal sewers, thirty-five dollars and eighty cents; in all, forty dollars and twenty-eight cents, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Metropolitan police: To complete the pay of the six members<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metropolitan police.</p></sidenote> of the police force detailed under the act of January thirty-first, eighteen
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hundred and eighty-three, for special services in the detection and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to members. 1883, vol. 29, ch. 41, p. 412.</p></sidenote> prevention of crime, for such service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fire department, contingent expenses: To pay the Great Falls Ice<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire depart meat.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Falls lee Company, payment to.</p></sidenote> Company for ice (June), eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four three dollars and ninety seven cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to school buildings, being a deficiency for the fiscal year<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, school buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States marshals’ fees and contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of assessing real property of District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, payment to.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-four, sixty-four dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Police court: For United States marshals’ fees, thirty-two dollars and fifty’ cents; for contingent expenses, sixteen dollars and ninety-five cents; in all, forty-nine dollars and forty-five cents, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Expenses of assessing real property of the District of Columbia: To pay the following-named persons for clerical services in making numerical and assessment books, namely: F. G. Cowie, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars; G. A. Hall, four hundred and thirty five dollars; W. E. Morgan, five hundred and five dollars; George S. Bell, one hundred and eighty dollars; Thomas B. Shoemaker, forty-five dollars; William Griffin, nine hundred dollars; E. W. W. Griffin, nine hundred dollars; R. A. Fish, nine hundred dollars; Frank Wilson, nine hundred dollars; J. T. Thompson, one hundred and seventy-one dollars; Charles D. Mervin, thirty dollars; in all, five thousand one hundred and four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And any balances of appropriations for the District of Columbia under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances of appropriations for improvements and repairs for fiscal year 1885, unexpended by June 30, 1885, reappropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds sale of Georgetown fish-wharf.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 48th Cong., 1st SESS., p. 129.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote> the head of improvements and repairs for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five that remain unexpended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, may be applied to meeting deficiencies in any item of appropriations for the improvement or repair of streets and country roads for the same year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fire department: The proceeds of the sale of the Georgetown fish-wharf, namely, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars and five cents, covered into the Treasury by the District appropriations act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, shall, in lieu thereof, be credited in equal parts to the United States and to the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Public schools: That two thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the contingent fund of the public schools for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That three thousand dollars of the proceeds of the sale of square one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeds of sale of square known as Holmead Cemetery transferred to appropriation for contingent expenses of public schools year ending June 30, 1885.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of schoolrooms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seth L. Phelps, reimbursement to.</p></sidenote> hundred and nine in the city of Washington, known as the Holmead Cemetery, shall be transferred by the Commissioners to the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the public schools for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of schoolrooms, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Seth L. Phelps for the costs in the supreme court District of Columbia, March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, in the contractors’ eases, paid by him while a Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and which are set forth on page thirteen, House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Fifteen, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of judgments against the District of Columbia, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments against District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> interest and cost, two thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Washington Asylum: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance, 1883, reappropriated.</p></sidenote> are hereby authorized to transfer the unexpended balance of appropriation for the support of the Washington Asylum for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to the credit
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of the appropriation for support of said asylum for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to enable them to complete the construction and furnishing of the new hospital ward, and the said balance is hereby reappropriated for that purpose: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>That the total cost of constructing and furnishing said hospital ward shall not exceed four thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That one half of the foregoing amounts to meet deficiencies in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One-half of foregoing amounts for deficiencies to be paid by Treasury of United States and one-half by the District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. Francis Riggs, payment to.</p></sidenote> appropriations on account of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Water department: To pay E. Francis Riggs for rent of lot three, square one. hundred and seventy-five, for pump house, from October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, payable from the revenues of the water Department, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and two dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of conductor of hydraulic passenger elevator in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of conductor of elevator in building corn er Seventeenth and F streets.</p></sidenote> building corner of Seventeenth and F streets from January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-five, six months, at sixty dollars per month, three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of taxes upon lots numbered six and seven in square<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of taxes lots 6 and 7, square 169.</p></sidenote> numbered one hundred and sixty<sup>7</sup> nine, Washington, District of Columbia, assessed prior to July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, including interest and cost of advertising, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, five hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney-General to proceed against warrantors to recover sum.</p></sidenote>forty-three dollars and thirty cents; and the Attorney General of the United States is hereby directed to proceed against the warrantors upon the covenants in the conveyance to recover back said sum, in the name of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the War Department and its Bureaus,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding for War Department and Bureaus.</p></sidenote> to be executed under the direction of the Public Printer, there is hereby reappropriated out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for eighteen hundred and eighty four a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars for this purpose for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>quartermaster’s department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage; extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts; in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, including those employed as clerks and messengers at Army, division, department, and district headquarters; expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field, of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escort cannot be furnished ; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field or at military posts, and on the frontiers, or when traveling under orders, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture ; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to officers of the Quartermaster’s Department ; compensation of forage and wagon masters, authorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; for rewards for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, and for the expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the
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trains, to wit: Hire of veterinary surgeons, and for medicine for horses and mules, picket-ropes, and for shoeing the horses and mules; also generally the proper and authorized expenses for the movement and operations of the Army not expressly assigned to any other Department fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay to soldiers employed as clerks and messengers at Army<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra pay to soldiers employed as clerks and messengers at Army division.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Finn, payment to.</p></sidenote> division, and department headquarters during the first four days in July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Finn, two thousand eight hundred dollars, being the purchase-price for mules bought from him in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and payable from the appropriation for “Transportation of the Army and its supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years” (fiscal year eighteen hundred and sixty five), which is exhausted</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>building and grounds in and around washington.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings and grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improving, care, etc., of reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel for Executive Mansion and greenhouses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of water supply of Washington, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 294, p. 168.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving, care, and maintenance of various reservations seven thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and repair of and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel for the Executive Mansion and greenhouses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Increasing the water supply of Washington, District of Columbia: For completing payment for land taken for a reservoir under the act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in addition to a like amount appropriated for the same purpose by act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall be subject to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the same provisions and restrictions named in said act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>signal service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete the establishment of signal stations upon the island of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal stations, Nantucket I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine telegraphic communication.</p></sidenote> Nantucket, and of submarine telegraphic communication from such Stations to the mainland, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, being for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Observations and report of storms: For expenses of storm, cautionary,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observation and report of storms.</p></sidenote> offshore, and other signals on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, one thousand dollars. »</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services of special hurricane observer at Barbadoes, West Indies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special hurricane observer at Barbadoes, West Indies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutations for fuel, quarters, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage for horses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1881, vol, 21, ch. 79, p. 348.</p></sidenote> being for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, to pay enlisted men detailed from the line of the Army, for commutations for fuel, quarters, rations, and for extra-duty pay while engaged on extra duty repairing military telegraph lines, to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for prior years, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forage for thirteen horses actually kept by officers in the public service, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety, Army Regulations, and the act making appropriations for the support of the Army, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at one hundred and fifteen dollars each, per annum, one thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For straw for thirteen horses actually kept by officers in the public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Straw for horses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1881, vol. 21, ch.79, p. 348.</p></sidenote> service, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety, Army Regulations, and the act making appropriations for the support of the
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Army, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at eight dollars and forty cents each per annum, one hundred and nine dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Means of transportation, namely: For one horse, to replace one rendered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> unserviceable since appropriation for present fiscal year was passed, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Observations and explorations in Arctic seas: For completing the work<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observation and exploration in Arctic seas.</p></sidenote> of scientific observation and exploration on or near the shores of Lady Franklin Bay, being for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and prior years, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay for one watch purchased by Lieutenant Greely and used in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watch purchased by Lieutenant Greely.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Negatives, drawings, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Translation of stenographic notes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D. L. Brainard, J. R. Fredericks, D. Lynn, D. C. Ralston, W. S. Jewell, J. Elison, and N. Salor, payments to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thorlip F. Christainsen and James Edward (Esquimaux), payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gratuity to families of Jens Edwards and Frederick T. Christiansen, deceased.</p></sidenote> the field, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For negatives, drawings, engravings, and reproduction of maps, charts, specimens, and so forth, and for translation of stenographic notes, eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For conditional rewards to members of the expedition engaged in making the highest latitudes, namely, Sergeant D. L. Brainard, Sergeant J. R. Fredericks Sergeant D. Lynn, Sergeant D. C. Ralston, Sergeant W. S. Jewell, Corporal J. Elison, and Corporal N. Salor, one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services of two Esquimaux, Thorlip Frederick Christainsen and James Edward, as hunters, fishers, and dog-drivers, from July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to April fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in case of former, and from July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in case of latter, twenty-five dollars per month each, one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For a gratuity of three hundred dollars each to the families of Jens Edwards, Esquimau, and Frederick Thorlip Christiansen, Esquimau, both of whom perished while in the employ of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, six hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national cemeteries.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the removal of the remains of Union soldiers, sailors’ and marines,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of remains of Union soldiers, sailors, etc., to new national cemetery.</p></sidenote> and prisoners of war from the several soldiers’ lots in incorporated cemeteries at Philadelphia and vicinity to the new national cemetery to be established near that city, and for such improvements to these new grounds as may be necessary, seven thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers : Current<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, support of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to two and and three year volunteers.</p></sidenote> expenses, including construction and repairs, bedding and clothing, outdoor relief, and incidental expenses, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of two and three year volunteers: For payment of arrears of pay, and so forth, to officers and men who served in the war of the rebellion, which may be certified during the current fiscal year to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs: For payment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty to volunteers, their widows and legal heirs.</p></sidenote> of amounts of bounty to volunteer soldiers who served in the war of the rebellion, and their widows and legal heirs, which may be certified during the current fiscal year to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bounty under act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of amounts of additional bounty.</p></sidenote> For payment of amounts of additional bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which may be certified
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during the current fiscal year to be due by the accounting officers of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1866, vol. 14, ch. 296, p. 322.</p></sidenote> the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Commutation of rations to prisoners of war and soldiers on furlough:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of rations to prisoners of war and soldiers on furlough.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote> For payment of amounts which maybe certified during the current fiscal year to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States and soldiers on furlough, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the new naval cruisers and dispatch-boat: Under construction and repair, seventy-five thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-three cents; under steam-engineering, eighty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-seven cents; and all balances of appropriations heretofore made under any Bureau of the Navy Department for any one of said vessels may be used under the same Bureau for any other of said vessels.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the Harlan and Hollings worth Company for the use and occupation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of new naval cruisers and dispatch boat.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harlan and Hollingsworth Company, payment to.</p></sidenote> of their shipyard by the iron-clad Amphitrite, and the care of said vessel, and expenses to which they were subject for watching and storage of turrets, pilothouses, guns, and so forth, from July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty-seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay William Cramp and Sons for the use and occupation of their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Cramp &amp; Son, payment to.</p></sidenote> shipyard by the iron-clad Terror, and for care and storage of the turrets, guns, and so forth, from July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. to December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seventy-five thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John Roach for the use and occupation of his ship yard by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Roach, payment to.</p></sidenote> the iron-clad Puritan, and for the care of said vessel and storage of her turrets, guns, and so forth, from July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and one dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> no moneys hereby appropriated for the above three mentioned ships shall be paid except upon full receipt and discharge of all claims of the parties to whom the same may be paid for care and storage of said vessels, turrets, guns, and so forth, for use and occupation of these several yards.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Royce and Marean for labor and materials in putting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Royce’ and Mayrean</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F.A. Belt.</p></sidenote> up electric bells in the Navy Department, two hundred and five dollars and eighty cents; for payment to F. A. Belt for lumber furnished the Navy Department, fifty dollars and forty-five cents: for payment to George C. Maynard for electric bells furnished Bureau of Construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George C. Maynard.</p></sidenote> and Repair, sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Union Pacific Railroad Company.</p></sidenote> Union Pacific Railroad Company for transportation of books and charts, per report number two hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and eighty-five, all being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> contingent expenses, Naval Observatory, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-eight dollars and twenty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval establishment.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to the following newspapers for advertising proposals<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newspapers for advertising.</p></sidenote> for new steel cruisers for the United States Navy, in May, eighteen
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hundred and eighty-three, namely: Sunday Chronicle, Washington, ninety-nine dollars and forty-five cents; Sunday Herald, Washington, one hundred and twenty eight dollars and twenty-five cents; National Republican, Washington, one hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifty cents; in all, four hundred and twelve dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay, Navy, miscellaneous: To pay amounts found due by the accounting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses of officers.</p></sidenote> officers on account of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy traveling under orders, being for the service of the first half of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two thousand one hundred and ninety one dollars and eighty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy traveling under orders, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand five hundred and two dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy traveling under orders, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual expenses.</p></sidenote> actual expenses, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent, Marine Corps: To pay amounts found due by the accounting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote> officers on account of freight and transportation, being for the service <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay accounts on file for payment in Quartermaster’s Office,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s Office.</p></sidenote> namely: Frank B. Conger, postmaster, Washington, postage, thirty-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of accounts on file.</p></sidenote> dollars and seventy-two cents; John T. Howe, apprehending stragglers, twenty dollars; James Magee, apprehending deserter, twenty dollars; John Clifford, apprehending stragglers, ten dollars; H. Wilson, apprehending stragglers, twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and eight dollars and seventy-two cents, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers, on account of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight; transportation.</p></sidenote>freight and transportation, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, forty-eight dollars and ninety font cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Miscellaneous, Naval Academy: To pay amount found due by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p></sidenote> accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: To pay amounts found due by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote> the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, twenty-five dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six dollars and thirty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: To pay amounts found due by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two hundred and nine dollars and ninety-eight cents—</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: To pay amounts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting</p></sidenote> found due by the accounting officers on account of freight and transportation, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight and transportation.</p></sidenote> freight and transportation, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, sixty dollars and seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: To pay amounts found due<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: To pay amounts found<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, forty-five dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, thirty-seven dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: To pay amounts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.</p></sidenote> found due by the accounting officers on account of rations, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and three dollars and ninety-cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of rations, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, fifty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Steam-machinery, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: To pay amounts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam-Engineering.</p></sidenote> found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service, of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and fifty dollars and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Lieutenant W. H. Jaques, United States Navy, for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lieut. W. H. Jaques.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 28, ch. 97, p. 474.</p></sidenote> actual and necessary expenses incurred in obtaining information while performing the duties as secretary to the Gun Foundry Board organized by the President in accordance with the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reconstructing Interior Department (heating apparatus), eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reconstruction.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to the Central<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Central Pacific Railroad Company.</p></sidenote> Pacific Railroad Company on account of contingent expenses, General Land Office,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, forty-three dollars and eighty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public lands service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of clerks and draughtsmen in the office of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of clerks and draughtsmen.</p></sidenote> surveyor-general of New Mexico employed in the completion of surveys under contracts payable from deposits by individuals, for the survey of public lands, and the payment of other expenses connected therewith, three thousand seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries and commissions of registers of land offices, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> of public moneys at district land-offices, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses of the several land-offices twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> contingent expenses of land-offices, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, sixty-two dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depredations of public timber.</p></sidenote> depredations on public timber, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection of public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys on file, etc.</p></sidenote> or appropriation, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and also to furnish local land-offices with the same, three thousand dollars.
</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Expense of depositing public moneys: For expense of depositing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expense of depositing public moneys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying public lands.</p></sidenote> money received from the sale of public lands, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Surveying the public lands: To pay amount found due by the accounting officers on account of surveying public lands, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, five thousand three hundred and seventy-three dollars and six cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand and ninety-four dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Payment to the legal representatives of William M. Garvey : To pay<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William M. Garvey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to legal representatives of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> amount found due by the accounting officers to William M. Garvey, late receiver of public moneys at Cheyenne, Wyoming, three hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of this amount the sum of one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and twenty cents shall be carried to his credit on bis account as late disbursing agent to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, the amount due by him to that date.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Payment to Daniel Chaplin: To pay amount found due by the accounting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Daniel Chaplin, payment to.</p></sidenote>officers to Daniel Chaplin, late receiver of public moneys at La Grande, Oregon, one thousand and five dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Payment to P. J. Kaufman: To pay amount found due by the accounting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">P. J. Kaufman, payment to.</p></sidenote> officers to P. J. Kaufman, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama, ninety one dollars and twenty-five cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That this amount shall be carried to his credit on his account as acting disbursing agent.</proviso></p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>tenth census.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the office of the Tenth Census is hereby abolished, and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abolishment of office of Tenth Census.</p></sidenote> terms of office of the Superintendent and of all employees appointed under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, entitled “An act to provide for the taking of the tenth and subsequent censuses,” or of any subsequent act relating to the Tenth Census, shall cease and terminate from the date of the passage of this act; and no further expenditures, whether for salaries or expenses, shall be made on account of the Tenth Census, except as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work unfinished transferred to Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote>hereinafter provided. The unfinished work of the Tenth Census shall be completed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, to whom the records and other property of the Census Office shall be transferred ; and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to be appointed.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Interior is authorized to appoint from the date of the passage of this act, and for the term of one year from the date of such appointments, a clerical force for duty in said division, which force shall consist of one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three, who shall be a practical printer; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; and one copyist at nine hundred dollars per annum; and for the payment of the salaries of such force the sum of six thousand nine hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of unexpended balance.</p></sidenote>dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated ; and any balances of appropriations for the Tenth Census heretofore made which shall remain unexpended at the date of the passage of this act shall be applied to the liquidation of any liabilities for the work of the Tenth Census which have been incurred heretofore and remain unpaid at such date; but this provision shall not apply to any unexpended balance of the appropriation for printing the report of the Tenth Census made by act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, but such balance shall be applied as provided in that act. The foregoing provisions relating to the Tenth Census shall take effect from the passage of this act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of obligations outstanding prior to January first, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of obligations.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-five, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Miss Emma Dowell for clerical services rendered in the Interior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emma Dowell, payment to.</p></sidenote> Department in July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty nine dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Current expenses, Government Hospital for the Insane: To supply a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government Hospital for the Insane.</p></sidenote>deficiency in the appropriation for support of the Government Hospital for the Insane, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum : For the necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.</p></sidenote> alterations in the porches of the several buildings of the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum to make them a means of fire-escapes, to purchase two hundred feet of fire hose, and to replace the wainscot of two wards, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Furniture and fixtures, National Museum: To pay sundry bills for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Museum.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous fixtures and for glass for exhibition cases for the National <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and fixtures.</p></sidenote>Museum, being for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand eight hundred and ninety one dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Preservation of collections, National Museum : To meet expenses of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation of collections.</p></sidenote> receiving, packing, transporting to Washington, and installing, or storing, such new specimens and collections as may be presented to the United States at the New Orleans Exposition, to be available for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cost of restoring the collections sent to the New Orleans Exposition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoration of collection sent to New Orleans Exposition.</p></sidenote> to their proper places in the National Museum, including repair of cases and renewal of glass, to be available for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount to pay claims for material furnished and labor performed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to C. P. Schneider, M. W. Breman, James Thompson, and Albert Baughman.</p></sidenote> on irrigating ditch and flume at the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, in eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and prior years, namely : To C. P. Schneider, balance due, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-six cents; to M. W. Breman, balance due, one thousand and nineteen dollars and forty-four cents ; to James Thompson and Albert Baughman, balance due, seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety-four cents; in all, three thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount due to the Globe Printing Company of Saint Louis, Missouri,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Globe Printing Company of Saint Louis, Mo., payment to.</p></sidenote> for advertising proposals for Indian supplies and stock-cattle in March and April, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as per certificate of Second Comptroller, December twenty second, eighteen hundred and eighty four, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse the Creek Nation for liabilities incurred in defrayin<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creek Nation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to.</p></sidenote>g the expenses of its delegation while engaged in negotiating the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, so much of their funds erroneously used to pay expenses of taking a census in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, not exceeding the sum of one thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars, is hereby reappropriated from the amount of one thousand nine hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents of the appropriation provided for taking said census carried to the surplus fund.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers to adjust certain appropriations on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjustment of certain appropriations on books of the Department.</p></sidenote> the books of the Department, the sum of seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy-seven cents is hereby reappropriated, six hundred and twenty eight dollars and seventy seven cents thereof to be carried to the credit of the appropriation, “ Fulfilling treaties with
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Creeks, proceeds of lands,” and one hundred dollars to “Payment to certain Creek Indians for individual reserves sold, and so forth,” being amounts found due these appropriations in the adjustment of the accounts of W. H. Garrett, late Indian agent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osage Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to heirs of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1877, vol. 19, ch. 101, p. 292.</p></sidenote> pay to the heirs of certain Osage Indians killed while on a hunt on Medicine Lodge Creek, in eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the balance on hand of the sum of five thousand dollars appropriated by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, “ to reimburse the Osages for losses sustained, and in accordance with pledges by their agent,” amounting to two thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty cents, which is hereby reappropriated for this purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshone Indians, Wyoming.</p></sidenote> Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 434, p.341</p></sidenote>out the provisions of the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for appraisement of certain lands belonging to Omaha <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Daniel Duggan, Henry Fontanelle, and estate of John B. Detweiler.</p></sidenote>Indians in Nebraska, being amounts due for services rendered by Daniel Duggan, Henry Fontanelle, and estate of John B. Detweiler, commissioners for appraisement, said sum to be reimbursed to the United States out-of the proceeds of the sale of said lands, three hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount, or as much thereof as may be necessary for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Dunnell, relief of.</p></sidenote> relief of Mary Dunnell, for boarding an insane Chippewa Indian girl, at the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, during eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount due Thomas C. Power<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas C. Power, payment to.</p></sidenote> for transporting Indian supplies under contract, as per certificate of Second Comptroller, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, sixteen dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount due Thomas 0. Power for transporting Indian supplies under contract, as per certificates of the Second Comptroller, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For this amount due Albert E. Whyland for transporting Indian supplies<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert E. Whyland, payment to.</p></sidenote> under contract, as per certificate of Second Comptroller, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and two dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Support of schools: For difference between amount appropriated and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of schools.</p></sidenote> one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each of one hundred and twenty Indian pupils at Hampton School during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty five, one thousand and forty dollars; for additional amount for transportation of pupils to and from said school for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one thousand dollars ; in all, two thousand and forty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>Contingent expenses: For this amount to pay bills for advertising for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote> the Post Office Department, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>postal service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wrapping-paper: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrapping-paper.</p></sidenote> wrapping paper, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wrapping twine: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for Cotton,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrapping-twine.</p></sidenote> jute, and hemp twines, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Free-delivery service: To pay substitute letter-carriers for service of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free-delivery service.</p></sidenote>carriers on leave, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Railroad transportation : To supply a deficiency in the appropriation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad transportation.</p></sidenote> for transportation on railroad routes, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clerks in post-offices : To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks in post-offices.</p></sidenote> clerks in post-offices, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Railway post-office car service : To supply a deficiency in the appropriation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post-office-car service.</p></sidenote> for railway post-office-car service, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transportation of foreign mails : The Postmaster-General is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Panama Rail way Company for transportation of mails.</p></sidenote> authorized to pay to the Panama Railway Company, for transportation of mails across the Isthmus of Panama, out of the appropriation for transportation of foreign mails for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, not exceeding three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Railway-post-office-car service: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for rail way-post-office-car service, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundre<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway post-office-car service.</p></sidenote>d and eighty-four, six thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ship, steamboat, and way letters: For this amount expended by postmasters<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship, steamboat, and way letters.</p></sidenote> in excess of appropriation, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Compensation of postmasters: Amount retained by postmasters in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters.</p></sidenote> excess of appropriation, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and thirty three thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars and eighty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stationery: for amount of authorized expenditure in excess of appropriation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, two hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers of the Treasury to settle the accounts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seymour W. Tullock, settlement of accounts of.</p></sidenote> of Seymour W. Tullock, late acting postmaster at Washington, District of Columbia, on account of stationery for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, three hundred and two dollars and thirty one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for stationery to the postmaster at Richmond, Virginia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance of Stationery to postmaster at Richmond, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad transportation.</p></sidenote> on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eighty-five dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Railroad transportation: To pay amounts found due on account of railroad transportation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and forty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office furniture: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office furniture.</p></sidenote> furniture for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six thousand three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clerk-hire: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for clerk hire<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk-hire.</p></sidenote> for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for clerk hire to postmaster at Richmond Virginia on account of fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three two hundred and twenty five dollars and fifty cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For balance of expenses incurred by E. B. Dawson, late postmaster,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. B. Dawson.</p></sidenote> Boonton, New Jersey, in connection with pursuit of parties who robbed the post office in Boonton, New Jersey, in April eighteen hundred and eighty three twenty eight dollars and eighty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Compensation of postmasters : for this amount retained by postmasters<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of postmasters.</p></sidenote> as compensation, less counter-entries, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty two and prior years, four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The foregoing sums for the postal service shall be payable from the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foregoing sums for postal service payable from postal revenues of respective years.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William E. Blunt, credit account of.</p></sidenote> postal revenues of the respective years to which they are properly chargeable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Postmaster-Generals hereby authorized to credit the account of William E. Blunt, postmaster at Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the sum
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of two thousand three hundred dollars, being the value of the postage stamps stolen from his office during the night of October thirty-first eighteen hundred and eighty three, he, having accounted to the United States for the amount of said stamps.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, as follows, being deficiencies on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, being deficiencies on account of fiscal year 1884.</p></sidenote> the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four: For furniture and re pairs, eight hundred and eighty-four dollars and eighty cents ; for Stationery, six hundred and five dollars and ninety five cents; for horses and wagons, twelve dollars and twenty-five cents; for miscellaneous items; one thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-eight cents, in all two thousand seven hundred and sixty six dollars and eighty eight cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, as follows, being deficiencies on account of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, being deficiencies on account of fiscal year 1883.</p></sidenote> the year eighteen-hundred and eighty three: For furniture and repairs, three hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty cents; for horses and wagons, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and ten cents; for miscellaneous items, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty-one cents; in all, six hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Attorney-General to pay the State asylum for the care<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State asylum, Auburn, N. Y., payment to.</p></sidenote> of insane criminals at Auburn, New York, for the United States convicts for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>judicial.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paul Strobach.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, forty thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the accounting officers to settle the accounts of Paul Strobach,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts.</p></sidenote> late United States marshal for southern district of Alabama, from April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty four to May twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, in the manner prescribed by law for the settlement of United States marshals’ accounts, so much money as may be necessary for this purpose, not exceeding nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to settle and pay the accounts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward S. Kearney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement and payment of accounts.</p></sidenote> of Edward S. Kearney, late United States marshal of the district of Oregon, from March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four to August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars and forty-six cents, or so much thereof as shall be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of district attorneys and their assistants, forty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys and assistants.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of district attorneys and their assistants being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Andrews and Thornburg on account of fees of District<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Andrews and Thornbnrg, payment to.</p></sidenote> attorneys and their assistants, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, two thousand three hundred and sixty seven dollars and five cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of district attorneys and their assistants, being a deficiency<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys and assistants.</p></sidenote> for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of S. F. Rice on account of fees of district attorneys<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S. F. Rico, payment to.</p></sidenote> and their assistants, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for clerks.</p></sidenote></p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners and justices of the peace acting as Commissioners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for commissioners and justices of the peace.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners and justices of the peace acting as Commissioners being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four five thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners and justices of the peace acting as commissioners, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, fifty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for jurors.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, one hundred thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for witnesses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of United States court rooms, being a deficiency for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of United States court rooms.</p></sidenote> fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, three thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, being a deficiency for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah.</p></sidenote> fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Hallet Kilbourn, of Washington City, the sum of twenty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hallet Kilbourn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> dollars, with interest thereon from the twenty-sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and the further sum of one hundred and forty-three dollars and seventeen cents cost, the same being the amount of the judgement rendered in favor of the said Kilbourn against John G. Thompson, late Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John G. Thompson the sum of five thousand dollars being the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John G. Thompson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> sum allowed him for expenses, labor, and attention in respect to the said case.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Shellabarger and Wilson, of Washington City, attorneys at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shellabarger A Wilson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walter H. Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> law, two thousand dollars, for professional services in the above case.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Walter H. Smith, of Washington City, one thousand dollars, for fees for services rendered in said case.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING</heading>
<content>For printing and binding as follows: For the Interior Department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department, State Department, and Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>fifty thousand dollars; for the State Department, five thousand dollars; and for the Court of Claims four thousand dollars; in all, fifty-nine thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AT WORLDS INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION AT NEW ORLEANS.</heading>
<content>That any surplus arising from appropriations made to either of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of surplus of appropriation from World’s Industrial Exhibition from any one Department to other Departments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 207.</p></sidenote> Departments by act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for participation in the World’s Industrial Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, may be used for the purpose of liquidating the indebtedness of any other Department, subject to the provision affecting the same in the sundry civil appropriation bill passed this session.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SENATE</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of officers and employees for fiscal year eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of officers and employés.</p></sidenote> and eighty-five, seven thousand three hundred and four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and wagons, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding documents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For folding documents, one thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs, seven thousand dollars</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of investigations ordered by Senate.</p></sidenote> fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, four hundred and forty four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, fifteen thousand dollars; and that the four select committee clerks now employed by. the Senate and paid out of this appropriation be paid the same compensation and for the same period as is provided for the payment of session clerks employed by the Senate</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerks to Senators, six thousand eight hundred and fifty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Senators.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, twenty seven thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C. H. Hitchcock.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay C H. Hitchcock for services as messenger from eighteenth day of April to thirty-first of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and ten dollars and seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay Thomas W. Manchester for services as messenger from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas W. Manchester.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beverly Hudnell.</p></sidenote> fifteenth day of April to thirty-first of July eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and twenty-five dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Beverly Hudnell for services as laborer from fifteenth day of May to thirty-first of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For W. P. Brownlow for extra services in folding room up to May<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. P. Brownlow.</p></sidenote> twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Ross Broadhead for extra services as clerk in folding-room from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rosa Broadhead.</p></sidenote>July first, eighteen hundred and eighty four, to January first, eighteen hundred and eighty five, two hundred dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For W. H. May for services as messenger from first of August, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. H. May.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-four, to thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For A. A. Johnson for extra services as skilled laborer and acting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. A. Johnson.</p></sidenote> messenger from January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five hundred and seventy-four dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For W. B. Clark for extra services as laborer up to March fourth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. B. Clark.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Geo F. Potter, an employee of the Senate post-office, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geo. F. Potter.</p></sidenote> hundred and twenty’ dollars, being the difference between the pay of a laborer and that of a clerk from February sixth eighteen hundred and eighty four, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to T. B. Keleher from December, in eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. B. Kelcher.</p></sidenote> and eighty two to February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as skilled laborer and acting messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For newspapers and stationery, eight hundred and seventy five dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newspapers ; Stationery.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for session employes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Session employée.</p></sidenote> of the House, as follows: For committee clerks, one thousand three hundred and two dollars; for pages, five hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents; for messengers in the post office, eighty-six dollars and sixty cents; for laborers, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars; for cloakroom men, ninety dollars and thirty-two cents; in all two thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance to the parties named below in full of expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowances t o parties in full of expenses incurred by them in contested-election cases.</p></sidenote> incurred by them in contested-election cases: To Martin Maginnis, one thousand five hundred dollars; A. C. Botkin, one thousand two hundred dollars; J. O. Broad head, one thousand dollars; J. H. McLean, one thousand
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dollars; and to Geo. H. Craig, seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay George H. Craig for allowance for stationery for first session of the Forty-eighth Congress, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Charles M. Shelley in full for expenses incurred in his contested election case, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay G. Sessinghaus balance of allowance for newspapers and Stationery due him as a member of the Forty-seventh Congress, two hun- and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to Patrick V. Dolan the difference between the pay as laborer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick V. Dolan.</p></sidenote> at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum and that of a messenger at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day from June sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, six hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay George W. Bauman a sum equal to one month’s pay as assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> file clerk of the House, one hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger to the official reporters from March fourth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geo. W. Bauman.</p></sidenote> year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Clarence W. De Knight in full for services as a page in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messenger to official reporters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> House of Representatives from and including December third to and including December tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at two dollars and fifty cents per day, together with a sum equal to one month’s pay as a page, ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Harry Neal for services as messenger to the Speaker’s room,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarence W. De Knight.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> in addition to his pay as a laborer, from December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and from December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at the rate of forty dollars per month, four hundred and nine dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Henry Dunlap for services rendered to the Committee on Ways<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harry Neal.</p></sidenote> and Means, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of the late J. H. Enns the amount of salary for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Dunlap.</p></sidenote> unexpired term of bis service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of the late W. A. Duncan the amount of salary for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Widow of J. H. Evins, deceased.</p></sidenote> the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-eighth Congress, one thousand five hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay James Hall for services rendered as laborer in the Doorkeeper’s<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Widow of W. A Duncan, deceased.</p></sidenote> department from July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, fifty six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Rider Henry and John J Coughlin for services rendered in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Hall.</p></sidenote> the Clerk’s document-room, two hundred and forty two dollars and fifty cents each; in all, four hundred and eighty-five dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Charles H. Evans for compilation of statistics of foreign commodities<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rider Henry and John J. Coughlin.</p></sidenote> imported and entered for consumption in the United States, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chas. H. Evans.</p></sidenote> Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of their respective Houses borne on the annual and sessions rolls on the third day of March eighteen hundred and eighty-five, including the Capitol Police, one months extra pay at the compensation then paid them by law, which sums shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse the Clerk of the House of Representatives for postage-stamps,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra pay to employees Senate and louse of Representatives, including Capitol police.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage, House of Representatives.</p></sidenote> seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Clerk of the House to pay each of the pages borne upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance due pages.</p></sidenote> the rolls at the close of the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress
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the balance due them for the remaining twenty-four days of the month<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 278.</p></sidenote> of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, under resolutions of the House, adopted July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars which sum shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk to continue the work of making consolidated index of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk—indexing Southern claims, under Bowman act.</p></sidenote> the Southern Claims Commission reports and claims referred to the court, of Claims under the Bownnan act, and authorized by resolution of the House July third, eighteen hundred and eighty four, from March fourth to December first, eighteen hundred and eighty five, at six dollars per day.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Willis H. Allen, assistant clerk of the Committee on Ways<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Willis H. Allen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> and Means, for additional compensation, four hundred dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one page in the Clerks office under the resolution of the House,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Page in clerk’s office.</p></sidenote> of December third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, from March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to December seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty five, at the rate of two dollars per day, five hundred and fifty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Fred C Peck, additional compensation for services rendered <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fred C. Peck.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>the Committee on Invalid Pensions of the House of Representatives during the present session of Congress, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To defray the necessary expenses of a select committee of the House<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of select committee of the House of Representatives to inquire as to capacity of steel-producing works of the United States.</p></sidenote> of Representatives raised under a resolution of the House adopted on July sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to inquire as to the capacity of steel producing works in the United States, and for other purposes, five thousand dollars, said sum to be payable on the draft of the chairman of said committee in sums not exceeding one thousand dollars at any one time and said committee with its present membership is continued as a commission until Jany first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and said sum shall be immediately available.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of history of insects injurious to agriculture.</p></sidenote> on account of investigating the history of insects injurious to agriculture, being a deficiency for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eight dollars and ten cents.</content>
</appropriations></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">That for the payment of a portion of the claims certified to be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims certified to he due, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1874, vol. 18, ch. 328, p. 110.</p></sidenote> due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balance of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 254.</p></sidenote>and eighty-four and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document number one Hundred and Fifty-three, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, and for other items there is appropriated as follows:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by First Comptroller.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">state department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, consular service.</p></sidenote> prior years one thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars, and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of United States consulates eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> eighty-two and prior years, seventy dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief and protection of American seamen.</p></sidenote> and prior years, thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>treasury department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of stamps.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Internal revenue:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For redemption of stamps, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding taxes illegally collected, prior to July first eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of taxes.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-two, eight thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding taxes illegally collected under the direct tax laws, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty four dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessments, etc., of revenues.</p></sidenote> hundred and seventy-five and prior years, one hundred and two dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collectors.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-two and prior years, forty-four dollars and sixty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of supervisors and subordinate officers of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervisors, etc.</p></sidenote> internal revenue, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, twelve dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, etc.</p></sidenote> revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, four hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violation of internal-revenue laws.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Miscellaneous objects:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For labor and expenses of engraving and printing, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and printing.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, two hundred and thirty-four dollars, and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding to national banking associations excess of duty, prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund excess of duty to national banking associations.</p></sidenote> to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two one thousand and nine dollars and five cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, General Land Office, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, General Land Office.</p></sidenote> eighty-two and prior years, nineteen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Public-land service.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public land service.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of land-offices, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, land-offices.</p></sidenote> eighty-two and prior years, thirty five dollars and thirty two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers and receivers.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-two and prior years, four hundred and ninety-five dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depredations on public timber.</p></sidenote> and prior years, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examinations of the public surveys, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations of public surveys.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one hundred and thirty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses office of surveyor-general of Louisiana,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, office surveyor-general, Louisiana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general, Utah.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying public and private lands.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, one dollar.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses office of surveyor-general of Utah, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, twelve dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, two thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying public and private lands, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, ninety-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five, three, and two per centum fund to States, prior to July first,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Five, three, and two per centum fund to States.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty two, except the claim numbered thirty-
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five thousand two hundred and fifty-one, twelve thousand three hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote> and seventy-six dollars and three cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>department of justice.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses of marshals United States courts, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals United States courts.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, two thousand and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners United States courts, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners United States courts.</p></sidenote> eighty-two and prior years, seven hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> and prior years, sixty-five dollars and forty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p></sidenote> and prior years, sixty-two dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote>and prior years, two hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p></sidenote> and prior years, three thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of court rooms, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of courtrooms.</p></sidenote> and prior years, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, eighteen hundred and eighty two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial courts, Utah.</p></sidenote>and prior years, fifty-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of supervisors of elections, prior to July first eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervisors of elections.</p></sidenote> and eighty two, thirty five dollars</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life Saving service.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, thirty-one dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of light-house keepers, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">light-house keepers.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, prior to July<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of collecting revenue from customs.</p></sidenote> first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two twenty-five thousand and twenty eight dollars and four cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">war department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty under act July 28, 1866, vol. 14, ch. 296, p. 322.</p></sidenote> and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty to volunteers, widows, and legal heirs.</p></sidenote> hundred and senty-one and prior years, forty-seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two and three year volunteers, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two and three year volunteers, pay of.</p></sidenote> seventy-one and prior years, five thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of volunteers (Mexican war) eighteen hundred and seventy-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteers (Mexican war).</p></sidenote> and prior years, twenty-two dollars and sixty cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers prior to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses California and Nevada volunteers prior to July 1, 1882.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Army, 1882 and prior years.</p></sidenote> July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, five thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies of Army.</p></sidenote>and prior years, two hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of military convicts, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military convicts.</p></sidenote> and prior years, three hundred and thirty-five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical and Hospital department.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy-cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law, prior to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law.</p></sidenote> July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and forty-one dollars and two cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings at agencies and repairs, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings at agencies, and repairs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies, Indian Department.</p></sidenote> and prior years, two hundred and one dollars and fifty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Indian Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, two thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses Indian service in Arizona, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian service, Arizona, incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, three thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses Indian service in California, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses Indian service in Nevada, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, nine hundred and fifty three dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses Indian service in Oregon, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian service, Oregon, incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, three thousand four hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of Indian agents, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian agents.</p></sidenote> years, nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of interpreters, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters.</p></sidenote> years, one hundred and nine dollars and fifty one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, thirteen thousand nine hundred and five dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indians of Fort Peck Agency, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians of Fort Peek Agency.</p></sidenote> eighty-two and prior years, two hundred and eleven dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraphing, Indian supplies.</p></sidenote> Nebraska, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, one thousand nine hundred and ten dollars and forty cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of Indian supplies.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one thousand and sixty-two dollars and ninety cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army pensions.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Army pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, eight hundred and sixty seven dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/474">474</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund to States expenses of raising volunteers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenth installment of war claim of Massachusetts.</p></sidenote> thousand six hundred and forty three dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the tenth installment of the war claim of the State of Massachusetts, thirty thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the twenty-fifth installment of the war claim of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twenty-fifth installment of war claim of Ohio.</p></sidenote> State of Ohio, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the twelfth installment of the war claim of the State<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twelfth installment of war claim of Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote> of Pennsylvania, four thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reimbursement to certain States and Territories for expenses in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to certain States and Territories for expenses in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twenty per centum additional compensation.</p></sidenote> repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities, three hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and eight dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty per centum additional compensation, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Signal Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service.</p></sidenote> one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For national cemeteries, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National cemeteries.</p></sidenote> one dollar and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, camp, and garrison equipage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island bridge, Rock Island. Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation and repair of fortifications.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of officers and baggage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, transportation, etc., of Oregon and Washington volunteers.</p></sidenote>twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Rock Island bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, forty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For preservation and repair of fortifications, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, two hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of officers and their baggage, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, thirteen dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, three hundred and ninety dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence of Army.</p></sidenote> prior years, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermasters Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s Department, regular supplies.</p></sidenote> prior years, one thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars and seventy-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, two thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation.</p></sidenote> grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, twelve thousand eight hundred and five dollars and ninety five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p></sidenote> prior years, one thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses for cavalry and artillery, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses for cavalry and artillery.</p></sidenote> and prior years, four thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and other property lost in military service.</p></sidenote> July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, except the claims certified under this appropriation as set forth on pages forty-three and forty-four of said Executive Document Number-One Hundred and Fifty-three, sixty thousand seven hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claims allowed by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims allowed un-</p></sidenote> the Third Auditor and Second Comptroller under act of March third,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/475">475</page>
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for horses and other property lost in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">der act March 3, 1849, vol. 9, ch. 79, p. 414.</p></sidenote> the military service, as reported in Senate Executive Document Number One Hundred and one, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, by the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States.</p></sidenote> to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, ten thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Navy.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, six thousand three hundred and three dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> years, four thousand and nineteen dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, Marine Corps, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote> eighty-two, eight hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Navy, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent, Navy.</p></sidenote> years, two thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars and ninety-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent, Marine Corps.</p></sidenote> prior years, eighty-two dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation and recruiting.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for the reduction of wages under the eight hour law,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two eleven dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, five hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of yards and docks, Bureau of Yards and Docks, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, fifty-three dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Construction and Repair.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, nine hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For increase and repairs, Bureau of Construction and Repair, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, seventy-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, three hundred and sixty-six dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> and prior years, three hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-two and prior years, six hundred and nine dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent. Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen hundred and eighty-two anti prior years, nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two and prior years, twelve dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, prior to July first,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounties.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand five hundred and one dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lost clothing.</p></sidenote> and eighty-two, two thousand two hundred and five dollars and one cent.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/476">476</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims for difference between actual expenses and mileage.</p></sidenote> mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of the United States versus Graham, two hundred and nine thousand five hundred and thirty eight dollars and thirty-six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deficiency in the postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency; postal revenues.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote> and prior years, except the claims numbered twelve hundred and three, one hundred and thirty-seven, seventy four, seventy-seven, and one hundred and thirty-eight, twenty thousand nine hundred and ninety-four dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of postmasters readjusted under act of March third,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation o: postmasters read justed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, ch. 142, p. 600.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-three, payable from deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years including all such claims readjusted up to February fourteenth eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain claims.</p></sidenote>hundred and seventy eight thousand four hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty three cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the said sums herein provided for and allowed under said act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be paid directly to the parties named, respectively, in said Executive Document Number One Hundred and Fifty-three.</proviso></p>
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</appropriations></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">That for the payment of certain claims set forth in House Exutive Document Number Fifty-five, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, as follows:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by First Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">treasury department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one thousand two hundred and seventy-six dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>interior department.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Secretary of Interior.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public-land service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological Survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying private lands in New Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses. Office of surveyor-general, Nebraska and Iowa.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, office of Secretary of the Interior, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twelve dollars and ninety-eight cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public-land service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Geological Survey, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, forty-six dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying private land-claims in New Mexico, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two hundred and eight dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, seventy-seven dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Florida, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-one and prior years, ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Colorado, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>department of justice.</heading>
<content>For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p></sidenote> prior years, one hundred and thirty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/477">477</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. War Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies of the Army.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For draft and substitute fund, eighteen hundred and seventy-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draft and substitute fund.</p></sidenote> and prior years, one hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of volunteers (Mexican war), eighteen hundred and seventy-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of volunteers (Mexican War).</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses California and Nevada volunteers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prevention, etc., of Indian hostilities.</p></sidenote> and prior years, fifty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, nineteen dollars and six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarter master’s Department; regular supplies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, five hundred and twenty dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and eight dollars and ninety seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote> prior years, except the claim numbered sixty-six thousand four hundred and seventy-six in said Executive Document Number Fifty-five; one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars and forty seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses for cavalry and artillery, eighteen hundred and eighty one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses for cavalry, etc.</p></sidenote> and prior years, five thousand three hundred and forty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing, camp and garrison equipage, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, camp, and garrison equipage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence of Army.</p></sidenote> eighty-one and prior years, fifty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, three thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, transportation, etc., of Oregon and Washington Volunteers.</p></sidenote> volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, one thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Rogue River Indian war, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rogue River Indian War.</p></sidenote> eighty-one, eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty per centum additional compensation, prior to July first,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twenty per centum additional compensation.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller, Navy Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, except the claims set forth in said Executive Document Number Fifty-five, on pages twenty six and twenty seven, beginning with the claim numbered six thousand and seventy one and extending down to the claim numbered sixty one hundred and eight, inclusive, six thousand one hundred and ten dollars and ninety five cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> years, two thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of Marine Corps, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote> eighty-one, three hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/478">478</page><centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHT CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359, 360. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Construction and Repair.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty one and prior years, five hundred and twelve dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.</p></sidenote> and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chapter 360: making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>360.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for sundry civil expenses for year ending June 30, 1886,</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, namely:
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER LEGISLATIVE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">botanic garden.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bontanic Garden.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For concreting walks, reconstructing plant-house numbered thirteen with iron ribs, extending water supplies, and for general repairs, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment, under the final award made by the late French and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims of French citizens against U. 8. Government.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1880, vol. 21, art. 10, p. 678.</p></sidenote> American Claims Commission against the United States, of the claims of French citizens against this Government, under the treaty of January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, between this country and France, five hundred and ninety-four thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and four cents, being the amount of said awards after the deduction provided for in the tenth article of the convention between France and the United States concluded on the fifteenth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">International boundary survey, United States and Mexico: To enable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International boundary survey. United States and Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol, 21, p. 986.</p></sidenote>the President to execute the engagements of the convention of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico, providing for an international boundary survey to relocate the existing frontier-line between the two countries west of the Rio Grande, one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the President to bestow testimonials, as recommended in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimonials, etc., to officers and subjects of the Russian Government for aid to survivors of the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition and “relief party.”</p></sidenote> his message of January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, upon those officers and subjects of the Russian Government who extended aid comfort to the survivors of the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition and assistance to the parties dispatched by the Government of the United States to relieve and succor the said survivors, and to convey to the Government and people of Russia an expression of the high appreciation in which the Government and people of the United States hold the humane services so rendered, the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHT CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 360. 1885</centerRunningHead><page identifier="/us/stat/23/479">479</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">public buildings.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Abingdon, Virginia: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abingdon, Va.</p></sidenote> under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fitting up the building known as the “clubhouse,” Sitka, Alaska,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sitka, Alaska.</p></sidenote> as a temporary jail, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing Government building for courtroom at Sitka, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing Government building for courtroom at Wrangel, five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrangel.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing courtroom and jail at Ounalaska, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ounalaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Junean City.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For constructing a frame or log courthouse and jail at Juneau City, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Baltimore, Maryland: For continuation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore, Md.</p></sidenote>of building, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For not exceeding one-half the cost of constructing stone abutments<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bangor, Me.</p></sidenote> and piers for the protection of the United States customhouse and post-office building, and approaches, situated in the Kenduskeag Stream, at Bangor, in the State of Maine, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, the expense of such works to be borne in equal proportions by the United States and by said city of Bangor: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the plan of construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> of said works shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury :</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided, further</i>, That the entire amount to be thus contributed by the United States shall not. exceed the sum hereby appropriated.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Old United States courthouse, Boston, Mass., to be sold at public auction.</p></sidenote> to sell at public auction, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice in six of the principal newspapers published in the city of Boston, the land and premises known as the old United States courthouse in said city, on the corner of Tremont street and Temple Place, the time and place of said sale in said city to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at a date not later than ninety days after the passage of this act, and at a price not less than two hundred and twenty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of price.</p></sidenote> dollars, with power to reject any or all bids and to readvertise and offer the said property in like manner as often as may lie necessary to secure the value thereof; and the cost to be paid from proceeds of sale. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause inquiry to be made as to the value of this property; and if it shall appear that the price above named is inadequate, lie is authorized and directed to appoint a board<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of board authorized to assess property if Secretary of Treasury deems above-named price too small.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> of three persons in the employ of the United States to assess the value of the said property, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, when the sum fixed by this board shall be the minimum price at which the property may be thus sold.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and subtreasury at Boston, Massachusetts: For completion, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Brooklyn, New York; For continuation of building<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brooklyn, N. Y.</p></sidenote> under present limit, one hundred and thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and post-office at Buffalo, New York: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> of building under present limit, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Cairo, Illinois: For completing hospital buildings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cairo, Ill.</p></sidenote> seven thousand dollars; and for filling and grading, twenty thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Charleston, West Virginia: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, W Va.</p></sidenote> completion of the building and to meet outstanding liabilities, one thousand one hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and subtreasury at Chicago, Illinois: For cleaning<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Ill.</p></sidenote> and pointing stonework and extensive repairs necessary for preservation of the building, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/480">480</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse at Cleveland, Ohio: For completion of repairs <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote>and remodeling, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Columbus, Ohio: For extension and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus, Ohio.</p></sidenote> completion of building, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For making the public building at Harrisonburg, Virginia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrisonburg, Va.</p></sidenote> fireproof, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For making the public building at Abingdon, Virginia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abingdon, Va.</p></sidenote>fireproof, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlarging the plan of the public building at Lynchburg, Virginia, and making<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynchburg, Va.</p></sidenote> the same fireproof, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Concord, New Hampshire: For completion under present<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Concord, N. H.</p></sidenote> limit, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuation of public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa, fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Council Bluffs, Iowa,</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Dallas, Texas. For completion of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas, Texas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site included.</p></sidenote> the building, twenty-five thousand dollars; and the cost of said building, including site, shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Denver, Colorado: For continuation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denver, Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit, Mich</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 187, p. 96.</p></sidenote> of building, twenty eight thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the execution of the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Detroit Michigan,” approved May twenty-fifth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or for the execution of the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ante, p. 338.</p></sidenote>erection of a public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine according to law, two hundred thousand dollars, under the limit of existing law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Des Moines, Iowa: For extension<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines, Iowa.</p></sidenote> and completion, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse at Dubuque, Iowa: For approaches, grading,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dubuque.</p></sidenote> fencing, and paving, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Frankfort, Kentucky: For paving,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frankfort, Ky.</p></sidenote> fences, and grading approaches, seven thousand five hundred dollars; and for retaining-wall of lot, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Fort Wayne, Indiana: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Wayne, Ind.</p></sidenote> of building, sixty thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twelve cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, out of any money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston, Tex.; purchase of site.</p></sidenote> heretofore appropriated for the purpose of purchasing a site and erecting a public building in the city of Galveston, Texas, to purchase and acquire three additional lots of ground adjoining those already purchased fora public building in Galveston, Texas, as he may deem necessary, at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse at Galveston, Texas: For completion under present<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston, Tex.</p></sidenote> limit, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Greensboro, North Carolina: For approaches,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greensboro, N. C.</p></sidenote> grading, fencing, and paving, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Hannibal, Missouri: For completion of building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hannibal, Mo.</p></sidenote> fifty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Harrisonburg, Virginia: For approaches,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrisonburg, Va.</p></sidenote> grading, fencing, and paving, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Jackson, Tennessee: For approaches, grading,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jackson, Tenn.</p></sidenote> fencing and paving, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court house and post-office at Jefferson City, Missouri: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jefferson City, Mo.</p></sidenote> of the building, thirty-two thousand dollars; and the entire cost of said building, including site, shall not exceed one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom house and post-office at Kansas City, Missouri: For com-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City, Mo.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/481">481</page>
pletion of approaches, clock, and sewer connections, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Marquette, Michigan, For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marquette, Mich</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keokuk, Iowa.</p></sidenote> under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court house and post office at Keokuk Iowa: For purchase of site and completion of building, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and post office at Saint Joseph, Missouri: For continuation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph, Mo.</p></sidenote>of building, fifty thousand dollars; and the entire cost of said building and approaches, including site, shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Louisville, Kentucky, For continuation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisville, Ky.</p></sidenote>two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Lynchburg, Virginia, For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynchburg, Va.</p></sidenote>of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Leavenworth, Kansas: For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leavenworth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Macon, Ga.</p></sidenote>of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court house and post-office at Macon, Georgia: For purchase of site and commencement, of building, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Montgomery, Alabama: For tower-clock <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montgomery, Ala.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>and completion of approaches, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, internal-revenue, and other Government offices at Minneapolis, Minnesota, For continuation of building, one hundred and ten thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the entire cost of such building shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom house at New Orleans, Louisiana: For repairs, plumbing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p></sidenote>and drainage, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post office and courthouse at Peoria, Illinois: For continuation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Peoria, Ill.</p></sidenote>of building seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Poughkeepsie, New York: For completion of building, thirty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Poughkeepsie, N. Y.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to sell <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale at public auction of premises known as the old courthouse and post-office.</p></sidenote>at public auction, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice in four of the principal newspapers published in the city of Philadelphia, in one or more lots, the laud and premises known as the old court house and post-office in said city, lying upon Chestnut street and extending back to Library street, and between Fourth and Fifth streets and adjoining the present customhouse site in said city; the time and place of said sale in said city to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at a date not later than ninety days after the passage of this act, and at a price not less than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of price.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars, with power to reject any or all bids and to readvertise and offer the said property in like manner as often as may be necessary to secure the value thereof, and the cost to be paid from the proceeds of sale; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause inquiry to be made as to the value of this property, and if it shall appear that the price above named is inadequate, he is authorized and directed to appoint a board of three persons in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of board authorized to assess property if Secretary of Treasury deems limit too small.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy, Ill.</p></sidenote> employ of the United States to assess the value of the said property, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury’, when the sum fixed by’ this board shall be the minimum price at which the property may be thus sold.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Quincy, Illinois: For completion of building, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Reading, Pennsylvania: For purchase of site and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reading, Pa.</p></sidenote> completion of building, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For public building at Richmond, Virginia: For enlargement of building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Va.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Rochester, New York: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochester, N. Y.</p></sidenote> under present limit, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Sacramento, California: For purchase of site and completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacramento, Cal.</p></sidenote> of building, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/482">482</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Saint Louis, Missouri: For laundry house and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis, Mo.</p></sidenote> laundry apparatus complete, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Shreveport, Louisiana: For approaches<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shreveport, La.</p></sidenote>, grading, fencing, and paving, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and courthouse at Syracuse, New York : For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Syracuse, N. Y.</p></sidenote>of building, fifty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Terre Haute, Indiana: For completion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terre Haute, Ind.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo, Ohio.</p></sidenote> under present limit, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For customhouse and courthouse at Toledo, Ohio: For completion of building under present limit, seventy-two thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-two cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court house and post office at Troy, New York: For purchase of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Troy, N. Y.</p></sidenote> site and commencing the erection of building, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Tyler, Texas: For purchase of site<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tyler, Tex.</p></sidenote> and completion of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Wichita, Kansas: For purchase of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wichita, Kans.</p></sidenote> site and completion of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Williamsport, Pennsylvania: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Williamsport, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Scott, Kans.</p></sidenote> completion of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at Fort Scott, Kansas: For purchase of site and erection of building thereon, fifty thousand, dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the appropriations herein made for approaches, grading, fencing, and paving for public buildings shall be so expended as to complete the object of said appropriations.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia : Extensive<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury building, Washington, D. C. ; repairs to roof, etc.</p></sidenote> repairs to roof, six thousand four hundred dollars; and annual re pairs to Treasury building eight thousand six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc., of public buildings, under control of Treasury Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Hospitals.</p></sidenote> of customhouses, courthouses, post-offices, and other public buildings under the control of Treasury Department, one hundred and sixty-two thousand, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Public Printer, with the approval of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storehouse for reception of material connected with Public Printing-Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of building to be under supervision of architect of U. S. Capitol.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montpelier, Vt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> the Interior, to purchase a site in the vicinity of the Public Printing Office, and to erect thereon a storehouse for the reception of certain material connected with the Public Printing Office, fifteen thousand dollars; the storehouse to be erected under the supervision of the Architect of the United States Capitol; the cost of the site and building not to exceed the sum herein appropriated, which may be available from the passage of this act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at Montpelier, in the State of Vermont, a substantial and commodious public building, with fire proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>court house, and internal-revenue office. The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of seventy-five thousand dollars;. and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of Vermont shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/483">483</page>
for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska City, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost.</p></sidenote> and directed to procure a proper site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, with fire proof vaults, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, for the accommodation of the United States district court, post-office, and other Government offices in said city, at a cost not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, including cost of site; and the said sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose herein mentioned: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no money shall be used or applied for the purpose<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> mentioned until a valid title to the land for the site of such building shall be vested in the United States; and no expenditure of money shall be made on the building proposed to be erected on said site until the State of Nebraska shall duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, and shall cede jurisdiction over the same during the time that the United States shall remain the owner thereof.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, Del.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation for the United States circuit and district courts, post-office, and other Government offices, at the city of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware. The plans and specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans: cost.</p></sidenote> made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Delaware shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winona, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office and internal-revenue and other Government offices, at the city of Winona, Minnesota. The site, and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote> made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury shall not exceed the cost of one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and that no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>States, nor until the State of Minnesota shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended in the purchase of said site and toward the construction of said building.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For courthouse and post-office at New Albany, Indiana: For purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Albany, Ind.</p></sidenote> of site and erection of building thereon, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manchester, N.H.</p></sidenote> and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to erected thereon, a
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suitable building, with commodious fireproof vaults, for the accommodation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> of the post-office, pension-office, the United States courts, internal-revenue office, and other Government offices, at the city of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire. The site and the building thereon, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>cost of two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no money in be appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>New Hampshire shall have ceded her jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended for the purpose provided in this act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary’ of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lexington, Ky.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> and directed to purchase, at private sale, or by condemnation in pursuance of the statute of the State of Kentucky, such lot or lots of land in the city of Lexington, in the State of Kentucky, as he may consider necessary as a convenient and proper site for a public building, and to cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, with fireproof vaults extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices in said city; the site and the building thereon, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made mid approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury : <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of Kentucky shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site and erection of building.</p></sidenote> and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Springfield, in the State of Ohio, a substantial and commodious public building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, internal-revenue office, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans; cost.</p></sidenote>pension office, and for other Government uses. The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred thousand dollars; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alley; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation</p></sidenote>moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote>of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States: and the State of Ohio shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>light-houses, beacons, and fog-signals.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-houses, beacons, and fog-signals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Romer Shoal, N. Y.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bonier Shoal Light-Station, New York: For establishing a light on Romer Shoal, in the Lower Bay of New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Winter-Quarter Shoal Light-Ship, Virginia: For the construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winter-Quarter Shoal, Va.</p></sidenote> and establishment of an iron light ship, with a fog-signal, for Winter-Quarter Shoal, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of a light-house at Plantation Inlet, near the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plantation Inlet.</p></sidenote> mouth of Chesapeake Bay, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bush’s Bluff Light-Stat ion, Virginia: For a light-house and fog-bell<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bush’s Bluff, Va.</p></sidenote> on Bush’s Bluff, Elizabeth River, near Norfolk, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the construction of a light-house at Grand Marais,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Marais, Minn.</p></sidenote> Minnesota, nine thousand five hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hunting Island Light-Station, South Carolina: For protecting the site of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hunting Island, S. C.</p></sidenote> light-house at Hunting Island, South Carolina, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mosquito Inlet Light-Station, Florida: For continuing the light-house<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mosquito Inlet, Fla.</p></sidenote> at Mosquito Inlet. Florida, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Anclote Keys Light-Station, Florida: For establishing a light <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anclote Keys, Fla.</p></sidenote>at Anclote Keys, Florida, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Apalachicola Range-Lights, Florida: For range-lights to guide into <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apalachicola Range-Lights, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northwest Passage, Key West, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Cut-off Channel, Baltimore, Md.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Niagara River, N. Y.</p></sidenote>the Apalachicola River, Florida, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of a small range-light at Northwest Passage, Key West, Florida, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the establishment of range-lights at the New Cut-off Channel, entrance to Baltimore, Maryland, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Niagara River Ranges, New York: For range-lights to guide into the entrance of the Niagara River, New York, the lease of the necessary sites being hereby authorized, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Sanilac Light-Station, Michigan: For completing the construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Sanilac, Lake Huron, Mich.</p></sidenote> of a light-house at or near Tort Sanilac, Lake Huron, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pipe Island Light Station, Michigan : For establishing a light upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pipe Island, Mich.</p></sidenote> Pipe Island, Michigan, to form a range to guide into the Detour Passage, Saint Mary’s River, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Mary’s River Ranges, Michigan: For erecting range-lights<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Mary’s River, near Round Island, Mich.</p></sidenote> to guide through the dredged cut in Saint Mary’s River, near Round Island, Michigan, twelve thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Detroit River light-house: For the completion of the light-house at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit River, Mich</p></sidenote> or near the mouth of the Detroit River, in Lake Erie, eighteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Northwest Seal Rock Light-Station, California: For continuing the construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northwest Seal Rock, Cal.</p></sidenote> of a light-house on Northwest Seal Rock, off Point Saint George, California, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Angel Island Fog-Signal, California: For establishment of a fog-signal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Angel Island, Cal.</p></sidenote> on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Destruction Island Light-Station, Washington Territory: For establishing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Destruction Island, Washington Territory.</p></sidenote>complete a first-order light and fog signal on Destruction Island, Washington Territory, forty thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life-saving stations.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents’ salaries.</p></sidenote> On the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one, and on the coast of Massachusetts, one, at one thousand five hundred dollars each ; on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; of one assistant superintendent on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, who shall reside on the mainland of the State of Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one superintendent on the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, one, at one thousand five hundred dollars; on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one, at one thousand eight bundled dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one superintendent for life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, one thousand two hundred dollars; of one superintendent for the life-saving and life boat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; and of owe on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving and life-boat Stations: one on the coast of Lakes Huron and Superior, one on the coast of Lake Michigan, and one on the coasts of Washington Territory. Oregon, and California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of two hundred and twenty-three keepers of life-saving <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keepers of life-saving stations, etc.</p></sidenote>and life boat stations and of houses of refuge, one hundred and fifty six thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and life-boat<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crews of surfmen, etc.</p></sidenote> stations, during the period of actual employment; compensation of Volunteers at life-saving and life-boat stations, for actual and deserving service rendered upon any occasion of disaster, or in any effort to save persons from drowning, at such rate, not to exceed ten dollars for each volunteer, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine; pay of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>Volunteer crews for drill and exercise; fuel for stations and houses of refuge: repairs and outfits for same; rebuilding and improvement of same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 117, p. 56.</p></sidenote>for carrying out the provisions of section seven and eight of the act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; for draught animals, and maintenance of same; and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, labor, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses, that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, seven hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For establishing new life saving stations and life boat stations on the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New life-saving stations, etc.</p></sidenote> sea and lake coasts of the United States, forty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>revenue-cutter service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue Cutter Service.</p></sidenote> lieutenants, engineers, cadets, and pilots employed, and for rations for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote>the same; for pay of petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, and for rations for the same; for fuel for vessels, and repairs and outfits for the same; ship-chandlery and engineers’ stores for the same; traveling expenses of officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department; instruction of cadets; commutation of quarters; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>engraving and printing.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and printing.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, and for labor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of clerks and other expenses.</p></sidenote> (by the day, piece, or contract), including labor of workmen skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, and national-bank notes, the pay for such labor to
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be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, at rates not exceeding the rates usually paid for such work; and for other expenses of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States and national-bank notes; for materials other than distinctive paper required in the work of engraving and printing; for purchase of engravers’ tools, dies, rolls, and plates; for machinery and repairs of same; and for expenses of operating macerating machines for the destruction of the United States notes, bonds, and oilier obligations of the United States authorized to be destroyed, four hundred and seventy-five thousand seven hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and from said sum work may be executed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the following purposes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and finishing United States notes, gold and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States notes.</p></sidenote> silver certificates, registered bonds for transfers and other securities, three hundred and sixty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving (except face plates), printing, and finishing circulating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National bank notes.</p></sidenote> notes for national banking associations, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving, printing, and finishing certificates of letters patent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificates of patents.</p></sidenote> seven hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>light-house establishment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house Establishment.</p></sidenote>.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For supplies of light houses: For supplying the light-houses, beacon-lights,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote> and fog signals on the Atlantic, Gull, Lake, and Pacific coasts with illuminating and cleansing materials, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption, including the expenses of inspection and delivery of the same; for books and furniture for stations, and other incidental and necessary expenses, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. g</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of light-houses: For repairs and incidental expenses of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> light-houses and stations; for rebuilding, renovating, and improving the same, and buildings connected therewith ; for the establishing and repairing of pier-bead lights; and for the purchase and repair of illuminating apparatus and machinery, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of keepers of light-houses: For salaries, fuel, rations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of keepers, etc.</p></sidenote> rent of quarters, where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of one thousand and fifteen light-keepers and fog-signal keepers, five hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of light vessels : For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-vessels.</p></sidenote> salaries, supplies, and incidental expenses of thirty lightships, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of buoyage: For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buoyage.</p></sidenote> repairing, removing, and supplying losses of buoys, spindles, and day-beacons, and for the maintenance of whistling-buoys and bell buoys, and for chains, sinkers, and similar necessaries, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of fog signals: For establishing, renewing, duplicating, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fog-signals.</p></sidenote>and improving fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs and incidental expenses of the same, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inspecting lights: For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspecting lights.</p></sidenote> and other aids to navigation, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lighting and buoyage of rivers: For maintenance of post-lights <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting and buoyage of rivets.</p></sidenote>and buoys on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, and at the mouth of Red River, Louisiana: Savannah River, Georgia; Saint John’s River, Florida; Cape Fear River, North Carolina, and Hudson River, New York, the light-house Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence cannot be made permanent, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>,</p></sidenote>
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so much as may be necessary of the unexpended balance of the appropriation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs light-house tender Lily.</p></sidenote>for lighting and buoyage of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, may be used to defray the expense of repairing the light-house tenner Lily, damaged by fire September twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty four.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of light-house sites: For examination and survey of sites<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of light-house sites.</p></sidenote> for proposed light houses, and preparing plans for proposed structures,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 197.</p></sidenote>the light appropriated for by the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to be established on the west jetty at Saybrook, Connecticut, may be placed on either jetty, as the light-house Board may select.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of lighted buoys: For the maintenance of light-buoys<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance lighted buoys.</p></sidenote> now in use, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>coast and geodetic survey.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.</p></sidenote> Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States, including the survey of rivers to the head of tidewater or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coasts and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot; a magnetic map of North America; and including compensation not otherwise appropriated for of persons employed on the field work, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and including allowance for subsistence to officers of the Navy attached to the Survey, not exceeding one dollar per day, as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1858, vol. 11, ch. 154, p. 319.</p></sidenote>allowed by act of Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and also including the repairs, outfit, and equipment of vessels used in the Survey, to be expended under the following heads.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For party expenses</inline>.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Party expenses for surveys, resurveys, examinations, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Maine eastward from Englishman’s Bay toward Quoddy Head, nine thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand five hundred dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For examination of reported dangers and changes on the eastern coast, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing resurvey of Long Island Sound, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum two thousand five hundred dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing resurvey of Delaware Bay, including current observations, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing examination of changes and resurveys on the sea-coast of New Jersey, one thousand eig’t hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of estuaries of Chesapeake Bay, and of sounds and tidewater passages in North and South Carolina not heretofore surveyed, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the western coast of Florida from Estero Bay southward and from Saint Joseph’s Bay northward, and hydrography of the same, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For supplementary surveys on the east side of the Mississippi Delta, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Louisiana west of the Mississippi Delta, and hydrography on the coasts of Louisiana and Texas, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For making the requisite verification of the work near the boundary, and for examination of entrances on the coast of Texas, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To make off shore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, nine thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Party expenses for surveys, resurveys, examinations, etc., continued.</p></sidenote> harbors and bars, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For determinations of geographical positions (longitude party), four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the primary triangulation from Atlanta toward Mobile, three-thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing an exact line of levels from the Gulf to the transcontinental line of levels between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue tide observations on the Atlantic coast, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue magnetic observations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue gravity experiments, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot, and to make special hydrographic examinations for the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the topographical survey of the coast of Southern California, including the necessary supplementary surveys near San Francisco, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the primary triangulation of California, including a line of precise levels from Sancelito to the transcontinental line of levels, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing hydrography off the California coast, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Oregon, including offshore hydrography, and the survey of Columbia River and Willamette River to the head of ship navigation, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the survey of the coast of Washington Territory, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska, and making hydrographic surveys in the same, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty, and for any special surveys that maybe required by the light-house Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing tide observations on the Pacific coast, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For magnetic observations on the Pacific coast, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of the Superintendent and his party on duty of inspection, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named; in all, for party expenses, one hundred and forty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furnishing points for State surveys, sixteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transcontinental geodetic work:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transcontinental geodetic work, including line of leveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For resurvey of New York Bay and Harbor, including East River to Throgg’s Neck, to be immediately available, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of field officers</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of field officers.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Superintendent, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two assistants, at four thousand dollars per annum, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one assistant, at three thousand six hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one assistant, at three thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two assistants, at three thousand dollars per annum, six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of field officers, continued.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two assistants, at two thousand eight, hundred dollars per annum, five, thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of four assistants, at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, nine thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of three assistants, at two thousand three hundred dollars per annum, six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of six assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars per annum, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of six assistants, at two thousand dollars per annum, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of ten assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of nine assistants, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of three subassistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum, four thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two subassistants, at one thousand three hundred dollars per annum, two thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of four subassistants, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, four thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eight aids, at nine hundred dollars per annum, seven thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one aid, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total pay in field, one hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of office force</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of employés of Coast Survey Office, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one disbursing agent, at two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one accountant, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one accountant, at one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one general office assistant, at two thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at two thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two draughtsmen, at two thousand dollars, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three draughtsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars, four thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at four dollars and twenty-five cents per working day, one thousand three hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at three dollars and fifty cents per working-day. one thousand and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one draughtsman, at three dollars per working-day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two computers, at one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, three thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one computer, at one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one computer, at one thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one computer, at one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one computer, at one thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one tidal computer, at two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one tidal computer, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at two thousand and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at six dollars and thirty-nine cents per working day, two thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at six dollars and twenty-five cents per working<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of employés of Coast Survey Office, etc., continued.</p></sidenote> day, one thousand nine hundred and fifty six dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two engravers, at five dollars and seventy-five cents per working-day, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at five dollars per working-day, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at four dollars and seventy-five cents per working-day, one thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at four dollars and fifty cents per working-day, one thousand four hundred and eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engraver, at three dollars per working-day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one contract engraver, contract not to exceed two thousand four hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one contract engraver, contract not to exceed two thousand one hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one contract engraver, contract not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one contract engraver, contract not to exceed eight hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one electrotypist, at two thousand dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one electro typist’s helper, at three dollars and seventy-five cents per working day, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one copper plate printer, at five dollars and fifty cents per working-day, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two copperplate printers, at four dollars and twenty-five cents per working day, two thousand six hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one copperplate printer, at four dollars per working day, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two plate-printers’ helpers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per working-day, one thousand four hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief mechanician, at two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at five dollars per working-day, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at four dollars and twenty-five cents per working-day, one thousand three hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at four dollars per working-day, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at three dollars and seventy-five cents per working day, one thousand one hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at two dollars and eighty-two cents per working-day, eight hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one mechanician, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per working day, five hundred and forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one carpenter, at five dollars per working-day, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one carpenter, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per working-day, seven hundred and four dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one carpenter, at one dollar and eighty-two cents per working-day, five hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one map-mounter, at three dollars anti twenty-five cents per working-day, one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one librarian, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two clerks, at one thousand fire hundred dollars, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of employés of Coast Survey Office, etc., continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk, at three dollars and seventy-five cents per working-day, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one map colorist, at seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one writer, at nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one writer, at eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six writers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one writer, at six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one messenger, at two dollars and forty cents per day, eight hundred and seventy-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one messenger, at eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per day, two thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three messengers, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per day, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one fireman, at two dollars per day, seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one fireman, at one dollar and fifty cents per day, five hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one packer and folder, at two dollars and twenty five cents per day, eight hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one packer and folder, at two dollars per working day, six hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two laborers, at two dollars per working day, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two laborers, at one dollar and seventy five cents per working-day, one thousand and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one laborer, at one dollar per working-day, three hundred and thirteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one laborer, at one dollar per day, three hundred and sixty five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three watchmen, at two dollars and forty-five cents per day, two thousand six hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for pay of office force, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office expenses</inline> :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office expenses, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of new instruments, for materials and supplies required in the instrument-shop, carpenter-shop, and drawing division, and for books, maps and charts, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For copper plates, chart-paper, printer’s ink ; copper, zinc, and chemicals for electro typing; engravers’ and printers’ supplies; for extra engraving; and for photolithographing charts for immediate use, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the office and field parties; transportation of instruments and supplies; office wagon and horses; fuel; gas; telegrams; ice; washing; extra labor; and for allowances to the assistants in charge of office details, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, thirteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, office furniture and repairs, and for traveling expenses of assistants and others
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employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total general expenses of office, forty thousand eight hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For rent of office buildings</inline>: For rent of buildings for offices,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of office buildings.</p></sidenote> work rooms, and workshops in Washington ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of fireproof building numbered two hundred and five New Jersey avenue, including rooms for standard weights and measures; for the safekeeping and preservation of the original astronomical, magnetic, hydrographic, and other records, of the original topographical and hydrographic maps and charts, of instruments, engraved plates, and other valuable property of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Publishing observations</inline>: For continuing the publication of observations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publishing observations.</p></sidenote> and their discussion, made in the progress of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the Government Printing Office, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and maintenance of vessels: For repairs and maintenance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc., of vessels.</p></sidenote> of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty six thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects under the treasury department.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous, Treasury.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Paper and stamps</inline>: For paper and stamps for the Bureau of internal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paper and stamps, Internal Revenue.</p></sidenote> Revenue, four hundred and ten thousand dollars; the engraving and printing of said stamps to be done in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Punishment for violations of internal-revenue laws</inline>: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violation of internal-revenue laws.</p></sidenote> detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal-revenue laws, or conniving at the same, including pay meats for information and detection of such violations, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has ex pended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal-Revenue for which appropriation is made in this act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses independent Treasury</inline> : For contingent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 3653, p.719.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection, safekeeping, transfer, etc., of public money.</p></sidenote> expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Freight on bullion and coin</inline>: For freight on bullion and coin<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight on bullion and coin.</p></sidenote> between the mints and assay-offices, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of the national currency</inline>: For paper, express charges,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National currency.</p></sidenote> and other expenses, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Distinctive paper for United States securities</inline>: For paper,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distinctive paper.</p></sidenote> including mill expenses, transportation, examination, counting, and delivery thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of silver coin</inline>: For transportation of silver coin,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silver coin, transportation of.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>been deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of gold coin</inline>. For the transportation of gold coin<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gold coin, transportation of.</p></sidenote> from San Francisco to New York, one hundred thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/494">494</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of silver coin</inline>: For transportation of silver coin<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silver coin, transportation of, between subtreasury offices.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recoinage of gold and silver coin.</p></sidenote> between subtreasury offices, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Recoinage of gold and silver coins</inline>: For recoinage of gold and silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Propagation of food fishes</inline> : For the introduction by the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Propagation of food-fishes.</p></sidenote> States Fish Commission into and the increase in the waters of the United States of food fishes and other useful products of the waters, including lobsters, oysters, and other shell fish, and for continuing the inquiry into the fisheries of the United States and their subjects, and for such general and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries may find necessary to the prosecution of his work, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to detail from time to time for duty under the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries any officers and men of the Revenue Marine Service whose services can be spared for such duty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rent of office United States Fish Commission</inline> : For rent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. Fish Commission ; rent of rooms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of fish-ponds.</p></sidenote> rooms in the city of Washington, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of fish-ponds</inline>: For the preparation and maintenance of fish-ponds in Washington and elsewhere, and the distribution of the eggs and young of the whitefish, salmon, shad, cod, carp, and other useful inhabitants of the waters, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Maintence of vessels</inline> : For the maintenance of the vessels of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintaining vessels.</p></sidenote> the United States Fish Commission, and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and the other facilities required for use with the same, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fish Commission buildings, Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts</inline>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wood’s Holl, Mass., increasing facilities for artificial propagation of marine animals.</p></sidenote>For increasing the facilities at Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts, station for the artificial propagation of useful marine animals, such as cod, halibut, mackerel, lobsters, oysters, and so forth, and the investigations connected therewith, to be immediately available, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sailing-vessel, food fishes</inline>: For construction of a suitable sailing-vessel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sailing-vessel, construction of.</p></sidenote> for the purpose of collecting the spawning cod and other useful food-fishes on their breeding-grounds off the coast and conveying them to the shore station of the Commission, to be made immediately available,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote> fourteen thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to transfer from the Navy to the United States Fish Commission a sailing-vessel suitable for such service, if any such vessel can be spared from said service, in which event the above sum shall not be expended.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">International exchanges, Smithsonian Institution</inline> : For expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International exchanges, Smithsonian Institution.</p></sidenote> of the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">North American ethnology, Smithsonian Institution</inline> : For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ethnological researches among American Indians.</p></sidenote> the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Smithsonian Institution building</inline>: For finishing and completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian Institution building; furnishing of eastern portion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector of furniture, etc., for public buildings.</p></sidenote>the furnishing of the eastern portion of the Smithsonian Institution building, five thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Inspect or of furniture and other furnishings for public buildings</inline> : To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to inspect all public buildings and examine into their requirements for furniture and other furnishings, including fuel, lights,
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and other current expenses, three thousand dollars; and for actual necessary expenses, not exceeding two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of assistant custodians and janitors</inline>: For pay of assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of assistant custodians and janitors.</p></sidenote> custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, three hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Heating apparatus for public buildings, including new<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating apparatus.</p></sidenote> buildings</inline>: For heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings, including marine hospitals, under control of the Treasury Department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaults, safes, and locks.</p></sidenote> new buildings</inline>: For vaults, safes, and locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Plans for public buildings</inline>: For books, photographic materials,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans for.</p></sidenote> and in duplicating plans required for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings</inline> : For fuel, lights,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, water, etc.</p></sidenote> water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors and firemen in the proper care of the buildings, furniture, and heating-apparatus, exclusive of personal services, for all public buildings, including marine hospitals, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, six hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Furniture and repairs of furniture</inline>: For furniture and repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, car pets, and repairs.</p></sidenote> of furniture, including carpets, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, including the public building at Cleveland, Ohio, and including marine-hospitals, and for furniture, carpets, chandeliers, and gas-fixtures for new buildings, three hundred thousand dollars. And all furniture now owned by the United States in other buildings shall be used as far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the. present regulation plans for furniture or not.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes</inline>: For the expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detection and punishment of counterfeiters, etc.</p></sidenote> of detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, and for no other purpose whatever, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Lands and other property of the United States</inline> : For custody,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custody, care, and sale of lands, etc., of the U. S.</p></sidenote> care, protection, and sale of lands and other property belonging to the United States, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation in lieu of moieties</inline>: For compensation in lieu of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation in lien of moieties, etc.</p></sidenote> moieties in certain cases under the customs-revenue laws, forty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>alaskan seal-fisheries.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents at seal-fisheries.</p></sidenote> Alaska, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant agents.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each, four thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary traveling expenses of agents actually incurred in going <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>to and returning from Alaska, not to exceed six hundred dollars each per annum, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the protection of sea-otter hunting-grounds and seal-fisheries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of seal-fisheries, etc.</p></sidenote> in Alaska</inline> : To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
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use revenue steamers for the protection of the interests of the Government on the seal-islands and the sea-otter hunting-grounds, and the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">National Board of Health</inline>: For salaries and expenses of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc. of National Board of Health.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suppression of epidemic diseases.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 207.</p></sidenote> National Board of Health, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For suppression of epidemic diseases</inline>: The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera or yellow fever, to use the unexpended balance of the sum reappropriated therefor by the act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, together with the further sum of three hundred thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available, in aid of State and local boards or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same and for maintaining quarantine and maritime inspections at points of danger.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hartford and New York transportation Company, payment to.</p></sidenote> warrant in favor of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company for the sum of six thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-two cents, which sum is hereby reappropriated, being the amount appropriated for said Hartford and New York Transportation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p.224.</p></sidenote> Company under the act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes, and now unpaid.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse ex-President R.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ex-President R. B. Hayes, reimbursement of.</p></sidenote> B. Haves for amount paid for expenses of the Commission appointed to go to Louisiana in April, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars and seventy-three cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W.P. Wood, payment to.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to W. P. Wood for services rendered in connection with the detection and exposure of parties concerned in defrauding the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this sum shall be accepted by the said Wood in full compensation for such services.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay in full the claim of the owners of the schooner Druid for dam ages<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner Druid, payment of claim of owners of.</p></sidenote> occasioned by the collision of that vessel with the United States steamer Powhatan, in October, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eleven thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay in full the claim of the owners of a Japanese junk for damages<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Japanese junk, payment of claim of owners of.</p></sidenote> occasioned by the collision of the same with the United States steamer Ashuelot, while in Japanese waters, in August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay in full the claim of the Messageries Maritimes Steamship Company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messageries Maritimes Steamship Company, payment of claim of.</p></sidenote> for damages resulting from a collision which occurred May tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, at Hong-Kong, between the United States flag ship Trenton and a barge owned by the said company, seven hundred and forty-four dollars and twenty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>navy-yards and stations.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy-yards and stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For navy-yard, New York : For dredging, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy yard, Mare Island, California: Continuation of stone dry dock, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars; for continuing artesian well, ten thousand dollars ; for iron crane, forty thousand dollars; to complete sewerage system, six thousand dollars; in all, two hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the care and preservation of the building on Coasters’ Harbor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coasters’ Harbor Island.</p></sidenote> Island formerly known as the “Asylum,” and the adjoining buildings
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and grounds, given to the United States for naval purposes by the State of Rhode Island, and for improvements, furniture, fixtures, heating, lighting, water, and for books and stationery, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval Training Station, Coaster’s Harbor Island, Rhode Island: For completing wharf, and for the maintenance, and repair of seawall, roads, and grounds, and the necessary labor and implements required for the proper preservation of the same, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an additional Assistant Secretary’ of the Interior, who shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Assistant Secretary of the Interior.</p></sidenote> known and designated as First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The representative of the Department of the Interior appointed by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Growth of Industrial Art.”</p></sidenote> executive order dated May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as a member of the Government Board charged with preparing a Departmental exhibit for the United States at the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans is hereby authorized to have reproduced <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copies of, to be reproduced.</p></sidenote>five thousand copies of the “ Growth of Industrial Art”, illustrated, prepared by him for said exposition, and to pay the cost of the same out of the amount heretofore appropriated for paying the expense of the Departmental exhibit under his charge: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the unexpended balance to the credit of said Departmental exhibit is sufficient to pay the cost of such reproduction and all other expenses incident to said exhibit. Of said reproduction one thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> copies shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand five hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and three hundred copies for the use of the Department of the Interior.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For casual repairs of the Interior Department building: For casual<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote> repairs of the Department building, five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Capitol: For work on the Capitol, and for general repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p></sidenote> thereof, including wages of mechanics, workmen, and fresco-painter, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the cleaning of the outside walls of the House and Senate wings of the Capitol, and the approaches thereto, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol grounds.</p></sidenote> improvement of the Capitol Grounds, and for care of the grounds, including the pay to landscape architect, one clerk, and wages of mechanics, gardeners, and workmen, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the construction of the terrace and grand stairways of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of terrace and grand stairways of Capitol.</p></sidenote> the Capitol, as shown on plan accompanying the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury (Executive Document Number Nine, first session Forty-eighth Congress) including wages of mechanics and laborers, two hundred thousand dollars; and this appropriation shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lighting the Capitol and Grounds: For lighting the Capitol and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting Capitol, etc.</p></sidenote> grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden and Senate and House stables: For gas, electric lighting, pay of superintendent of meters, lamp lighters, gas-fitters, and for materials for gas or electric lighting, and for general repairs, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new floor in engine-house near Senate stable, and for general<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engine-house near Senate stable.</p></sidenote> repairs of engine-house and Senate stable, three hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of the Pension Office building, thirty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension Office building.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For introduction of gas-pipes into the new Pension Office building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas-pipes.</p></sidenote> eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of all sums reserved from the vouchers of George<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Cook, payment of sums reserved from vouchers of.</p></sidenote> W. Cook for artificial-stone pavement laid by him on the Capitol Grounds, under contract of September eighteen hundred and seventy-five, two thousand four hundred and four dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian affairs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse W C. Oburn for cattle taken from him in the Indian Territory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. C. Oburn, reimbursement to.</p></sidenote> by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, as shown by the letter of the Secretary of the Interior (House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Ninety-seven), transmitting report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs recommending payment therefor, forty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and twenty-one cents ; the same to be paid out of the annuities or other moneys due or to become due the said Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, as stipulated in the first article of the treaty with said Indians concluded October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>hot springs improvement.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete the improvement of Hot Springs Creek down to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs Creek, completion of improvement.</p></sidenote> southern boundary of the reservation and across Reserve avenue, to provide convenient access to the Army and Navy Hospital, eight thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public lands.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection of revenue from sale of public lands.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> of public moneys at district land-offices, at. not exceeding three thousand dollars each, five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses of the several land-offices, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of depositing money received from the sale of public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of depositing money, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of protecting timber.</p></sidenote> lands, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To meet expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection of public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of public lauds, etc.</p></sidenote> or appropriation, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents employed in adjusting claims for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Swamp lands.</p></sidenote> swamp lands, and for indemnity for swamp lands, twenty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents; allowed per diem, etc.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That agents and others employed under the three preceding paragraphs, while traveling on duty, shall be allowed per diem in lieu of subsistence at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of hearings to be held and investigations to be made by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of investigating alleged fraudulent entries of lands.</p></sidenote> registers and receivers, under instructions from the General Land Office, to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law, twenty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior shall report in detail all expenditures under the four preceding paragraphs.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Worn and defaced plats of Surveys.</p></sidenote> to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and also to furnish local land officers with the same, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/499">499</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for the manuscript<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House Executive Document Number One, part four; expenses of third edition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22. No. 73, p. 393.</p></sidenote> proofreading and other necessary expenses of the third edition of House Executive Document Number Forty-seven, part four, as provided by joint resolution approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two, two thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be immediately available.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>surveying the public lands.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of public lauds.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, three hundred thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander miles, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of standard and meander lines through lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, a sum not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, eleven dollars for township, and seven dollars for section lines ; or where, for any cause not provided for by law, in Oregon or Washington Territory, he is unable to get the necessary surveys made at the rates aforesaid, he may allow a sum not exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for standard lines, ten dollars for township lines, and six dollars for section lines; and of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding fifty thousand dollars thereof may be expended for occasional examinations of public surveys in the several surveying districts, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, and for the making of such other surveys or examinations as may be required fur identification of lauds for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For such resurveys of the public lands as, in the discretion of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurveys.</p></sidenote> Commissioner of the General Land Office, may be considered necessary, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of confirmed private land-claims in New Mexico, at a rate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of confirmed private land claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote>not exceeding eleven dollars per linear mile, and office expenses, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of confirmed private land-claims in California, at the rates prescribed by law, including office expenses incidental to the service, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For survey of private land claims in Louisiana, at the rates prescribed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> by law, confirmed by decrees of courts or by private acts of Congress, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter in all cases of the survey of private laud-claims the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of surveys to be refunded by owner before delivery of patent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundary between Territories of Dakota and Montana.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundary between Colorado and Utah Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned military reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 103.</p></sidenote> cost of the same shall be refunded to the Treasury by the owner before the delivery of the patent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete the survey of the boundary-line between the Territories of Dakota and Montana, estimated at two hundred and eighty miles, eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing remarking the boundary-line between the State of Colorado and the Territory of Utah, estimated at two hundred and ten miles, six thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of’abandoned military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four twenty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all appropriations herein under public lands shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection and improvement of the Yellowstone National Park :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection, etc., of Yellowstone national Park.</p></sidenote> For every purpose and object necessary for the protection, preservation, and improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, including compensation of superintendent and employees, forty thousand dollars, two thousand dollars of said amount to be paid an-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/500">500</page>
nually to a superintendent of said park, and not exceeding nine hundred dollars annually to each of ten assistants, all of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and reside continuously in the park, and whose duty it shall be to protect the game, timber, and objects of interest therein; the balance of the sum appropriated to be expended in the construction and improvement of suitable roads and bridges within said park, under the supervision and direction of an engineer officer detailed by the Secretary of War for that purpose.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states geological survey.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the United States Geological Survey: For the. Geological Survey,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological Survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the Geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, including the pay of temporary employees in the field and office, and all other necessary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of the scientific assistants of the Geological Survey: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>salary of five geologists, at four thousand dollars each ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists, at three thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists, at two thousand four hundred dollars each ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of two geologists, at two thousand dollars each ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one paleontologist, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one paleontologist, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one chemist, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one chemist, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one chief geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of three geographers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of one general assistant, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of three topographers, at two thousand dollars each, in all, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">government hospital for the insane.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government Hospital for the Insane.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army, Navy, and Marine Corps patients.</p></sidenote>the Insane of the insane from the Army and Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue-Cutter Service, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States, inmates of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, and who are indigent, two hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty-eight dollars; and not exceeding one thousand dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expenses of the removal of patients to their friends.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote> insane, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general repairs and improvements, ten thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvements.</p></sidenote>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Special improvements, namely: For renewing gas holder, one thousand one hundred dollars; for workshop for the inmates, three thousand dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of stock and hay barn, two thousand dollars to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barn.</p></sidenote>immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For dining-hall for the detached buildings nine thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dining-hall.</p></sidenote>dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/501">501</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>columbia institution for the deaf and dumb.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, and for books and illustrative apparatus, for general repairs,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">and improvements fifty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for salaries, etc., limited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension 01 buildings.</p></sidenote> That no more than twenty-five thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended for salaries and wages.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the extension of the buildings of the institution for the purpose of providing additional schoolroom accommodation, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>howard university.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of the Howard University to be used in payment of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard University, maintenance of.</p></sidenote> part of the salaries of the officers, professors, and teachers, and other regular employees of the university, a portion of which will be paid from donations and other sources, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of library, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of buildings four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For increase of library, of cabinet and of philosophical and chemical apparatus, and improvements in the rooms containing the same two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>freedmen’s hospital and asylum.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, Washington, District of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.</p></sidenote> Columbia, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence twenty-two thousand dollars; for salaries and compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence, salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> of the surgeon-in-chief, two assistant surgeons, engineer, clerk, matron, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers thirteen thousand dollars; for rent of hospital buildings and grounds four thousand dollars; for fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicines, and medical supplies, repairs and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, ten thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of one force pump, to be immediately available, four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of force pump.</p></sidenote>dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national museum.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Museum.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating and lighting the National Museum : For expense of heating.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating, lighting, etc.</p></sidenote> lighting, and telephonic and electrical service for the new Museum building, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preservation of collections of the National Museum : For the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collections.</p></sidenote> preservation and exhibition and increase of the collections received from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees ninety-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preservation of collections of the National Museum in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collect ions, Armory Building.</p></sidenote>Armory Building: For care of the Armory Building and grounds, and expense of watching, preservation, and storage of the property of the National Museum and of the United States Fish Commission contained therein, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and fixtures of the National Museum: For cases, furniture,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cases, furniture, and fixtures; salaries, etc., of employees.</p></sidenote> and fixtures required for the exhibition of the collections of the United States National Museum, and for salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/502">502</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>armories and arsenals.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armories and Arsenals.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island, Ill.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing shop II, an iron-finishing shop for the armory, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Armory shop K, an iron-finishing shop fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing storehouse numbered four, five thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commencing and completing fireproof stone building for offices for both the armory and arsenal thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erecting lumber storehouse fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general care, preservation, and improvement; for building new roads; for care and preservation of the water power; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings, bridges, and shores of the island; for building fences, grading grounds, and repairs and extension of railroad, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For machinery and shop-fixtures, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That any balance of the appropriation of eighteen thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water-pool.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 215.</p></sidenote> dollars for the completion of the improvement of the water-pool above the dam at the Rock Island Arsenal, made by the sundry civil <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance reappropriated.</p></sidenote>appropriations act for eighteen hundred and eighty-five, remaining unexpended at the close of the current fiscal year, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available for and during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Rock Island bridge as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island bridge.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and preservation of the Rock Island bridge, and expenses of maintaining and operating the draw, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For protecting the Rock Island bridge by means of sheer-booms, two hundred and fifty dollar’s.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts: For repairs <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Mass.</p></sidenote>and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California: For permanent repairs of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benicia, Cal.</p></sidenote> post and fences, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas: For repairs of buildings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Antonio, Tex.</p></sidenote> roads, and drains, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For laying concrete sidewalks on Flores and Arsenal streets, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Concreting sidewalks on Flores and Arsenal streets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dover, N. J., Piccatiny Powder Depot.</p></sidenote> thousand and seventy-five dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Piccatiny Powder Depot, Dover, New Jersey: For grading grounds, erecting magazines and other necessary buildings, and all expenses incident thereto, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey : For clearing, leveling,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandy Hook Proving Ground.</p></sidenote> grading, and building roads and general repairs, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of arsenals: For repairs of arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of arsenals.</p></sidenote> expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Testing-machine, Watertown Arsenal; For caring for, preserving,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watertown Arsenal.</p></sidenote> using, and operating the United States testing machine at Watertown <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testing-machine.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tests to be reported to Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment may be required in advance when test is for a private citizen.</p></sidenote>Arsenal, ten thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the tests of iron and steel and other materials for industral purposes shall be continued, and report thereof shall be made to Congress :</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That in making tests for private citizens the officer in charge may require payment in advance, and may use the funds so received in making such private tests, making full report thereof to the Chief of Ordnance; and the Chief of Ordnance shall give attention to such programme of tests as may be submitted by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the record of such tests shall be furnished said society, to be by them published at their own expense.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/503">503</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>buildings and grounds in and abound washington.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds, Washington, D. C,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement and cure of public grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the improvement and care of public grounds as follows :</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving, care, and maintenance of grounds south of the Executive Mansion, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving reservation on South Carolina avenue, between Fourth and Sixth streets east, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Lafayette Square, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Franklin Square, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and improvement of reservation numbered three (Monument Grounds), one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen, and site of old canal northwest of same, ten thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part thereof shall he expended upon other than property belonging to the United States.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repair of iron fences, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manure, and hauling the same, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For painting iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp posts two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of seats, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of tools, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For trees, tree-stakes, lime, whitewashing and stock for nursery, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removing snow and ice, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For flower pots, twine, baskets, and lycopodium, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care construction, and repair of fountains in the public grounds, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For abating nuisances, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving, care, and maintenance of various reservations twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, maintenance and care of Smithsonian Grounds, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete improvement of Washington Circle including removal of fence, two thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion, as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and repair of and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, including four thousand dollars for new roof, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fur fuel for the Executive Mansion and greenhouses, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and necessary repair of greenhouses, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.</p></sidenote> For gas, pay of lamplighters, gas-fitters plumbers, gas fitting and plumbing, purchase and erection of lamps and lamp posts, purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office, stables, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, fifteen thousand dollars : <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for each six-foot burner not connected with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> a meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty-two dollars shall be paid per lamp for gas, including lighting, cleaning, and keeping in repair the lamps, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For repair of water pipes and fire plugs</inline>: For repairing and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair of water-pipes, cleaning of springs, etc.</p></sidenote> extending water-pipes, purchase of apparatus to clean them, and cleaning the springs, and repairing and renewing the pipes to the same that supply the Capitol, the Executive Mansion, and the building for the State, War and Navy Departments, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph connecting Capitol and Departments.</p></sidenote> and Government Printing Office</inline>: For care and repair of the same, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/504">504</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the building for the State, War and Navy Departments</inline> :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building for State, War, and Navy Department.</p></sidenote> For continuing the construction of the walls and Hoots of the several stories of the west and center wings, and for each and every purpose connected with the construction of the building including the rent of necessary office room, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Washington Monument</inline>: For completion of the Washington Monument,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washing ton Monument.</p></sidenote> namely: For iron work of stairs and platforms and elevator fronts, engine-house and approaches, insertion of presentation blocks, cementing interior walls, paving floor and covering drum pit, closures of doorways, doors and passages, change in elevator car and machinery, new boiler-house and boiler, office expenses, including rent of necessary office-rooms, and for each and every purpose connected with the completion of the monument, seventy five thousand dollars, to be expended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1876, vol. 19, ch. 250, p. 123.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yorktown Monument.</p></sidenote>under the direction of the joint commission created by the act of August second eighteen hundred and seventy-six.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Yorktown Monument</inline>: That not exceeding five thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the erection of the Yorktown Monument may be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the erection of an iron railing around said monument.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>army and navy hospital.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army and Navy Hospital.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs, Ark.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Army and Navy hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas: For labor and material to put the hospital in a thorough state of completion, as indicated by the architect, but not included in the present contract, twenty thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completely furnishing the hospital including furniture for rooms<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furnishing of hospital.</p></sidenote> for patients (officers) and of wards for enlisted men, necessary bedding, hospital clothing and miscellaneous articles, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military posts.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military posts.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such military posts as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, one hundred and sixty five thousand dollars; fifteen thousand dollars of which sum may be used for the purchase of a site near Atlanta, Georgia for the erection thereon of a ten company post.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>signal service.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Service.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To be expended by the Secretary of War;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the observation and report of storms: For expenses of the meteorological<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observation and report of storms.</p></sidenote> observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal, or otherwise announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of the commerce and agriculture throughout the United States as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the manufacture, purchase, and repair of instruments, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruments.</p></sidenote>dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphic reports, one hundred and thirty eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraphic reports.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of storm, cautionary, off shore, and other signals on the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storm, cautionary, offshore, and other signals.</p></sidenote> sea and lake coasts of the United States, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, including the pay of observers, services of operators (where not otherwise provided for), lanterns, and flags, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the connections of signal stations at life saving Stations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuing connections of signal stations at life saving stations, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> and light-houses, including services of operators, repairmen, materials (such as cable, wire, poles, and insulators), and general service connected therewith, thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such connections, in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service and the light-house Board, shall be deemed necessary.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture, purchase, and repair of instrument shelters, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instrument-shelters.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/505">505</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, hire of civilian employees, furniture, light, heating supplies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities outside of Washington, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">River and flood reports, etc.</p></sidenote> stationery, ice, repairs, and other expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities and ports receiving reports, outside of Washington, District of Columbia, forty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For river and flood reports, and expenses incidental thereto, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maps and bulletins to be displayed in chambers of commerce and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps and bulletins.</p></sidenote>boards of trade rooms, and for distribution, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cotton-belt reports, seven thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cotton-belt reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the work of no other Department, Bureau, or Commission authorized by law shall be duplicated by this Bureau.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance and repair of military-telegraph lines, twenty four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military telegraph lines.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay: For pay of one brigadier-general and sixteen second lieutenants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, etc., of officers and men.</p></sidenote> twenty nine thousand five hundred dollars; for longevity pay to officers of the Signal Corps, to be paid with current monthly pay, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of one hundred and fifty sergeants, thirty corporals, and three hundred and twenty privates, including payment due on discharge, two hundred thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty-one cents; for mileage to officers when traveling on duty under orders, five thousand dollars; for pay of contract surgeon, one thousand two hundred dollars; for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers at places where there are no public quarters, seven thousand two hundred dollars; in all two hundred and forty-seven thousand three hundred and one dollars and fifty one cents. And the Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to detail for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers detailed for duty in Signal Service.</p></sidenote> the service in the Signal Corps not to exceed four commissioned officers, exclusive of the second lieutenants of the Signal Corps authorized by law, and of two officers lately serving in the Arctic Seas.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Subsistence: For the subsistence of Signal Service enlisted men, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for commutation of rations of Signal Service enlisted men, including nine thousand and ninety dollars and ninety cents, for subsistence stores, authorized articles for sales to officers and enlisted men and Company messes, as allowed by paragraph twenty-one hundred and ninety-nine, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Regular supplies: Fuel, authorized allowance for enlisted men at Fort<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regular supplies.</p></sidenote> Myer, Virginia, and for various offices at Fort Myer, Virginia, and on the United States military-telegraph lines, six thousand two hundred dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and twenty enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at nine dollars each per month, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; commutation of fuel for two hundred and forty enlisted men of the Signal Corps, at eight dollars each per month, twenty three thousand and forty dollars; forage for twenty five mules and six horses, three thousand one hundred dollars; straw for thirty-one animals, at seven dollars each per annum, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety eight, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and seventeen dollars; for forage for thirteen horses kept by officers in the public service, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety, Army Regulations, and the act making appropriations for the support of the Army approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1881, vol. 21, ch. 79, p. 347.</p></sidenote>at one bundled and fifteen dollars each per annum, one thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars; for straw for thirteen horses kept by officers in the public service, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety, Army Regulations, and the act making appropriations for the support of the Army approved February twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at eight dollars and forty cents each per annum, one hundred and nine dollars and twenty cents ; straw for forty enlisted men at post of Fort Myer, Virginia, and for hospital at that post, as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Army Regulations,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/506">506</page>
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, sixty seven dollars and twenty cents; stationery, one hundred dollars; stoves and repairs to heating apparatus, four hundred dollars ; lights, one hundred and fifty dollars ; in all, fifty-eight thousand six hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Incidental expenses: For office furniture for post of Fort. Myer, Virginia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> one hundred dollars ; horse and mule shoes, five hundred dollars; shoes and shoeing once each month for thirteen horses kept by officers in the public service, atone dollar and fifty cents each per month (paragraph three hundred and one, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one), two hundred and thirty four dollars; blacksmiths’ and miscellaneous tools, three hundred dollars; veterinary supplies, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interment of officers and men.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deserters.</p></sidenote>dollars; fire apparatus and disinfectants, two hundred dollars; for interment of officers and men, two hundred dollars; for apprehension of deserters, one hundred and twenty dollars ; in all. one thousand nine hundred and fifty four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Transportation : For transportation of material and funds, twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; for transportation of men, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; means of transportation, namely, five mules, at not exceeding two hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars; for harness, and for leather, iron, and timbers for repairs to means of transportation, six hundred and thirty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand five hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barracks and quarters: For commutation of quarters to enlisted men <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks a n quarters.</p></sidenote>of the Signal Corps, eighty four thousand one hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Work and supplies at Fort Myer, Virginia, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eighty-five thousand six hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing, camp and garrison equipage: For purchase of the necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, camp and garrison equipage.</p></sidenote> axes, flags, halyards, brooms, and brushes for post of Fort Myer, Virginia, seventy three dollars and eighty nine cents; clothing issues in kind, say complete outfits for sixty-four men of the Signal Corps, at an average of forty three dollars and seventy-five cents per man per annum, two thousand eight hundred dollars: in all. two thousand eight hundred and seventy three dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Medical department: For medical attendance and medicines for officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical Department.</p></sidenote> and enlisted men of the Signal Corps, five thousand dollars; medical attendance and medicines for officers doing duty in connection with the Signal Service, one hundred dollars; medical and hospital supplies at Fort Myer. Virginia, seven hundred dollars; medicines furnished to officers and enlisted men from purveying depots and Army dispensaries, one thousand dollars; work and supplies at Fort Myer, Virginia, three hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for preservation and care of ordnance and ordnance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials for preservation and care of ordnance, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint Congressional commission.</p></sidenote> stores at post of Fort Myer, Virginia, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the joint commission, consisting of three Senators and three Representatives, to consider the present organizations of the Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydro-graphic Office of the Navy Department, provided for in the act entitled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, 219.</p></sidenote>“An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government,” and so forth, approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty four, be, and the same is hereby, continued, with power to sit during the recess of Congress in the city of Washington; and the said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report to be made.</p></sidenote>commission shall report to their respective Houses on —before the third Monday in December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or as soon thereafter as may be, by bill or otherwise; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointments to fill vacancies.</p></sidenote>and the present President pro tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint respectively a Senator and Representative to take the places on said commission of the Senator and Representative whose terms of office expire with the present Congress.</p>
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</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national cemeteries.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National cemeteries.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendents of national cemeteries: For pay of seventy-three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents.</p></sidenote>superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction and completion of a road from Marietta, Georgia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roads.</p></sidenote> to the national cemetery near that city, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction and completion of a road from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the national cemetery near that city, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the completion of the macadamized road from Springfield, Missouri, to the national cemetery near that city, five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of the money appropriated by the three preceding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation not to be expended on any public highway.</p></sidenote> paragraphs shall be expended upon any public highway.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of War to pay, out of the unexpended balance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary T. Barnes, payment to.</p></sidenote> of the appropriation of fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars made by the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for payment of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1882, vol. 22, ch. 300, p. 284.</p></sidenote> awards growing out of the illness and burial of the late President Garfield, to Mrs. Mary T. Barnes, widow of the late Surgeon-General Joseph K. Barnes, five thousand dollars, for especial and meritorious services rendered by her husband in the last illness of President Garfield.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erecting a monument, in lieu of headstones, at Baxter Springs,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baxter Springs, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of monument, in lieu of headstones, to memory of Union soldiers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Brown Reservation, Texas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To acquire valid title to and pay claims for use of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> Kansas, to the memory of Union soldiers killed at or near that place, on the sixth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, four thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of War to acquire good and valid title for the United States to the Fort Brown Reservation, Texas, and to pay and extinguish all claims for the use and occupancy of said reservation by the United States, the sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of this sum shall be paid until a complete title is vested in the United States; and the full amount of the price, including rent shall be paid directly to the owners of the property.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For publication of maps for use of the War Department, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps for War Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of northern and northwestern lakes.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Survey of northern and northwestern lakes</inline>: For printing and issuing charts for use of navigators, and electrotyping copper plates for chart printing, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artificial limbs.</p></sidenote> countries</inline>: For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institute, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For artificial limbs</inline>: For furnishing artificial limbs and appliances, or commutation therefor, and transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For appliances for disabled soldiers</inline>: For providing surgical<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgical appliances for disabled soldiers.</p></sidenote> appliances for persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States and not entitled to artificial limbs, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the support and medical treatment of transient paupers</inline> :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support, etc., of transient paupers in Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> For the support and medical treatment of seventy-five transient paupers, medical and surgical patients in the City of Washington, under a contract to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon General of the Army, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Garfield Hospital</inline> : For maintenance, to enable it to provide medical<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Garfield Hospital.</p></sidenote> and surgical treatment to transient persons unable to pay therefor, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of Army and Navy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.</p></sidenote> Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas</inline> : For means of transportation for use of the hospital and maintenance of the same; hire of employees (steward, apothecary, clerk, Butler, cooks, wardmasters, nurses, engineer, laundresses, and all necessary service); medicines, hospital stores, dressings, instruments, fuel, gas, ice, stationery, and other necessary expenses, nineteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the expenses of military convicts</inline> : For payment of costs’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military convicts.</p></sidenote> and charges of State penitentiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts confined in them, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the publication of the official records of the war of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of Union and Confederate official records of the rebellion.</p></sidenote> the rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate armies as follows</inline>: For continuing the publication of the official records and printing and binding, under direction of the Secretary of War, of a compilation of the official records, Union and Confederate, of the war of rebellion, so <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, ch. 143, p. 618.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>far as the same may be ready for publication during the fiscal year, to be distributed as required by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, thirty-six thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the time during which said publication shall be subject to the order of Senators, Representatives and Delegates shall be extended from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty five, until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation</inline>: For the improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation.</p></sidenote>of roads on the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Quartermaster and Commissary Depot at Saint Paul, Minnesota</inline> :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster and Commissary Depot, Saint Paul, Minn.</p></sidenote> For the completion of the public building for a quartermaster and commissary depot at Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be used as offices for officers of Department of Dakota, and for heating the same, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchasing hospital and other records of the war pertaining<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New England Soldiers’ Relief Association.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of records pertaining to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of statue in city of Washington to memory of General La Fayette.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection of site, etc.</p></sidenote> to the New England Soldiers’ Relief Association, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of erecting a statue, with suitable emblematic devices thereon, on one of the public reservations in the city of Washington, to the memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of War, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, and the Architect of the Capitol are authorized to contract for and erect the said statue, and to designate a suitable public reservation in the city of Washington as the site for said statue.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states military prison at fort leavenworth.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of U. S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence for prisoners, five teamsters, and two watchmen, twenty eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For oil, wicking, and for lamps, lanterns, and chimneys for illuminating buildings and grounds, one thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For tobacco Tor prisoners on special or excessive hard labor, five hundred and forty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hay for prisoner’ bedding, five hundred and forty two dollars and fourteen cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For grain and bay for horses and mules, used exclusively at the prison, three thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and blank books for offices of governor, adjutant, quartermaster; stamped envelopes and letter paper for use of prisoners; and
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for books, periodicals, and newspapers for prison library, nine hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising for proposals for supplies, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hard wood, or its equivalent in coal, for making steam, heating and cooking and for rubber hose, belting, oil cotton waste, steam-pipes, and fixtures; tools and material in shops, laundry, stables, and articles for police purposes; disinfectants; horse medicines; horse and mule shoes and nails; machine-oil; miscellaneous stores; machinery and repairs; stoves and stovepipe; bricks and cement, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses for pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their capture, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For donations of five dollars each for prisoners on discharge, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bats and material for clothing for prisoners’ wear and for issue to prisoners on discharge, blankets and material for bed-sacks, sewing-machines, needles, thirteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one new steam-engine, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For medicines, medical and surgical appliances, and articles required in the care and treatment of the sick, hospital furniture, and supplies, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra-duty pay to eight members of the prison guard, seven hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of civilian employees ; One clerk, at one hundred and fifty dollars per month; one clerk, at one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents per month ; one clerk, at one hundred dollars per month ; six foremen of mechanics, at one hundred dollars per month each; two nightwatchmen, and five teamsters, at thirty dollars per month each ; in all, fourteen thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety two cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair of prison buildings, and repairs to Hospital, officers’ and guards quarters, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, ninety-one thousand one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia</inline> :<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artillery School, Fortress Monroe, Va.</p></sidenote> To provide for means of instruction, such as text books, instruments, drawing materials, chemicals, and material necessary in the science of engineering and artillery, stationery, and miscellaneous necessaries for use of the school, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer soldiers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, Ohio.</p></sidenote> as follows: For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the Central Branch, at Day ton, Ohio, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the North<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milwaukee, Wis.</p></sidenote> western Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the eastern<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Togas, Me.</p></sidenote> Branch, at Togus, Maine, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current expenses, including construction and repairs, at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p></sidenote> Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia, one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Southern Branch, additional ward to hospital, thirty-seven thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional ward.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension of breakwater, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of breakwater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaven worth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 120.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For estimated number of members of the branch of the National Home west of the Mississippi, at Leavenworth, Kansas, authorized by act of Congress, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, eighty thousand dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing and bedding for seven thousand seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing and bedding.</p></sidenote> sixty-two members of the Home, two hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For out door relief and incidental expenses, fifteen thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report to be made by Board of Managers of the National Home.</p></sidenote> in all, one million four hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars. And hereafter there shall annually be submitted to the Secretary of War a detailed statement of the expenses of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, who shall submit the same to Congress at the beginning of each session thereof.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the collection and payment of bounty, prize-money, and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty, prize-money, etc., to colored soldiers and sailors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote> claims of colored soldiers and sailors: For payment of agents; rent of offices; stationery, office-furniture, and repairs; mileage and transportation of officers and agents ; telegraphing, postage, and post-office money-orders, two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations></appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to heating apparatus, three hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to heating apparatus.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court House, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the court house at Washington, District of Columbia, For annual repairs to the court house in the city of Washington. District of Columbia, per estimate of Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Reform School, District of Columbia: For repairs to buildings, including <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform School, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>new roof on main building and new piers in basement, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Penitentiary for Utah Territory : For construction and completion of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penitentiary, Utah.</p></sidenote> the penitentiary for Utah Territory, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Penitentiary for Montana Territory: For completion of the penitentiary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penitentiary, Montana.</p></sidenote> for Montana Territory, twenty five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For defraying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territorial courts in Utah.</p></sidenote> the contingent expenses of the courts including fees of the United States district attorney and his assistants, the fees and per diems of the United Spates commissioners and clerks of the court, and the fees, per diems and traveling expenses of the United States marshal for the Territory of Utah, with the expenses of summoning jurors, subpoenaing witnesses, of arresting, guarding and transporting prisoners, of hiring and feeding guards and of supplying and caring for the penitentiary, to be paid under the direction and approval of the Attorney-General, upon accounts duly verified and certified, twenty six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For defending suits in claims against the United Slates: For defraying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in claims against the United States and District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and the District of Columbia pending in any Department, and for necessary expenses incurred in defending suits in the Court of Claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifteen thousand dollars, of which sum three thousand dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the prosecution and collection of claims: For expenses to be incurred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution, etc., of claims duo the United States.</p></sidenote> in the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For punishing violations of the intercourse acts and frauds: For detecting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Violation of intercourse acts and frauds.</p></sidenote> and punishing violations of the intercourse acts of Congress, and frauds committed in the Indian service, the same to be expended by the Attorney-General in allowing such fees and compensation to witnesses, jurors, marshals and deputies and agents and in collecting evidence, and in defraying such other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution of crimes, and investigation of official acts, records, and accounts.</p></sidenote> crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment, and for the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of officers of the courts, including the investigation of the accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of ‘.he United States courts, and United States commissioners, under the direction of the Attorney-General, and for this purpose all the records and dockets of these officers, without exception,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Records and dockets open to examination at all times.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of convicts transferred from District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> shall be examined by his agents at any time, thirty five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Attorney-General is authorized and directed to pay Charles H. Reed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles H. Reed and George Scoville, payment to.</p></sidenote> and George Scoville, attorneys at law, any sums, not exceeding three thousand dollars to Charles H. Reed, and not exceeding two thousand dollars to George Scoville, for services rendered in the case of the United States versus Charles J. Guiteau, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Attorney-General to employ a competent person to edit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing, etc., of 17th and I8th volumes of opinions of Attorneys-General.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of United States courts.</p></sidenote> and prepare for publication and superintend the printing of the seventeenth and eighteenth volumes of the opinions of the Attorneys-General, one thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDICIAL.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">united states courts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the United States courts: For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court; of the circuit and district courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia; of jurors and witnesses; of suits in which the United States is interested; of the prosecution for offenses committed against the United States; of the safe keeping of prisoners ; and of the enforcement of the provisions of title twenty six of the Revised Statutes, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, namely, those stated in the following itemized list:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the fees and expenses of United States marshals and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals and deputies.</p></sidenote> deputies, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payments of United States district attorneys and their assistants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys and assistants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States commissioners, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of United States prisoners</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of courtrooms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bailiffs, criers, janitors, etc.</p></sidenote> three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of United States commissioners, and justices of the peace acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing and medical aid, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of United States courtrooms, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of bailiffs and criers: of expenses of district judges who may be sent out of their districts to hold court; of meals for jurors when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court; and for such other miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney-General, including the employment of janitors, watchmen, interpreters, experts, and stenographers; of furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is a party in interest, and other miscellaneous expenses, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of building, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>To pay rent of building occupied by the Washington City post-office, at a rate not exceeding five thousand dollars per annum, five thousand dollars; and for payment of rent of same from November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to the close of the current fiscal year, at same rate, three thousand one hundred and twenty five dollars, to be immediately available.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That in all contracts hereafter made for service for the House of Representatives<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for services of horses to include expense of keeping.</p></sidenote> involving the employment of horses, the expense of keeping such horses shall be covered by the contract; and no money hereafter appropriated for contingent or other expenses of the House of Representatives shall be expended for stables or forage.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay J C. Courts for services as clerk to the Select Committee on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. C. Courts, payment to.</p></sidenote> Ordnance, authorized by the resolution of the House of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Charles Carter for services in caring for extra room of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles Carter.</p></sidenote> Committee on Appropriations sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay William H. Smith, assistant librarian House of Representatives,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Smith.</p></sidenote> for additional services during the first and second sessions of the Forty-eighth Congress, six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay James P. McCann the difference between his salary and that<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James P. McCann.</p></sidenote> of a messenger, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief page (Alvin H. Pickens), at the rate of nine hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alvin H. Pick-ens.</p></sidenote> dollars per annum, from April fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the tour pages now employed by resolution of the House the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> same compensation and for the same period as is provided for the payment of session pages employed by the House, two hundred and seventy dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse the Postmaster for postage stamps, seventy dollars, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to postmaster for postage stamps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. A. Puller, reimbursement to.</p></sidenote> be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse N. A. Fuller, late cashier in the office of the Sergeant-at Arms of the House of Representatives for payment of a certain check forged in the name of a member of the House in August eighteen hundred and eighty three, one hundred and sixty five dollars.</p>
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<heading>WORLDS INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">World’s Industrial Cotton Exposition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Final aid to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be used first pay persons, firms, and corporations not living and doing business in Louisiana.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For final aid to the Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, now being held in the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, not to exceed the sum of three hundred and thirty five thousand dollars, to be immediately available, and to be used first in payment of the indebtedness now outstanding of said exposition which is due to persons, firms, or corporations living and doing business outside of the State of Louisiana, including debts due to foreigners or foreign nations and such as are due to States and Territories from said exposition ; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To pay premiums in accordance with list of awards.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money to be disbursed by agent appointed by Secretary of Treasury and under his direction.</p></sidenote>secondly, in payment of all premiums heretofore awarded or which shall be hereafter awarded by said exposition in accordance with the list i of awards heretofore published; said money to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall make proper rules and regulations for the form and verification of vouchers in proof of such indebtedness, and shall detail a proper agent of his Department to disburse said funds as directed by said Secretary, who shall make a
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/513">513</page>
detailed statement of his transactions to the Treasury Department. Also for the womans’ department, of the said exposition, fifteen thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woman’s Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No money to be paid until detailed statement is made of expenditures, under act May 21, 1884.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 28.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to report to Congress, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars, And no part of the foregoing sums shad be paid until statements and exhibits in detail, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, are made of all expenditures under the appropriation made by act, of May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and that said expenditures have been made for the purposes and in the manner provided for in said act; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress, at the beginning of the next session, all such detailed statements made to him of the expenditures under said appropriation and also under this appropriation; and the necessary expenses of these examinations shall be paid from this appropriation.</content>
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<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing, binding, paper, and materials.</p></sidenote> public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding may be done by the Public Printer to the amounts following, respectively, namely :</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedings and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution among Departments.</p></sidenote> debates, one million two hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; for the State Department, nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for the Treasury Department, two hundred and sixty-four thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; for the War Department, one hundred and thirty eight thousand six hundred dollars of (which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-Generals Office); for the Navy Department, fifty-nine thousand five hundred and twelve, dollars and fifty cents; for the Interior Department, three hundred and twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars (of which sum ten thousand dollars is appropriated for rebinding tract books for the General Land Office); for the Department of Justice, seven thousand and eighty seven dollars and fifty cents; for the Post-Office Department, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; for the Agricultural Department, seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty two dollars and fifty cents, for the Supreme Court of the United States, seven thousand three hundred anti twelve dollars and fifty cents; for the supreme court of the District of Columbia, nine hundred dollars; for the Court of Claims, eleven thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; and for the Library of Congress, ten thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended in The two first quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one-fourth thereof may be expended in either of the two last quarters of the fiscal year, except that in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be expended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Public Printer to continue the operations under joint<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal and storage of certain Government property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, No. 8, p. 637.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> resolution approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the removal and storage of certain property of the Government mentioned therein, three thousand dollars to be immediately available, <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the building now occupied for storage purposes shall be surrendered as soon as the building provided for in this act is ready for occupancy.</proviso></p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/514">514</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Joint Committee on Public Printing to complete the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catalogue of Government publication.</p></sidenote> preparation, proofreading, indexing and revising the classified, analytical, and descriptive catalogue of Government publications, and of publications of public interest purchased by the United States for use or distribution, eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the final completion of the work’, which may be expended as additional pay or compensation to any officer or employee of the United States, the same to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to sixty-one printers regularly employed on the Congressional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional Record.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to printers regularly employed on, for time unemployed.</p></sidenote> Record sixty dollars each for time unemployed during the present session, three thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 1: extending the time fixed for the joint commission appointed under the sundry civil act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to submit their report.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>extending the time fixed for the joint commission appointed under the sundry civil act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to submit their report.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">December 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint commission on Signal Service, Geological, Coast and Geodetic Surveys, and Hydrographic Office of Navy Department; time for report extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 216.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the joint commission appointed under the act of Congress approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to consider the present organizations of the Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydro-graphic Office of the Navy Department, with the view to secure greater efficiency and economy of administration of the public service in said bureaus, shall report on the first Monday in January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or as soon thereafter as practicable, in lieu of 1 he third Monday in December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as required by said act.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 2: in relation to the ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>in relation to the ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">December 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Monument.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing cards of invitation, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 272.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ceremonies to take place February 21, 1885.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be executed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing such suitable cards of invitation as may be prescribed by the commission appointed by the joint resolution of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to make arrangement for suitable ceremonies upon the completion of the Washington Monument, and the Public Printer is directed to print such necessary programmes and cards as may be required by said commission. And the ceremonies provided for by said commission shall take place on the twenty-first day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five. And to defray the expenses incurred under the provisions of said joint resolution the additional sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December eighteen hundred and eighty-four, on the twentieth day of said month</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">December 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for payment of officers and employees of Senate and House, for month of December, 1884.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December eighteen hundred and eighty-four, on the twentieth day of said month.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 4: authorizing the Superintendent of the Census to continue the work on the Tenth Census.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/516">516</page>
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<docNumber>[No. 4.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing the Superintendent of the Census to continue the work on the Tenth Census.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-18">December 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of Census authorized to continue work of Tenth Census until further action of Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i> p. 212.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Part of act repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That so much of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes,” approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as provides that the Census Bureau shall be closed on January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, be, and is hereby repealed ; and the Superintendent of the Census is authorized to continue the work of the Tenth Census until the further action of Congress: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in no case shall any expense be incurred under this resolution, either for salaries or other items, in excess of the balance of appropriations heretofore made for the work of the Tenth Census which shall remain unexpended on January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five :</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said Bureau shall be closed with the expenditure of the money heretofore appropriated.</proviso></content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 18th, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 5: providing for the payment of laborers in Government employ for certain holidays.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<dc:date>1885-01-06</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 5.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for the payment of laborers in Government employ for certain holidays.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-06">January 6, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem employes of the Government to receive pay for certain holidays.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the employees of the Navy Yard, Government Printing Office, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, and all other per diem employees of the Government on duty at Washington, or elsewhere in the United States, shall be allowed the following holidays, to wit: The first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such days as may be designated by the President as day’s for national thanksgiving, and shall receive the same pay as on other days.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, Jan. 6, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 6: appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the support of certain destitute Indians.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the support of certain destitute Indians.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-12">January 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support and maintenance of Indians at agencies in Montana Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to be applied to the support and maintenance of the Indians at the Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck and Blackfeet agencies in Montana Territory.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, January twelfth, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 7: providing for the printing and distribution of the Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<dc:date>1885-02-09</dc:date>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for the printing and distribution of the Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-09">February 9, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed and half bound in leather, with the exception of the reserve sets, which shall be full-bound in leather, six thousand six hundred copies of the Descriptive
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/517">517</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 7, 8. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
Catalogue of Government Publications, of which one thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and distribution of.</p></sidenote> copies shall be for the use of the Senate ; three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives ; four copies for the library of the Senate; twelve copies for the library of the House; sixty copies, fifty of which shall be for foreign exchanges, for the Library of Congress ; two copies for the library of the Executive Mansion ; forty copies for the Department of State ; a copy to be sent to each legation of the United States abroad; twenty-five copies for the Treasury Department, including its Bureaus; twenty copies for the War Department, including one for the library of the Military Academy at West Point; twenty copies for the Navy Department, including one for the library of the Naval Academy at Annapolis and one copy for the Naval Observatory at Washington; twenty-five copies for the Department of the Interior, including it. Bureaus, the Railroad Commission, the Geological Survey, and the Census Office; eight hundred and eighteen copies to be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution to such libraries, not depositories of public documents as shall be named for this purpose by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; ten copies for the Post-Office Department and its Bureaus; ten copies for the Department of Justice, including a copy for the library of the Supreme Court and a copy for the library of the Court of Claims; two copies for the Department of Agriculture. ; two copies for the Smithsonian Institution ; two copies for the Government Printing Office; one thousand copies to be bound and distributed with the reserved documents, and fifty copies for the use of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, to be distributed among those who have aided in the compilation of the work.</content></section>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer shall print five hundred additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional copies to be printed and sold at 10 per cent, advance on cost price.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laws relating to printing additional copies of work repealed.</p></sidenote> copies of the above-named work, to be half bound in leather, and sold at ten per centum advance on cost price, to any person applying tor the same, a notice, stating the price to be inserted at least once a week in the daily edition of the Congressional Record until the edition shall have been disposed of.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That all provisions of law under which any additional copies of the above-named work might be printed are, so far as they apply to the above named work, repealed.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, February ninth, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 8: for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William A. Duncan.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>8</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 517</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-12</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 8.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William A. Duncan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-12">February 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William A. Duncan, printing of eulogies of the Late.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portrait.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William A. Duncan, a Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, twelve thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said William A. Duncan to accompany said eulogies; and for the purpose of engraving or printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 9: providing for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John H. Evins late a Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of South Carolina</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/518">518</page>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John H. Evins late a Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of South Carolina</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-12">February 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John H. Evins printing of eulogies of the late.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portrait.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John H. Evins, a Representative in the Forty eighth Congress from the State of South Carolina, twelve thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said John H. Evins to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred, dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 10: extending the permission granted Major William Ludlow by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three to accept a civil position.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 10.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>extending the permission granted Major William Ludlow by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three to accept a civil position.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">February 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Major William Ludlow, U. S. A.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of time extended for filling civil position.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1883, vol. 22, No. 18, p. 811.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the permission granted to Major William Ludlow, corps of engineers, United States army, to accept a civil position in the service of the city of Philadelphia without a forfeiture of his military commission until the first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty-five by the provisions of a joint resolution approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, is hereby extended for the period of one year: <proviso><i>Provided however</i>, That said Ludlow shall not receive from the United States any pay or allowance whatever during the said period.</proviso></content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 11: authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association the regimental colors which belonged to said artillery, and which are now in the custody of the Secretary of War.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 11.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association the regimental colors which belonged to said artillery, and which are now in the custody of the Secretary of War.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association, restoration to, of regimental colors.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association the regimental colors which belonged to said artillery, and which were captured by the Confederate forces at Ream Station, on the Weldon Railroad, August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and are now in the custody of the Office of the Adjutant-General of the United States Army; said colors to remain the property of said association.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 12: to print two thousand additional copies of Lieutenant P. H. Ray’s report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 12.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to print two thousand additional copies of Lieutenant P. H. Ray’s report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lieut. P. H. Ray’s report of International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska; printing extra copies.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That two thousand additional copies of Lieutenant P. H. Ray’s report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, be printed for distribution by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 14: authorizing the printing of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty three, and eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>14</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1885-03-02</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/519">519</page>
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<docNumber>[No. 14.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing the printing of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty three, and eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of Commissioner of Education for 1883 and 1 8 84; printing; distribution.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty-three and eighteen hundred and eighty-four there be printed six thousand copies for the use of the Senate, twelve thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and twenty thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 2, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 15: providing for printing additional copies of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>15</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 15.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for printing additional copies of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sixth and 7th annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey; printing additional copies: distribution.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office, in addition to the number already ordered by law, fifteen thousand five hundred copies of each of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, uniform with the preceding volumes of the series; of which three thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for the distribution by the Geological Survey.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 16: providing for printing the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 16.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for printing the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sixth and 7th annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology; printing; distribution.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office fifteen thousand five hundred copies each of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, with accompanying papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of the series; of which three thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, seven thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 17: providing for printing monograph two of the publications of the United States Geological Survey.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 17.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>providing for printing monograph two of the publications of the United States Geological Survey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">U. S. Geological Survey ; printing of monograph, second of publications of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office the usual number of monograph second of the publications of the United States Geological Survey, with the necessary illustrations, and to conform to the editions already issued by the Survey.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 2d, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>No. 18: authorizing the printing of certain naval and military reports.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<citableAs>23 Stat. 520</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/520">520</page>
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<docNumber>[No. 18.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>authorizing the printing of certain naval and military reports.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain naval and military reports; printing and distribution of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed at the Government Printing Office four thousand five hundred copies of each of the following reports: The report, of Lieutenant-Commander 0. F. Goodrich, United States Navy, on the “ British Naval and and Military Operations in Egypt;” the report of Lieutenant Fisher M. Wright, United States Navy, on the “Operations of the French Navy during the Recent War with Tunis;” the report of Lieutenant Theodorus B. M. Mason, United States Navy, on the “ War on the Pacific Coast of South America between Chili and the Allied Republics of Peru and Bolivia,” one thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Navy Department.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 19: to provide for printing the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>[No. 19.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to provide for printing the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual reports of Smithsonian Institution to be printed at Government Printing Office.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution shall be hereafter printed at the Government Printing Office, in the same manner as the annual reports of the heads of Departments are now printed, for submission in print to the two Houses of Congress.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 20: to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of the second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>[No. 20.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of the second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Annual Report of Bureau of Animal Industry; printing; distribution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That there be printed fifty thousand copies of the second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five; of which ten thousand shall be for the use of members of the Senate, thirty-five thousand for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for the use of the Commissioner of Agriculture ; the illustrations to be executed, under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee, on Priming, the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture,</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of twenty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven and sixty-hundredths dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the cost of the publication of said report.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 21: to authorize the printing of three hundred and ten thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>[No. 21.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to authorize the printing of three hundred and ten thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual Report of Commissioner</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed three hundred and ten thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/521">521</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 21, 22. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">of Agriculture; printing; distribution.</p></sidenote> and eighty-five; two hundred thousand copies for the use of members of the House of Representatives, eighty thousand for the use of members of the Senate, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; the illustrations for the same to be executed, under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars or so much<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation</p></sidenote> thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of the publication of said report.</content>
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<dc:title>No. 22: to provide for the printing of additional copies of the report of the committee on Military Affairs on the investigation of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>22</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 521</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 22.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>to provide for the printing of additional copies of the report of the committee on Military Affairs on the investigation of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of Committee on Military Affairs; printing extra copies ; distribution.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in addition to the authorized number five thousand copies of the report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the investigation of the National Home for disabled volunteers be printed one thousand for the use of the Senate, and four thousand for the use of the House of Representatives.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription></action>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<dc:date>1883</dc:date>
<dc:date>1884</dc:date>
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<coverTitle class="centered">PRIVATE LAWS<br/><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline><br/>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,<br/><inline class="smallCaps">passed by</inline><br/>THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.<br/>1883–1885.</coverTitle>
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<p class="centered">PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS</p>
<p class="centered smallCaps">of the</p>
<p class="centered">UNITED STATES,</p>
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<enrolledDateline class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December</i>, 1883, <i>and was adjourned without day on Monday, the seventh day of July</i>, 1884.</enrolledDateline>
<explanationNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Chester A. Arthur</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">George F. Edmunds</inline> was elected President of the Senate <i>pro tempore</i> on the fourteenth day of January, 1884; <inline class="smallCaps">John G. Carlisle</inline> was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the third day of December, 1883, and acted as such until the fifth day of July, 1884, when <inline class="smallCaps">Joseph C. S. Blackburn</inline> was elected Speaker <i>pro tempore</i> and acted as such until the termination of the session.</explanationNote>
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<dc:title>Chap. 5: to remove the political disabilities of Samuel H. Lockett, of Alabama.</dc:title>
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<citableAs>23 Stat. 525</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-01-31</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>5.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of Samuel H. Lockett, of Alabama.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-01-31">Jan. 31, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel H. Lockett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from Samuel H. Lockett, of Alabama.
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 13: for the relief of Louisa Boddy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>13</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-03-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>13.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Louisa Boddy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-20">Mar. 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisa Boddy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Louisa Boddy, of County, State of Oregon, the sum of five thousand four hundred dollars, in full settlement of her claim against the Government for depredations committed and property taken and destroyed by the Modoc Indians on or about November twenty-ninth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 20th, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 15: for the relief of the devisees of the late Daniel Carroll.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>15</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 525</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-22</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>15.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the devisees of the late Daniel Carroll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-22">Mar. 22, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of devisees, etc., of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the devisees under the will of the late Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, deceased, their heirs or assigns, may prosecute a suit in the Court of Claims, according to the rules of practice and proceedings in said court, against the District of Columbia, to recover such damages, if any, as they have sustained by reason of the change of grade and the regrading of the streets around square numbered seven hundred and thirty six in the city of Washing ton; and the said court, if it shall appear that said claim for damages has not heretofore been presented or prosecuted before any board of audit established by the provisions of the act of Congress approved<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">18 Stat., 118.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/525" renderingPosition="bottom">(525)</page>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/526">526</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH COMGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 15, 22, 29, 30. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby authorized to hear and determine the said suit; and in ascertaining the damages sustained by the plaintiffs, the court is directed to take into consideration the advantages, if any, to the said square numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, resulting from the change of grade and regrading aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the attorney for the District to defend the said suit, and each party shall have the right to appeal for a final decision in such case to the Supreme Court of the United States, according to the existing rules of practice in said court.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation</p></sidenote> out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the said plaintiffs such sum as the Court of Claims may adjudge to be due them, or any or either of them, one-half of which sum shall be chargeable to the revenue derived from taxation within the District of Columbia.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 22d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 22: for the relief of James H. Woodard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>22</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 526</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-10</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>22.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of James H. Woodard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-10">April 10, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James H. Woodard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Paymaster General of the Army is hereby ordered to pay to James H. Woodard, late adjutant of the One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the pay and allowances of an adjutant of infantry from the seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the twenty-second day June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Payment shall be made out of the appropriation for the Army for the present year.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 10, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 29: for the relief of Sallie A. Spence.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>29</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 526</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-23</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>29.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sallie A. Spence.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-23">April 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sallie A. Spence. Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Sallie A Spence one hundred dollars, for rent of a building at Murfreesborough, Tennessee, used and occupied as a hospital, under contract with the proper military officers, during July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 30: for the relief of Millie E. Hays, widow of John Hays, deceased.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>30</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 526</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>30.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Millie E. Hays, widow of John Hays, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-26">April 26, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Millie E. Hays.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">9 Stat., 520.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper officers of the Interior Department be, and hereby are, authorized and directed to prepare and cause to be issued and delivered to Millie E Hays, the widow of John Hays, deceased, a bounty-land warrant for eighty acres of land, upon the surrender of bounty-laud warrant numbered twenty-six thousand four hundred and fifty-four, issued under the act of Congress of September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, in such form that the same can be located by said Millie E. Hays, or assigned and transferred by her and located by her assignee as other land warrants are located upon the public lands.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 26, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 32: for the relief of F. G. Schwatka and wife.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>32</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 527</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-28</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/527">527</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH COMGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 32–35, 40. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>32.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of F. G. Schwatka and wife.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. G. Schwatka and wife.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to F. G. Schwatka, senior, of Salem, Oregon, and to Amelia Schwatka, his wife, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, to be equally divided between them, in full of their claim against the Government of the United States for their donation claim taken by the War Department, in sections six and seven, in township eight north, range ten west of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon, and what is now known as Fort Stevens.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 33: granting a pension to Caroline M. McDougal, widow of Rear-Admiral David S. McDougal.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>33</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 527</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-28</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>33.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Caroline M. McDougal, widow of Rear-Admiral David S. McDougal.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline M. McDougal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline M. McDougal, widow of Rear-Admiral David S. McDougal, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 34: granting a pension to Catharine Bullard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>34</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 527</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>34.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Catharine Bullard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catharine Bullard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Catharine Bullard, widow of Doctor Talbot Bullard, deceased, an acting volunteer surgeon, and to pay her a pension at the same rate as the widows of surgeons of volunteers are now paid.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 35: granting a pension to Laurena C. P. Haskins.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>35</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 527</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-04-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>35.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Laurena C. P. Haskins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-04-28">April 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laurena C. P.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Haskins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Laurena 0. P. Haskins, widow of H D. Haskins, as a lieutenant in the one hundred and tenth Regiment New York Volunteers and to pay her pension as a lieutenants widow from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pension now granted to her.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 40: for the relief of Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>40</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 527</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>40.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-03">May 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary L. Walker, Ella Walker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct the payment, out of ant money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker, solo surviving daughters of Lieutenant.-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/528">528</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH COMGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 40–42, 47, 48. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
Colonel Calvin Walker, late of the Thirty third Regiment of New York State Volunteers, the pension granted by certificate numbered two hundred and nine thousand nine hundred, to the said Calvin Walker, computing the amount due to the day of his death only.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 41: for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>41</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 528</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>41.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-07">May 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus F. Perry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth H. Gilmer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer three thousand dollars.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 42: to adjust the accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>42</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 528</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-07</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>42.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to adjust the accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-07">May 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John B. Monteith, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of accounts of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed in the settlement of the Indian accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased, late Indian agent at the Lapwai Indian Agency, in the Territory of Idaho, for the Nez Perce Indians, to allow him, or the administrator or executor of his estate, the sum of eight hundred and seventy five dollars and seventy five cents, which amount has been heretofore disallowed him in the settlement of his accounts in the Indian service; and which sum for that purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 47: for the relief of William L. White.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>47</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 528</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>47.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William L. White.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William L. White.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and allow the claim of William L. White for actual services performed by him as a clerk in the land-office at Oregon City, Oregon, under contract with the register and the receiver thereof, to the amount of one thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents, the balance due on said contract; and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 48: for the relief of the estates of James Vance and William Vance.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>48</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 528</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>48.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the estates of James Vance and William Vance.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Vance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Vance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to legal representatives of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the legal representatives of James Vance, deceased, and to the legal representatives of William Vance, deceased, the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, in full payment for the use of buildings at San Antonio, Texas, between August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and August twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 49: for the relief of T. J. Boyles, administrator of the estate of Marcus Radich, deceased.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>49</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 529</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-13</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/529">529</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 49, 51, 54, 56. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>49.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of T. J. Boyles, administrator of the estate of Marcus Radich, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-13">May 13, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. J. Boyles, administrator of estate of Marcus Radich, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to T. J. Boyles, administrator of the estate of Marcus Radich deceased, of Houston, Texas, the sum of four hundred and forty dollars, in full for the rent of two buildings belonging to the said Marcus Radich, deceased, situate in Brownsville, Texas, one of which houses was occupied by the United States, military authorities from August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at the rate of sixty dollars per month, and the other of which houses was occupied by the United States authorities from January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 51: for the relief of M. P. Jones.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>51</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 529</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>51.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of M. P. Jones.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-14">May 14, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">M. P. Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">12 Stat., 384.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be, and is hereby, appropriated) out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-five cents, to reimburse M. P. Jones for money deposited by him in the United States depository at Portland, Oregon, to complete the United States surveys along the line of the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road in Southeastern Oregon, and to pay the expenses of the clerical work in the office of the United States surveyor-general of Oregon, said money being deposited under the provisions of an act of Congress approved May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, upon the surrender by him to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the duplicate or triplicate certificates of deposit held by him.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 14, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 54: granting a pension to Mrs. Katharina T. Wunsh.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>54</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 529</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>54.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Katharina T. Wunsh.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-20">May 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Katharina T. Wunsh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. Katharina T. Wunsh, widow of Frank Wunsh, late a private in Company D, One hundred and twenty-sixth Regiment (Eleventh Cavalry) Indiana Volunteers, on the pension-roll, at the rate of eight dollar’s per mouth, from and after the passage of this act
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 56: granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Wright.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>56</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 529</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>56.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Wright.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-21">May 21, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel C. Wright.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel C. Wright, late a sergeant of Company E, Twenty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, at the rate of forty dollars per month, instead of twenty-four dollars per month, which he has heretofore been receiving; said increase to date from the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 21, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 61: granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Barbour.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>61</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 530</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/530">530</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 61, 66–69. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>61.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Barbour.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth A. Barbour.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Elizabeth A. Barbour, widow of James E. Barbour, late hospital steward of the Twenty-first Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensions laws.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 66: restoring to the pension-roll the name of Major D. Williams.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>66</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 530</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>66.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">restoring to the pension-roll the name of Major D. Williams.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Major D. Williams.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll the name of Major D. Williams, late captain of Company C, Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and grade his pension at twenty dollars per mouth from the thirteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the date his name was dropped from the roll.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 67: for the relief of Nancy Miller.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>67</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 530</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>67.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Nancy Miller.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nancy Miller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject, to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Miller, widow of Thomas Miller, late a private in Company M, Eighth Regiment Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 68: to increase the pension of Francis Scott.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>68</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>68.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Francis Scott.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alonzo B. Chatfield.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Francis Scott, late a private in Company B, Twenty-third Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, now’ on the pension-roll at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be entitled to receive the same pension as a soldier now receives or which shall be allowed hereafter by law to one who has lost one arm at or above the elbow or one leg at or above the knee.
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<dc:title>Chap. 69: to increase the pension of Alonzo B. Chatfield.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>69</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>69.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Alonzo B. Chatfield.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Francis Scott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension of Alonzo B. Chatfield, late of Company B, Thirty-third Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry be re rated and included as equal disability with that class of pensioners who have lost an arm at or above the elbow, under an act of Congress entitled “An act to amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg in the service, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, such increase to date from the passage of this act.
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<dc:title>Chap. 70: for the relief of N. C. Ridenour.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>70</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 531</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-03</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/531">531</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 70, 76–78. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>70.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of N. C. Ridenour.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-03">June 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. C. Ridenour.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of N. C. Ridenour, late second lieutenant of Company F. Twenty-third Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on the pension-roll, as such second lieutenant, the Secretary of the Interior to rate him in accordance with such rank; the increase of pension herein authorized to commence upon the passage of this act and be in lieu of all other pensions.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 76: to increase the pension of John Algoe.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>76</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 531</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>76.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of John Algoe.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Algoe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of John Algoe, formerly captain of Company A, Tenth Regiment Michigan Infantry State Volunteers, to forty-five dollars per month from the date of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 77: for the relief of John Connolly.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>77</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 531</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>77.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John Connolly.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Connolly.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to refund to John Connolly, of the city of Washington the sum of ninety-one dollars and eighty cents, the amount paid in error by him as administrator of the estate of one James Barwood, deceased, to the District of Columbia, for general taxes for the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, respectively, on certain real estate in the city of Washington theretofore owned by said Barwood, but which had escheated to the United States upon his death, prior to the assessment of the said taxes.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 78: authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to reconvey to Thomas Mulvihill certain lands erroneously conveyed by him to the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>78</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 531</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-11</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>78.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to reconvey to Thomas Mulvihill certain lands erroneously conveyed by him to the United States.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-11">June 11, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas Mulvihill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War, acting for and on behalf of the United States of America, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to reconvey to Thomas Mulvihill, by deed of conveyance duly executed, all the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to such part or portion of the lot of land as was erroneously conveyed to the United States of America by said Thomas Mulvihill by deed dated October twentieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and as recommended in a message from the President of the United States to Congress bearing date the thirteenth day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 11, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 83: for the relief of Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>83</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 532</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/532">532</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 83–87. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>83.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellen Call Long.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary K. Brevard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Belief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of eight thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-seven cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated in satisfaction of the claim of Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard, next of kin of R. K. Call, deceased, being the amount found in favor of said R. K. Call in a suit by the United States against him.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 84: for the relief of Santiago de Leon.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>84</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 532</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>84.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Santiago de Leon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santiago de Leon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of two thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to Santiago de Leon, of Victoria, Texas, in full compensation for certain mules, horses, and wagon-harness belonging to and taken from him, for the use of the Government, at Brownsville, Texas, on or about the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 85: granting a pension to Patrick Horan</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>85</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 532</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>85.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Patrick Horan</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick Horan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Patrick Horan, late a teamster in the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army, with the same rate of pension to which a private soldier would be entitled for like disabilities.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 86: authorizing the muster-in and discharge of Henry Z. Blinn</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>86</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 532</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>86.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the muster-in and discharge of Henry Z. Blinn</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Z. Blinn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Honorable discharge ;</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to so amend the rolls of Company A, Fifth Indiana Cavalry Volunteers, as to show Henry Z. Blinn a private in said Company from the fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, until the fifth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to grant said Henry Z. Blinn an honorable discharge, to date from October fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: <i>Provided</i>, That said Henry Z. Blinn shall be considered as having been acting in obedience to orders and in the line of duty when wounded on the sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 87: granting an increase of pension to George F. Dresser.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>87</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 532</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>87.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to George F. Dresser.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George F. Dresser.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of George F. Dresser, formerly a private in Company A, Thirty fifth Regiment New York State Volunteers, at the rate of thirty dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 88: granting a pension to Caroline Lauffer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>88</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 533</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/533">533</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 88–92. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>88.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Caroline Lauffer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline Lauffer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline Lauffer, widow of Jacob Lauffer, late of Company 0, Sixth Connecticut Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 89: granting a pension to George Overmire</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>89</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 533</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>89.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George Overmire</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Over mire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Overmire, formerly captain of Company F, Thirtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and pay him a pension as of the rank of Captain in lieu of the pension allowed him, under the general pension law, of the rank of sergeant of said company and regiment from the date of the passage of this act.
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<dc:title>Chap. 90: for the relief of I. L. Burchard</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>90</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 533</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>90.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of I. L. Burchard</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">I. L. Burchard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of the accounts of I. L. Burchard, late Indian agent of Round Valley Indian Reservation, in the State of California, are hereby authorized to adjust and settle the same upon the principles of justice and equity, and to award him credit for disbursements honestly made, and for payments made in good faith where such payments have inured to the benefit of the Government or the Indians.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 91: to increase the pension of George J. Stannard, late a major-general of volunteers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>91</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 533</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>91.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of George J. Stannard, late a major-general of volunteers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George J. Stannard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of George J. Stannard, late brevet major-general of volunteers, and who now holds pension-certificate numbered seventy-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-four to the sum of forty-eight dollars per mouth, from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 92: granting a pension to Mrs Ellen M. Flagg.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>92</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 533</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>92.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Ellen M. Flagg.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellon M. Flagg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Mrs Ellen M. Flagg, widow of the late William H. Flagg, late a member of the Fifty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 93: granting a pension to Robert M. Flack</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>93</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 534</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>93.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert M. Flack</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/534">534</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 93–97. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert M. Flack.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert M. Flack, late captain of Company F, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 94: granting a pension to Theodore C. Hawkins.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>94</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 534</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>94.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Theodore C. Hawkins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Theodore C. Hawkins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Theodore C. Hawkins, late a private in Company C, Fourth Wisconsin Volunteers, and late an employee in the United States Quartermaster’s Department.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 95: for the relief of Isaac Reed.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>95</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 534</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>95.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Isaac Reed.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isaac Reed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions, regulations, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac Reed, late a private in Company F, Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and now a resident of the town of Cannelton and county of Perry, in the State of Indiana.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 96: for the relief of Charlotte Day.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>96</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 534</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>96.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Charlotte Day.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte Day</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Charlotte Day, mother of Charles E. Day, formerly of Company F, First New Jersey Militia (Pennsylvania Emergency).
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 97: granting a pension to Julia A. Ross.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>97</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 534</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>97.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Julia A. Ross.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia A. Ross.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Julia A. Ross, widow of Michael M. Ross, late a private in Company I, First United States Artillery, and who died in said service August tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 12, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 100: for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>100</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 535</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/535">535</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 100, 108–110. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>100.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-18">June 18, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza W. Patterson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all national, municipal, and county taxes, general and special, and all interests, costs, and penalties thereon, levied or assessed, to and including June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, upon the property (in the District of Columbia) now held (or claimed) by Walter S. Cox and others, in trust for Eliza W. Patterson, widow of Carlile P. Patterson, late Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, be, and the same are hereby, remitted and canceled: <i>Provided</i>, That any outstanding certificates of sale for taxes in the name, of Carlile P. Patterson, late one of the trustees of said Eliza W. Patterson, shall be surrendered and canceled: <i>And provided further</i>, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the District of Columbia or of the United States to repay any sums heretofore paid for the purchase of said property at tax-sale: <i>And provided further</i>, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by said trustee and beneficiaries shall be a full release and satisfaction of all claims of evry kind on their part for damages of any kind against the United States, the District of Columbia or the city of Washington claim to have been done to said property.
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Received by the President, June 6, 1884.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[Note by the Department op State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]</p>
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</section>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 108: for the relief of Z. M. Pettigrew.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>108</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 535</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>108.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Z. M. Pettigrew.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Z. M. Pettigrew.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Z. M. Pettigrew, late postmaster at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, one thousand one hundred dollars, in full compensation for the moneys paid by said Pettigrew for clerk hire in the post-office, and for the ordinary expenses of said office.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 109: for the relief of Mary J. Vaughan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>109</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 535</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>109.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mary J. Vaughan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary J. Vaughan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Mary J. Vaughan, the widow of George Vaughan, late second lieutenant of Company K of the One hundred and eighteenth Regiment of New York Volunteers, on the. pension-roll, at the rate allowed a lieutenant’s widow, to commence from the date of the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 110: granting a pension to Albert Jehle.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>110</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 535</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>110.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Albert Jehle.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Jehle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Albert Jehle, late a sergeant in Company D, Twenty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 111: granting a pension to Thomas Patton.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>111</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/536">536</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 111–115. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>111.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas Patton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas Patton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Patton, late a private in Company B, One hundred and forty-second Regiment New York Volunteers, said pension to commence from the date when his name was dropped from the roll, at the rate of four dollars per month until the passage of this act, and to continue hereafter at such rate as may be required by the ordinary examinations.
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<dc:title>Chap. 112: to increase the pension of Martin Kelly.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>112</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>112.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Martin Kelly.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martin Kelly.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Martin Kelly late a private in Company A of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry (now of the District of Columbia), now on the pension-roll at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act shall be entitled to receive the same pension as a soldier now receives, or which shall be allowed hereafter by law to one who has lost one arm at or above the elbow or one leg at or above the knee.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 113: granting an increase of pension to Sally Mallory.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>113</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>113.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Sally Mallory.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sally Mallory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sally Mallory, widow of B. Mallory, late a. soldier in the Revolutionary war and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and pay her a pension, from and after the passage of this act, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 114: granting a pension to George Prince.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>114</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>114.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George Prince.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Prince.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Prince, late a sergeant of Company I, Third New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers, and pay him a pension of forty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pension he now receives.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 115: granting a pension to William McClure.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>115</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>115.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William McClure.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William McClure.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/537">537</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 115, 116, 120, 124, 125, 128. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of William McClure, late a private in Company A, of the Third Illinois Light Artillery and to pay him a pension from the date of the passage of this act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 116: to remove the disabilities of William H. Parker, of Virginia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>116</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-06-20</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>116.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the disabilities of William H. Parker, of Virginia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-20">June 20, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Parker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the disabilities created by the third section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States and incurred by William H. Parker, of Virginia, be, and the same are hereby, removed.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 120: granting a pension to A. M. Wilson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>120</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 537</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-24</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>120.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to A. M. Wilson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-24">June 24, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. M. Wilson. Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of A. M. Wilson, father of James Wilson, deceased, late a private in the Fourteenth Regiment of Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 124: to remove certain disabilities of Henry Newman.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>124</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 537</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>124.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove certain disabilities of Henry Newman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-26">June 26, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Newman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of certain disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the disabilities imposed by section twelve hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes upon Henry Newman, now a private in Battery B, Second United States Artillery, in the Army of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 26, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 125: to remove the disabilities of Robert D. Thorburn of Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>125</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 537</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>125.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the disabilities of Robert D. Thorburn of Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-26">June 26, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert D. Thor-burn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States upon, and incurred by Robert D. Thorburn of Virginia, shall be, and are hereby, removed.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 26, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 128: for the relief of Hiram M. Howard, of Richland, Kansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>128</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 537</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-27</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>128.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Hiram M. Howard, of Richland, Kansas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hiram M. Howard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Hiram M. Howard, late a private in Company I, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteer Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 129: granting a pension to Mary E. Murray.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>129</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 538</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-27</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/538">538</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 129, 130, 133, 135. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>129.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary E. Murray.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary E. Murray. Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and ho is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mary E. Murray, daughter of the late Colonel William G. Murray, of the Eighty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of eighteen dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 130: granting a pension to Salome Ann Walker.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>130</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 538</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-27</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>130.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Salome Ann Walker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-27">June 27, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salome Ann Walker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Salome Ann Walker, widow of Orrin Walker, late of Company K, Twentieth Maine Volunteers, subject to the laws regulating pensions.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 133: for the relief of the sureties of the late J. O. Rawlins.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>133</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 538</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>133.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the sureties of the late J. O. Rawlins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-28">June 28, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. O. Rawlins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of sureties of the late.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Henry Fairfax Williams, Moses Rosenbaum, Henry Voorman, George Schultz, Roswall Percival Clement, Andrew Anderson Louderback, Alonzo Hayward, Anson Parsons Hotaling, Loed Livingston, and John Nelson Risdon, sureties of J. O. Rawlins, late collector of internal revenue for the first district of California, by bond to the United States dated May sixth, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, be, and they are hereby, released from their liability arising from any deficiency that may have occurred in the accounts of said collector during the term covered by the transcripts of accounts from the Treasury Department, and from any judgment which may have been obtained thereon in favor of the United States; and the proper officer of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to direct the dismissal of any and all suits that may have been instituted and are now pending against the sureties aforesaid upon said bond.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 135: for the relief of Sarah A. Redmond.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>135</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>135.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sarah A. Redmond.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-30">June 30, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah A. Redmond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the auditor of the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, authorized to issue to Sarah A. Redmond a duplicate certificate for one lost or burned, numbered eighteen thousand three hundred and thirteen, class six, of the board of audit, for thirty dollars and ninety-four cents: <i>Provided</i>, That she furnish to the auditor satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction of the original certificate and that the same has not been paid and executes to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a bond, with two sufficient sureties, in double the amount, as security in the issue of said certificate, and as an indemnity to said District against all cost, loss, or damage in consequence of the issue of said duplicate certificate. And said certificate shall be redeemed, as all board of audit certificates are, by the Treasurer of the United States, as commissioner of the sinking fund of the District of Columbia.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 136: for the relief of Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>136</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/539">539</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 136–140. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>136.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-30">June 30, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Remission of taxes, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all taxes, together with the interest and penalties, now due and unpaid, for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and eighty, upon lots thirty eight, thirty-nine, and forty, in square one hundred and ninety-four, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, now occupied by the stone church known, as Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, be, and the same are hereby, remitted.
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<dc:title>Chap. 137: granting a pension to Miles B. Farlin.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>137.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Miles B. Farlin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miles B. Farlin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Miles B. Farlin, late a private in Company C, Thirty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in the war of the rebellion, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
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<dc:title>Chap. 138: for the relief of Judith Lauter.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>138</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-01</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>138.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Judith Lauter.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judith Lauter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct the payment to Judith Lauter, widow of Anton Lauter, late a private in Company E, First Regiment New York Cavalry, of a pension of twelve dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month which she now receives.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 139: granting a pension to Miss Mary P. MacBlair.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>139</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 539</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-01</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>139.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Miss Mary P. MacBlair.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary P. MacBlair.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary P. MacBlair, daughter of Thomas Parkin MacBlair, late a purser in the United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 140: granting a pension to Louisa V. de Kilpatrick, widow of Major-General Judson Kilpatrick.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>140</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 539</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-01</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>140.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Louisa V. de Kilpatrick, widow of Major-General Judson Kilpatrick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisa V. de Kilpatrick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Louisa V. de Kilpatrick, widow of Major-General Judson Kilpatrick, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 141: granting a pension to Isabella J. Ramsdell.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>141</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 540</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-01</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/540">540</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 141, 144–146, 150. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>141.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabella J. Ramsdell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabella J. Ramsdell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to date from the passage of this act, the name of Isabella J Ramsdell, on account of the death of her husband, David D. Ramsdell, a sailor and marine of the United States service for over thirty years, who died of disease super-induced by said service.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 144: for the relief of the Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>144</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 540</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-02</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>144.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlantic Alcohol Co., Atlantic, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty cents, in full for internal-revenue tax collected from them on certain distilled spirits on or about the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, said spirits having been destroyed by fire on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and before the proper stamps had been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p></sidenote>affixed: <i>Provided</i>, That the stamps issued to be used on the alcohol destroyed shall be first returned to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for cancellation.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 2, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 145: for the relief of J. T. Pickett.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>145</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 540</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-02</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>145.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of J. T. Pickett.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. T. Pickett. Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to J. T. Pickett, formerly consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, out of any unappropriated money in the United States Treasury, the sum of one thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars, being the amount advanced and disbursed by him, while acting as such consul, for the relief of destitute American citizens not seamen.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 2, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 146: granting a pension to Harriett S. Brisbine.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>146</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 540</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-02</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>146.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harriett S. Brisbine.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriott S. Brisbine.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, directed to put on the pension-roll the name of Harriett S. Brisbine, widow of the late Napoleon B. Brisbine, assistant surgeon of the One hundred and twenty-third Regiment of Ohio Volunteer’s, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 2, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 150: granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Lawler.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>150</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 540</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>150.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Lawler.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E1izabeth H. Lawler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/541">541</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 150–155. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth H. Lawler, widow of General Michael K. Lawler, deceased, at the rate of fifty dollars per month.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 151: granting a pension to James King.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>151</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 541</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>151.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James King.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Hanse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James King.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James King, late a private in Company F, First Regiment United States Infantry.
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</section>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 152: for the relief of John W. Cummins.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>152</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 541</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>152.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John W. Cummins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Cummins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to place the name of John W. Cummins, late a first lieutenant of Company C, Thirty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 153: granting a pension to Sarah Dayton, widow of Erastus G. Dayton.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>153</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 541</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>153.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Dayton, widow of Erastus G. Dayton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Dayton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Sarah Dayton, widow of Erastus G. Dayton, late acting ensign under General J.G. Foster, who received a grapeshot wound during the rebellion and died from the effects thereof; and that she be paid the pension of a widow of an ensign in the Navy.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 154: granting a pension to Solomon K. Ruggles.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>154</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 541</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>154.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Solomon K. Ruggles.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Solomon K. Ruggles.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Solomon K. Ruggles, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 155: for the relief of Alonzo Gesner.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>155</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 541</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>155.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Alonzo Gesner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alonzo Gesner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve for payment, if on examination he finds the surveys were made in accordance with the re-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/542">542</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 155–159. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
port and approval of the Surveyor general of the State of Oregon of date December first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, certain surveys of the public lands made by Deputy’ Surveyor Alonzo Gesner, namely, Township sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty south, range sixteen east of Willamette meridian, making fifty-four miles and three and nine hundredths chains of township-lines, and three hundred miles and sixty-one and ninety-two hundredths chains of section-lines, at the rate of seven dollars per mile for township and six dollars per mile for section lines, amounting in all to two thousand one hundred and eighty-two dollars and ninety-one cents which said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for said purpose.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 156: granting a pension to Mary Eliza Dickson, widow of Doctor Thomas Dickson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>156</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 542</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>156.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary Eliza Dickson, widow of Doctor Thomas Dickson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Eliza ickson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Eliza Dickson, widow of Doctor Thomas Dickson, and pay her the pension of a widow of an assistant Surgeon.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 157: granting a pension to Martha B. McCullach, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>157</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 542</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>157.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Martha B. McCullach, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William R. Browne.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Martha M. B. McCullach, widow of Doctor William P. McCullach, or McCullough, who was assistant surgeon in the Seventy-eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the late war, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 158: to increase the pension of Mathew O. Regan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>158</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 542</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>158.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Mathew O. Regan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha B. McCullach.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mathew O. Regan, late of Company E, Third Regiment, United States Artillery, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, according to the provisions of the act increasing pensions, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, instead of twenty-four dollars per month, which he now receives, from and after the passage of this act, the same as if his arm had been amputated at or above the elbow.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 159: for the relief of William R. Browne.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>159</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 542</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>159.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William R. Browne.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mathew O. Regan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That an act to amend an act approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, granting a pension to William R. Browne, at the rate of twenty-two and a
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/543">543</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 159–163. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
half dollars per month, be amended so as to grant him a pension of thirty dollars per mouth, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of William R. Browne, late a volunteer lieutenant commanding in the United States Navy, and grant him a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of twenty-two and a half dollars per month now allowed him, said increased pension to begin on the date of the approval of this act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 160: for the relief of Maria L. Hammer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>160</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 543</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>160.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Maria L. Hammer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maria L. Hammer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Maria L. Hammer, as a nurse in the service of the United States in Government hospitals during the late war, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act; and that the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Maria L. Hammer on the pension roll.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 161: for the relief of William J. Sawyer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>161</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 543</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>161.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William J. Sawyer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William J. Sawyer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to have the name of William J. Sawyer, late first lieutenant of Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, placed on the pension-roll subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3d, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 162: for the relief of Christopher P. Davidson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>162</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 543</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>162.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Christopher P. Davidson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Christopher P.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Davidson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Christopher P. Davidson, who served as a surgeon’s steward in the United States Navy, be allowed and paid out of the naval pension fund the amount of pension that would have been due him if he had been an enlisted person instead of an appointed one, as provided in section forty-seven hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, namely, one-half the pay of his rating at the time of his discharge. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 163: restoring to the pension-roll the name of John Allee</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>163</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 543</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>163.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">restoring to the pension-roll the name of John Allee</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Allee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of John Allee, formerly of Company K, Twenty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 164: for the relief Catherine Terry.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>164</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 544</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/544">544</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 164–168. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>164.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief Catherine Terry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catherine Terry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Catherine Terry, widow of Mitchell Terry late a private in Company A, One hundred and eighteenth New York Volunteers, upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 165: granting a pension to James Roden.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>165</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 544</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>165.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Roden.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Roden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Roden, late of Company A, Twenty-sixth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 166: granting a pension to William Printz.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>166</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>166.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Printz.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Printz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Printz, late of Company F, Sixty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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<dc:title>Chap. 167: to increase the pension of Thomas E. Wilson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>167</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 544</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>167.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Thomas E. Wilson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas E. Wilson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of Thomas E. Wilson, late of Company H, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, from twenty-four dollars per month to forty dollars per month, the said Wilson having had his eyesight so much impaired by a gunshot wound in the left eye as to make the loss of eyesight practically, although not absolutely, total; to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 168: granting a pension to Emma A. Porch.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>168</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 544</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>168.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Emma A. Porch.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emma A. Porch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Emma A, Porch, of Cole County, Missouri and that she be paid at the rate of twenty dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 169: granting a pension to Harriet P. Dame</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>169</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/545">545</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 169–174. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>169.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harriet P. Dame</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and II Mine of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriet P. Dame.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to put the name of Harriet P. Dame, of New Hampshire, on the pension-roll, and pay her a pension of twenty-five dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 170: for the relief of Ann McCarney.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>170</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>170.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Ann McCarney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann McCarney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann McCarney, widow of Thomas McCarney, late a private in Company B, Thirty-second Regiment New York Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 171: granting a pension to Sarah E. Price.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>171</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>171.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah E. Price.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah E. Price.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Sarah E. Price, widow of Nathan Price, late captain of Company F, Tenth Kansas Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 172: for the relief of Mrs Margaret Cassidy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>172</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>172.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Margaret Cassidy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Cassidy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Margaret Cassidy, widow of Peter A. Cassidy, deceased, two thousand five hundred dollars, in full compensation for the past, present, and future use of the patent of said Peter A. Cassidy for his invention of machine for cutting vellum cloth.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 173: for the relief of Mrs. Rebecca J. Pierce.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>173</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>173.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs. Rebecca J. Pierce.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebecca J. Pierce.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Mrs. Rebecca J. Pierce, widow of David A. Pierce, late of Company I, Twenty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, be placed on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 174: granting a pension to Mary Ullery.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>174</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 545</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>174.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary Ullery.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Ullery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/546">546</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 174, 175, 183–186. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
the name of Mary Ullery, mother of Daniel Ullery, who was drowned while in the United States service as a member of Company D, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 175: for the relief of John Kane.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>175</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>175.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John Kane.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-03">July 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Kane.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States the name of John Kane, late a private in Company A, Eleventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws; such pension to commence from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 3, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 183: granting a pension to Mrs. Mary C. Jones.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>183</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>183.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Mary C. Jones.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary C. Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Mary C. Jones, widow of Doctor Thomas M, Jones, late surgeon of the One hundred and thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. This act to take effect from and after its passage.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 184: to increase the pension of Joseph B. Sellers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>184</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>184.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Joseph B. Sellers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph B. Sellers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Joseph B Sellers, who now holds pension-certificate numbered thirty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-five, to thirty-six dollars per month, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 185: granting a pension to Joseph T. Caldwell.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>185</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>185.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Joseph T. Caldwell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph T. Caldwell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Joseph T. Caldwell, late of Company G, Sixty-ninth Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 186: granting a pension to William Reinhardt.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>186</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>186.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Reinhardt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Reinhardt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/547">547</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 186–191. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
of William Reinhardt, late a private in Company K, First Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 187: granting a pension to Patrick Droney.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>187</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>187.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Patrick Droney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick Droney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Patrick Droney, son of Mathew Droney, late a private marine in the United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 188: granting a pension to Frederick Wilhelm, late a sergeant of Company L, Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>188</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>188.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frederick Wilhelm, late a sergeant of Company L, Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick Wilhelm.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frederick Wilhelm, late a sergeant of Company L, Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.
</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 189: granting a pension to Frank F. Fitkin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>189</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>189.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frank F. Fitkin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank F. Fitkin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank F. Fitkin late a private in Company B, Thirty-first Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 190: granting a pension to Walter Dickson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>190</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>190.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Walter Dickson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walter Dickson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Walter Dickson, formerly sergeant of Company G. One hundred and forty-fourth New York Volunteer Infantry.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 191: granting a pension to Mrs. Mary McLaughlin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>191</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>191.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Mary McLaughlin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary McLaughlin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/548">548</page>
<centerRunningHead class="smallCaps">FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 191–196. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
laws, the name of Mrs. Mary Mc.Langhlin, widow of Barney McLaughlin, late of Company I, Thirty-fourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 192: granting a pension to Robert Nutt.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>192</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>192.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert Nutt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert Nutt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert Nutt, late a private in Company I. One hundred and forty fourth New York Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 193: granting a pension to Catharine Henry.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>193</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>193.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Catharine Henry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catharine Henry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine Henry, widow of Hiram Henry, late a private in Company F, Sixty-first New York Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 194: granting a pension to Michael Mack</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>194</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>194.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Michael Mack</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michael Mack.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Michael Mack, late a private in Company A, Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; also late a private in Company G, First Battalion, Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 195: granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Bryan Leet.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>195</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>195.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Bryan Leet.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Bryan Leet.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs. Sarah Bryan Leet, widow of George K. Leet, late a private in Cooley’s Independent Battery.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 196: granting a pension to Amanda Cutter.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>196</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>196.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Amanda Cutter.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amanda Cutter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Amanda Cutter, mother of J. Henry Cutter, formerly a private in Company C, Thirty-second Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and to commence from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription></action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 197: granting a pension to Ira McNair.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>197</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/549">549</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 197-201. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>197.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Ira McNair.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ira McNair.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ira McNair, late a private in Company D, Eighteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 198: for the relief of Ellen Horgan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>198</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>198.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of Ellen Horgan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellen Horgan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place on the. pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ellen Horgan. mother of William Horgan, late major of the Eighty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 199: granting a pension to William W. Day.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>199</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>199.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to William W. Day.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William W. Day.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William W. Day, father of Cornelius V. Day, late a private in Company D, One hundred and fifty sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, and that there be paid to him, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing December twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the amount allowed Abbie A. Day, mother of the said soldier, under pension-certificate numbered one hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 200: for the relief of John Bostater.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>200</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>200.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of John Bostater.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Bostater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of John Bostater, late a sergeant of Company F, Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this pension is granted for disability due to hernia of the left side, and is subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 201: for the relief of John Swearer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>201</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>201.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of John Swearer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Swearer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of John Swearer, late a private in Company C. First United States Artillery, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension law.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 202: for the relief of Caroline Sheward.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>202</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 550</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/550">550</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 202-206. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>202.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of Caroline Sheward.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate end House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline Sheward.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Caroline Sheward, widow of N. D. Sheward. late a teamster in the United States Army, who died in prison of the enemy, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 203: granting a pension to Alexander Saint Bernard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>203</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 550</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>203.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Alexander Saint Bernard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexander Saint Bernard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alexander Saint Bernard, late pilot on the steamer Michigan, United States Navy, and pay him a pension, from and after the passage of this act, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 204: for the relief of Rose Ann Galbraith.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>204</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 550</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>204.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of Rose Ann Galbraith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rose Ann Galbraith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rose Ann Galbraith, widow of John Galbraith, late a private in Company G. Seventh Regiment of Infantry, United States Army.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 205: granting a pension to Mary E. Seymour, widow of Charles J. Seymour, a deceased soldier.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>205</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 550</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>205.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Mary E. Seymour, widow of Charles J. Seymour, a deceased soldier.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary E. Seymour.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and conditions of the pension laws, the name of Mary E. Seymour, widow of Charles J. Seymour, a surgeon in the United States Army.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 206: granting a pension to Temple Golden.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>206</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 550</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>206.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Temple Golden.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temple Golden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Temple Golden, late a private in Company K, Seventy-sixth Regiment Missouri State Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 207: granting a pension to Thomas Cheshire.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>207</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/551">551</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 207-211. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>207.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Thomas Cheshire.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas Cheshire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Thomas Cheshire, late a scout under General Burnside during the late war, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, as though he had been regularly mustered into the United States Army.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 208: granting a pension to Allicia Durrant.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>208</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>208.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Allicia Durrant.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allieca Durrant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior lie, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Allicia Dunant, widow of Henry K. Durrant, late an acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 209: granting a pension to Eugene L. Townsend.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>209</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>209.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Eugene L. Townsend.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United-States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eugene L. Townsend.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Eugene L. Townsend, late of Company H, Seventy-first New York Volunteers, and Ninth Regiment Veteran Reserves, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 210: granting a pension to Sarah J. Chipman.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>210</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>210.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Sarah J. Chipman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah J. Chip-man.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior lie, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah J. Chipman, widow of Charles B. Chipman, de-decased, late a private in Company C, Ninth Veteran Reserve Corps, such pension to be granted from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 211: granting a pension to Mrs Mary Morris Husband.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>211</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>211.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Mrs Mary Morris Husband.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America-in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Morris Husband.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Mary Morris Husband, a volunteer nurse in the late war, giving her the sum of twenty-live dollars a month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 4, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 212: granting additional pension to George H. Fluke.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>212</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 552</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/552">552</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 207-211. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>212.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting additional pension to George H. Fluke.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George H. Fluke.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of George H. Fluke, late a private in Company K, Ninteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to direct the payment to said George H. Fluke the sum of forty dollars per month, instead of the sum he is now receiving.
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Noah E. Smith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-04">July 4, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Noah E. Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Noah E. Smith, now of Laconia, in the State of New Hampshire, and to pay him a pension at the rate of seventy-five dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
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<dc:title>Chap. 236: granting a pension to the widow of Major-General James B. Steedman,</dc:title>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to the widow of Major-General James B. Steedman,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Steed-man.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the name of Mrs. Margaret Steedman, widow of late Major-General James B, Steedman, be placed upon the pension-list, and that she be allowed fifty dollars per month from the passage of this act.
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<dc:title>Chap. 237: for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department, and for other purposes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by the accounting officers to persons in—</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons in this act named, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, the several claims examined and allowed by the proper accounting officers under the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">13 Stat., 381.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote>of the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, since January sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, namely:</content>
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<heading>TENNESSEE.</heading>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Washington Aly, of Jefferson County one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joshua T. Ashburn, of Marion County, eighty-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Armstrong, of Bedford County one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William F. M. Aikman, of Meigs County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph T. Allen, of Shelby County, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/553">553</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 237. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard Averitt, of Sumner County, seven hundred and forty-one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. McMahon, administrator of Elizabeth Allen, deceased of Williamson County, forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. K. Ault, of Knox County, forty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alexander Anderson of Marion County, forty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Angus and William Evans, administrators of Gustavus Angus, deceased, of Giles County, three hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Frank Akin (or Eakiu), (colored), of Davidson County, nine hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John D. Agee, of Crockett County two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John F. Anderson, of Franklin County, five thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Josiah Anderson, of Marion County, one hundred and two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. N. Bryant, of Bedford County thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M Brownlow, of Giles County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Addison Bowman, of Union County, fifty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H. Brooks, of Maury County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary A. Hagan, administratrix of Hartwell J Bumpass, deceased, of Law:once County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gale Berry, of Hawkins County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. M. Robinson, administrator of Stephen S. Blackwell, deceased of Gibson County one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. L. Ball, administrator of Daniel M. Ball, deceased of Lawrence County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Bowman, of Claiborne County, fourteen dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Walton Bradley, of De Kalb County, four hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George B. Bear, of Sullivan County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Bryson, of Cannon County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary T. Ballentine, administratrix of A. M. Ballentine, deceased, of Giles County, three hundred and thirty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Brown, of Campbell County, thirteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel F. Bell, of Blount County, thirty-nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. H. Bowman, of Claiborne County, four dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. G. Crowley, administrator of John L. Boyd, deceased, of Wilson County, one hundred and thirty-live dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eli Brown, of Campbell County, ninety-three dollars and eighty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. V. Lee, administrator of Ned Bradford, deceased, of Smith County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry J. Blinkley, of Dickson County, ninety-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. Buis (or Bries), administrator of Abraham Buis (or Bries), deceased, of Claiborne County, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nathan J. Bass, administrator of Gilbert W. Bass, deceased, of Giles County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Squire D. Bray, of Giles County, two hundred and seventy five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. E. Campbell, administrator of John Burrows, deceased, of Grundy County, one hundred and five dollars and ninety-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lunsford P. Black, of Rutherford County, six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. F Beeler, administrator of Adam Beeler, deceased, of Claiborne County one hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To C H Botsford, of Fayette County, four hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. L. Bodkin, administrator of Meek Bodkin, deceased of Gibson County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Bell, of Carroll County, one thousand two hundred and thirty-one dollars and seventy five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wilson B. Brown, of Green County, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert B. Barger, of Rhea County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James N. Bradshaw, administrator of William G. Bradshaw, deceased, of Maury County, one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. A. Brown, administrator of Neill Brown, deceased, of Hickman County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Allen Brown, of Warren County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A P. Brumley, administrator of Nathaniel Brumley, deceased, of Greene County one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A Fite, executor of William H. Beasley, deceased of Smith County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha R. Romines, special administratrix of Michael Byerley, deceased, of Rhea County, thirty-three dollars and thirty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac J. Barber, of Giles County three hundred and seventeen dollars and ten cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred N. Balch, of Sumner County, eighty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy Barnett, of Hancock County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Brown, of Madison County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William A. Boyd, of Williamson County, six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David H. Branch, of Shelby County, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Bright (colored), of Lincoln County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A J. Bankston, of Rhea County, two hundred and twenty-five, dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. W. Boyd, of Roane County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas F. Scott, administrator of Rowlett F. Bragg, deceased, of Tipton County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. and J. B. Boyd, administrators of Thomas Boyd deceased, of Knox County one hundred and eight dollars and thirty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Josiah Boyett, of Marshall County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Blain of Sumner County, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollar.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henrietta. B. Chambers (nee Bolton) administratrix of Isaac L. Bolton, deceased, of Shelby County four hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Bullin, of Grainger County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John R. Bledsoe, of Gibson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. Bradford, of Davidson County, three hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Harry Baker (colored), of Sumner County, eighteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary F Beeler, of Giles County, two hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John McBrooks, administrator of Cannon L. Brooks deceased, of Shelby County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Elouisa Berry, of Carroll County, one hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. D. Jones, administrator of S. Burrus, deceased, of Obion County, three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Bramlett, administrator of Garlington Bramlett deceased, of Rhea County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To the estate of Margaret Birkhead, deceased, of Hardeman County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Bell, of Rhea County, twenty-three dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To K. C. Barlow, of Rutherford County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha and James W. Blackman, administrators of William Black <page identifier="/us/stat/23/555">555</page>man, deceased, of Madison County, three hundred and fifteen dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. H. Brown, administrator of Allen Betts, deceased, of Gibson County, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hugh F. Crawford, of Knox County, eighty-six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Cox, of Anderson County, sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. B. Cowan, of Franklin County, three hundred and sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel D. Caughron, of Monroe County, eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William M. Cowan, of Franklin County, three hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Cantrell, of Marion County, twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. P. Cochran, widow of James Cochran deceased of Blount County, forty three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Camiler, of Blount County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Winston Carter of Sevier County, thirty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy A. Cox, of Hardeman County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph T. Chadwell, of Williamson County, one hundred and twenty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel West, senior, executor of Reuben L. Cates, deceased, of Grainger County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To B. F. Carter, executor of Doctor Benjamin Carter, deceased, of Giles County, three hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jesse Comer, of Lawrence County, two hundred and fourteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Cinclair, of Sevier County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard N. Conner, of Knox County, eleven dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. F. Roberts, administrator of John H. Crockett, deceased, of Williamson County, seventy-five dollars and twenty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. A. Cartwright, administrator of R. H. Cartwright, deceased, of Davidson County, forty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Chapman, of Campbell County, twenty-three dollars and sixty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah A. Cawthon, administratrix of Hugh R. Cawthon, deceased, of Cannon County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. T. Campbell, of Giles County, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel M. Corson, of Lauderdale County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David M. Corbett, of Jefferson County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James A. Cole, administrator of Wesley Cole, deceased of Shelby County, five hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. W. Casey of Coffee County, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Stephen P. Cope, executor of James Cope, deceased, of Warren County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha J. Carter (formerly Martha J. Paine,), of Giles County, one hundred and forty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Moses Cox, of Carroll County, two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Moses H Clift and J. P. Kefauver, administrators, of R. F Cook, deceased, of Monroe County, four hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. J. Craig, of Giles County, one hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Tucker Carritbers (or Caruthers) (colored), of Maury County, four hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James S. Callaway, administrator of Thomas H. Callaway, deceased, of Bradley County, one thousand and twenty dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To Nancy Cook, widow of Pleasant Cook, deceased, of Claiborne County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Moses Caten, of Warren County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Cullen F. Cribbs, of Carroll County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Counce, of Wayne County, two hundred and nineteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. Campbell, of Perry County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Annie E. Chaney, of Davidson County, thirty-nine dollars and seventy five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alexander Cowan, of Bedford County, three hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nathaniel Holman, administrator of John M. Cook, deceased, of Maury County, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. T. Chaffin, of Maury County, four hundred and forty-eight dollars and forty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. A. Collins, administrator of William P. Collins, deceased, of Gibson County, one hundred and twenty eight dollars and sixty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Campbell, administrator of Alfred Campbell, deceased, of Bedford County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. Clark, of Lincoln County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel B. Collet, of Roane County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Crow, of Roane County thirty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Coleman, of Lincoln County, two hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Polly Cooper (formerly Polly Bynum), of Maury County, one hundred and five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jefferson Chambers, of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Chipman, administrator of James Crews, deceased, of Sumner County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Chamiler, of Blount County, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John D. Coble, administrator of Neely Coble, deceased of Bedford County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. F. Whitman, administrator of Margaret Castleman, deceased, of Davidson County, one thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Obediah Chissem (or Chisholm), of Robertson County, seventeen dollars and forty cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Cochran, of Marshall County three hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To the estate of W. H. Campbell, deceased, of Obion County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Dodson, C. C. Dodson, and W. A. Dodson, executors of Mimrod Dodson, deceased, of McMinn County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Davis, of Grainger County, thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sophia A. Dean, of Smith County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Armsted Dew of Anderson County seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edward Gray, administrator of Benjamin Dagley, deceased of Scott County, twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alexander T. Dobbins, of Giles County, three hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Dyer, of Fayette County five hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Dockery (colored), of Sevier County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David F. D’Armond, of Knox County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Calvin Y. Douthit, of Lincoln County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Dodds (in his own right), and R. M. Cook, administrator<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> of Sarah Dodds, deceased of Claiborne County one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John R. Draper, of Knox County thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Aly Dowis of Knox County Kentucky fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Rachel Dixon, widow of William J. Dixon deceased of Davidson County fifty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Neely, administrator of Andrew Davis, deceased, of Claiborne County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Davis of Marshall County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H. P. Hobson administrator of Robert Dean, deceased, of Fayette County, two hundred and sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To F W. Doss, administrator of Eleanor Doss, deceased of Robertson County, one hundred and sixty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Pates, executor of Michael Dearstone, deceased of Greene County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James G. Davis, of Gibson County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H Delp, of Hancock County, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hugh De Bow, of Obion County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. P. and T. C. Darwin, and J. M. Caldwell, administrators of James A. Darwin, deceased, of Rhea County, two hundred and forty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. R. Corlett, administrator of James Edwards deceased, of Williamson County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. M. Ezell, administrator of Lavinia 0. Ezell, deceased of Giles County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. J. West, administrator of George Ewing (colored), deceased, of Montgomery County one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Warham Easley, junior, of Loudon County, three hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Pinkey H. Ezell, executor of Margaret Ezell, deceased of Giles County, three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Stephen M Emmons, of Lincoln County, two hundred and forty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John England, of Claiborne County eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eliza England, of White County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wesley English, of Giles County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Reuben H. Epperson, of Madison County fifty-one and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy B. and John W. Elrod, executors of James C Elrod, deceased of Rutherford County, four dollars and five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. A. Walker, executor of John Eagleton, deceased, of Blount County, twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William S. Evans, of Lincoln County, seven hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William R. Evans, of Lincoln County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. M. Elrod, of Cannon County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. F Eslick, administrator of Sarah Eslick, deceased, of Lincoln County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C. Zimmerman, administrator of Thomas Evans, deceased, of McMinn County, seven thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. J. and John W. Fry, executors of William Fry, deceased, of Giles County, two hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel M. Foster, of Lawrence County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Foster, of Giles County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha A. Fisher (formerly Martha A. Gattis), of Madison County, seven hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To Francis M. Fultz, of Claiborne County thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Calaway Farmer, of Blount County, one hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Ferguson, of Sevier County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy Fugate, of Claiborne County ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. T. Falls, of Hardin County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Nancy B. Fowler, of Marshall County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Amanda M. Fly, administratrix of CC. Fly, deceased of Gibson County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah L. Fogg administrator of William Fogg, deceased, of Giles County, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Fryar, and E. D. G. Bennett, administrators of James Fryar, deceased, of Cumberland County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel B. Ferguson, of Rhea County, thirty dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. Foster, executor of James L. Foster, deceased of Lincoln County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. E. Hailey administrator of Bailey P. Goodwin, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hiram Gilbert of Claiborne County ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jesse Gann, administrator of Ira Gann, deceased, of Hamilton County, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. J. Greer, of Blount County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To F M. Gass, of Jefferson County, three hundred and ninety-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. C. Eggleston, administrator of Lucy Giles, deceased, of Williamson County, six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Silas Gaither, of Cannon County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William J. Gossett, of De Kalb County, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William G. Grimmitt, of Maury County forty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William H. Goad, of Lawrence County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Berry Griggs of Lauderdale County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Madison W. Gouger, of Warren County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard G. Jenkins, administrator of David Gilliland, deceased, of Lauderdale County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Gollahorn, of Hancock County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Reuben Goad, of Smith County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. M. Hurst, administrator of B G. Gregory deceased, of Hardin County sixty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. J Dorsett administrator of Mrs. J H. Y. Greenfield deceased, of Maury County, ten dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To. H. P. Gault, of Knox County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To P. C. Smithson, administrator of Richmond Gilbert, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Urias Springer, guardian of W. R. Gulledge (or Gullage), insane, of Carroll County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gion Gregory, of Smith County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary B. Gallaher, administratrix of Benjamin H. Gallaher, deceased of Roane County, two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wayne Gideon, of Knox County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. J. Camden, administrator of John C. Gillespie, deceased, of Gibson County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John S. Gaither, of Lawrence County, three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John P. Gourley, administrator of John Giles, deceased, of Sumner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Gilliam, of Lawrence County, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary J. Garrett (formerly Mary J, Winn), of Bedford County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C. G. Galloway, of Shelby County, four hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred A. Hanks, of McMinn County, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Henderson, of Madison County, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To B F. C. Smith, administrator, of G.W. House, deceased, of Smith County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alary E. IIutsell,of Blount County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Henry, of Blount County one hundred eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Hill, of McMinn County forty-three dollars and seventy cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry C. Hunter, of Hamilton County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Hargrove, of Maury County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Hodges, of Claiborne County three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Hunter, of Hamilton County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Higgins, of Giles County, four hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Ann Haynes (formerly Atkins), of Union County twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. M. Hale, administrator of Jurcne Hale, deceased, of Gibson County, four hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Harvey, senior, ofWilliamson County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Hays, administrator of Mile C. Hays, deceased, of Madison County, one hundred and forty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. N. Williams, administrator of John Hilliard, deceased, of Carroll County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. Z. Taylor, administrator of John. O. Henderson, deceased, of Gibson County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William L. Hamilton, of Union County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Hammer, of Sevier County, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry J. Hartman, of Greene County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Hughes, of Hamilton County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H. Gregory, administrator, of Christopher Harris, deceased, of Maury County, three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Patrick Hodge, of Jefferson County, fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. W. Howard, of Sevier County, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Haste, of Gibson County, six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Howard, of Jefferson County, twenty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Stephen Hopkins, of Hancock County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J A. Hamilton, of McMinn County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Hunt, of McMinn County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Hatfield, of Sequatchie County, eighty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert S. Harris of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continned.</p></sidenote>To Martha Hurley, administratrix of N. B. Hurley, deceased, of Hancock County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J, T. Hampton administrator of James M. Hampton deceased, of Lincoln County, three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Holland (colored), of Shelby County, four hundred and sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. N. and J. M. Howard, administrators of Nehemiah Howard, deceased, of Giles County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A, Hannah, of Blount County, five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James R. Harmon of Greene County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. B. Cloud, administrator of James Hodges deceased, of Claiborne County, fifty-one dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Hickman, of Rutherford County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. R. Henry, of Rhea County, four hundred and five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H R. Hallum, special administrator of William Van Renselaer Ballum, deceased, of Smith County, five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Herriford, of Davidson County, one hundred and twelve dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. McConnell and Josiah N. Henry, executors of James M Henry, deceased, of Blount County, ninety-two dollars and ten cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Hendrix, of Marshall County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E L. Hinson, administrator of Jordon Hinson, deceased, of Perry County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martin F. Hampton, of Lincoln County, two hundred and eighty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John P. Henry, of Gibson County, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C. W. Hudson, executor of William R. Hudson, deceased, of Madison County, four hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. T. Brown, administrator of Joseph Hogan, deceased, of Obion County, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nathaniel Irvin, of Campbell County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary J. Igon, of Hamilton County, two hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C D. Russell and Lafayette Isley, administrators of John Isley, deceased, of Campbell County, three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. C. Iles, administrator of William R. Iles, deceased, of Loudon County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D P. McCorkle, executor of Daniel Jackson deceased, of Obion County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew W. Jackson, of Obion County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. E J Johnson formerly E. J. Bridgwater), of Smith County one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wilson Jackson, of Claiborne County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J B. Johnson, of Carroll County, eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac James, of Gibson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. B. Johnson and Samuel Johnson, executors of Susanah Johnson, deceased, of Roane County, four hundred and fourteen dollars and sixteen cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary A. Johnson, administratrix of William B. Johnson, deceased, of Knox County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caroline Johnson, administratrix of Benjamin Johnson, deceased, of Davidson County, two hundred and eighteen dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew M. Johnson, administrator of James Johnson, deceased, of Grainger County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Jopliug, administrator of John S. Jopling, deceased, of McNairy County, eleven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. H. Cearley, administrator of J. B. Justice, deceased, of Hardeman<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> County, two hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. H. Jones, of Rutherford County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Jones, of Blount County ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Johnson, of Sequatchie County, sixty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Jones, of Lincoln County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. L. Fare, administrator of G. F Jones, deceased, of Davidson County, forty-four dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. A. Reams, administrator of Amanda E. Jackson, deceased, of Davidson County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James G. Jones, of Rutherford County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Johnson administrator of Hiram Johnson, deceased of Sequatchie County, thirty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Kearley, of Smith County, three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel W. Knox, of Cannon County, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. R. Kittrell of Maury County, one thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John G. Kelly, of Marion County, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Keaton, of Carroll County, three hundred and twenty-tour dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samantha L. Kelly, of Madison County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To L D. Kenney, administrator of George Kenney, deceased, of Greene County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Keen, of Sumner County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jeflerson Kidd, of Blount County, twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Melinda H. Kidd widow of Edmund Kidd, deceased, of Blount County, nineteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C. W. Mosby, administrator of Sarah Leake, deceased, of Sheby County two hundred and sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gertrude A. Leftwich, administratrix of Doctor J. W. Leftwich, deceased, of Shelby County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Lockridge, of Maury County, three hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wesley Lowe, of Rutherford County, one hundred and thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edward Legg, of Knox County, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Lowry, of Monroe County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Waman Clark and James Scott, administrators of Mark Lowrey, deceased of White County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Lewis, of Jefferson County, eighty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. G. and John Logue, executors of Carnes Logue, deceased, of Wilson County, six hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Tapley G. Logue, of Wilson County, three hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Lyle, of Jefferson County, eighty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Lones, of Knox County, one hundred and seventy-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Lorance, of Rutherford County, five hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Newton J. Lebow, administrator of Rial Lebow, deceased, of Claiborne County, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eugenia Lee, of Rutherford County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To Isaac Lewis of Hamilton County, thirty seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. D. Lansden, administrator of Mary Lansden, deceased, of Carroll County, seventy seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Lewis, of Hamilton County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jordon F. Longmire of Claiborne County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alexander Lyon, administrator of Henrietta Lyon, deceased of Rutherford County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hugh L. Lamb and William Walker, administrators of Cornelius C. Lamb, deceased, of Bledsoe County, five hundred and sixty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Lewis, of Marion County, three dollars and thirty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Lane, of Blount County twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isarael Long, of Cannon County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Margaret and W. L. Lancaster, widow and son of C. A. Lancaster, deceased, of Obion County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James P. Lea, of Bradley County, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty cents; to George J. Lea, of Bradley County, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty cents; to Elizabeth B. J. Boyd (nee Lea) of Bradley County, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty.cents; in all, four hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Franklin B. Lester of Giles County two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry H. Long, of Perry County, twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Burton B. Leatherwood of Lincoln County, four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph N. Lannom, of Gibson County, five hundred and eighty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Long, of Marion County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joshua B. Little, of Campbell County, twenty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William McGill, of Cannon County one hundred and fifty dollars..</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A. McMillan, of Robertson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Melton, of Cannon County, two hundred and twenty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. B. Morell, of Giles County, four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Montgomery, of Blount County, three hundred and seventeen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Manlove D. McCurry of Greene County one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. H. McWhirter, of McMinn County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John N. Myers, of Warren County, twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Frazier, administrator of Thomas McKnight, deceased, of Jefferson County, thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Adam E. Moore, of Lincoln County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. C. C. Morton, of Williamson County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Mason, of White County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jephtha H. Moore, of Robinson County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred McGahey, of Marshall County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Miller of Hardeman County twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. A. McCulley, of Blount County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James McGuire, of Monroe County two hundred and thirty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Mitchell, of Carroll County, one hundred and three dollars, and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alien Moore, of Maury County fifty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. S Montgomery, of Giles County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. N. Moore, administrator of William Moore, deceased, of Hawkins<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> County, nineteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. Mitchell, of Jefferson County twelve dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nathaniel McDaniel, of Hancock County, twenty one dollars and thirty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. A. Myers, administrator of Enoch Mobley, deceased, of Grainger County, twenty-six dollars and sixty-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert E. Moody, of Sullivan County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William A. McClellan, of De Kalb County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. C McCoy, of Blount County, thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. M. C. Mallory, of Williamson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Maxwell, of Blount County, twenty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas S. Hawkins, administrator of Thomas B. McGahey, deceased, of Williamson County, one hundred and twenty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. John S. McNairy, of Davidson County one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. T. McDaniel, executor of Charles B. McDaniel, deceased, of Lincoln County, five hundred and thirty six dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Curtis Mills, of Sevier County, three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Denton, administrator of Morgan Miller, deceased, of McMinn County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John J. McBride, of Van Buren County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Miller of Cumberland County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Morrow, of Fayette County, seven hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas M. Morrison, of Tipton County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah J. McConnac, widow of John D. McConuac deceased, of White County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. P. McCown and J. H. Hamilton, executors of Thomas McDill, deceased, of Lincoln County, eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To B. Martin, of Hardeman County, three hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Goodson McDaniel, of Marion County, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jordon Miller of Campbell County, forty eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred H. Mitchell, of Knox County, eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Mullins, of Rutherford County, three hundred and five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph P. McDowell, of Williamson County forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Molloy, of Van Buren County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy J. Moore, of Hamilton County, two hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Tullock, executor of Adrian Martin deceased, of Blount County, three hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Mullendore, of Sevier County, one hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Anderson, administrator of John McGavock, deceased, of Davidson County, one thousand five hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Francis S. Massey, of Shelby County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Nelson, administrator of S. H. McClanahan, deceased, of Knox County, one hundred and fifty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Margaret M. McKay, administratrix of William A. McKay, deceased, of Williamson County, thirty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents..</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Miller, of Blount County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Maynard, of De Kalb County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Mitchell of Warren County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To D. S. Alsbrook, administrator, of George Murphy, deceased, oi Robertson County, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James A. Mentlow, administrator of D. W. Mentlow, deceased of Sumner County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Pleasent Morgan, of Wayne County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To F M. Woodall, administrator of S. V. Mullen, deceased, of Davidson County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gus A. McLane, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. B. Matthews, of Williamson County, nine hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William S. Madry, of Giles County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William J. Mosley, administrator of James H. Mosley, deceased, of Wilson County, one hundred and sixty dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. J. W. Armstrong, administrator of Henry McGee, deceased, of Gibson County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Menees administrator of Henry C. Menees, deceased, of Davidson County, one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David M McKnight, of Gibson County, two hundred and eighty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. Martin,ofDe Kalb County one hundred and and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Maria J. Malone, of Rutherford County, two thousand five hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. H. Rhodes, special administrator of William Murphy, deceased, of Fayette County, one thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andy Maclin (colored), of Giles County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. S. Maxwell, of De Kalb County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel H. McAdams administrator of Dorcas McAdams, deceased of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Martin, of Marshall County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred McGahey, executor of David McGahey, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Noblin, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Madison Neese, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Naylor, of Rutherford County, one hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T W. Kearns, administrator of John Norwood, deceased, of Knox County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah F Nichols, of Sevier County, fifty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ralph Neal, of Rutherford County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewella.Wood, administratrix of John Newman, deceased, of White County, sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Floyd Nichols, of Knox County, forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary O’Donnell, administratrix of Connell O’Donnell, deceased, of Davidson County, four hundred and forty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Orton, of Monroe County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas H. Oden administrator of Hezekiah Oden, deceased, of Williamson County, seven hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Holland Osborn, of Knox County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. S. Long, administrator of John Oliver deceased, of Franklin County, two hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elijah Oliver, of Blount County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James O’Neal, of Marion County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew Pebly, of Campbell County, fifty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mariah Parks, administratrix of Andrew Jackson Parks, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> of Giles County, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Pollard, of Sevier County, forty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Paschal, of Smith County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Pettillo of Knox County, ten dollars and eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Pettit, of Greene County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. G. Perry, of Weakley County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Albert Pierce, of Jefferson County, eighteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel G. Perdue, of Sumner County, one hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Pass, of Rhea County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob T. Page, administrator of Charity Page, deceased, of Williamson County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Petree, of Campbell County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John R. Pearson, of Fayette County, two hundred and eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Pankey, of Bledsoe County, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John G. Peace, of Monroe County, sixty five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry L. Penick, of Sequatchie County, one hundred and seven dollar’s and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Philpott, of Lincoln County, five hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M, M, Powell, administrator of J. M. Powell, deceased, of Lawrence</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">County, four hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Cinthia A. Pamplin, of Lincoln County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew J. Prowell, of Smith County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Peebles, of Williamson County, four hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John C. Pope, of Warren County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James and Eliza N. Marshall, administrators of Sallie M. Parrish, deceased, of Shelby County, three hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry T. Prater, of Rutherford County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jesse Parker, of Weakley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Willis Perry, of Maury County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. 8. Smith, special administrator of Mrs. M. O. Perkins, deceased, of Fayette County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth Pond, widow of Richard Pond deceased, of Sumner County, ninety-eight dollars and twenty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John S. Parker, of Weakley County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James S. Ewing, administrator of James Patterson, deceased, of Marshall County, six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David H. Parker, of Madison County, four hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lucinda Pierce, of Sumner County, one hundred and seventeen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jeremiah M. Parker, of Giles County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. McBride, administrator of Isham W. Parham deceased of Davidson County, one hundred and seventy-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Haggard and McKinley, holders and owners of a voucher of Paul Pruett, of Sumner County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To the estate of Henry Pigg, of Wayne County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To Anderson C. Quillin, of Hancock County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caswell Queener, of Campbell County, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard C. Quarles, of Marion County, fifty seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Rambo, of Sevier County, one hundred and ninety-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Ross, of Greene County, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eliza J. Richardson, widow of John Richardson, deceased, of Cliborne County, seventy-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Roberson, of Bledsoe County, one hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. S. Richardson, administrator of Murray Richardson deceased, of Davidson County, twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Luke Reed, administrator of Peter Reed, deceased, of Rutherford County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Peter Ryan, of Knox County, twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jordan Ridge, of Marion County, forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Margaret Reneau, administratrix of John Reneau, deceased, of Jefferson County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Rufus B. Roberson, of Bledsoe County, s.ix hundred and sixty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Jane Roberts, of Weakley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caleb Bule, of Sevier County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas J. Ridley, administrator of George W. Ridley, deceased, of Williamson County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hugh Reece, of Johnson County, twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Aaron A. Runyan, of Sevier County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Ridge, of Marion County, thirty-six dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Moody Reynolds (colored), of Giles County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Runnions, of Claiborne County, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To French H. Rogers, of Claiborne County, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel A. Pule, of Sevier County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Levi Reed, administrator of Robert Reed, deceased, of Giles County four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. Roberts, of Giles County, three hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. A. Rule, administrator of John Rule, deceased, of Sevier County, sixty dollars and seventy cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. N. Rogers, of McMinn County, forty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred and William W. Ross, surviving partners of the firm of Felix G. William W, and Alfred Ross, of Rutherford County, two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars ; and to William W. Ross, administrator of Felix G. Ross, deceased, of Rutherford County, sixty dollars. In all, two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Roney, of Sumner County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Robnett, of Wayne County, sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. T. Reynolds, administrator of Allison Reynolds, deceased, of Giles County, six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James L. Reed, of Marshall County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Rose, of Claiborne County, eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel A. Rodgers, of Loudon County eleven dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. Rutherford, of Sumner County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. Raiford, of Shelby County, six hundred and seventy-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> dollars and sixty-eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A. Renfro, of Grainger County, eighty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Rice, administrator of Ebenezer Rice, deceased, of Scott County, Indiana, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To II. G. Redman, of Scott County, seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Ross, widow of John Ross, deceased of Blount County thirty-two dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. E. Reynolds, of Roberston County, one hundred and ninety-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Seals, of Bledsoe County, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth A. Stegall, administratrix of R. A. Stegall, deceased, of Roane County, six hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eilender Shoulders, executrix of Thomas Shoulders, deceased, of Smith County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis C. Shell, of Knox County, thirty-six dollars and fifty cents. To N. H, Stone, of Sumner County, one hundred and twenty dollars. To David Shultz, of Cocke County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. To Jacob Smith, of Greene County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Sqeibb, surviving executor of William Stanfield, deceased, of Greene County, one hunted and seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William W. Hutsell, administrator of John Stewart deceased of Meigs County, one thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy J. Morrison, administratrix of Alfred Saunders, deceased, of Sequatchie County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William H. Strickland of Wilson County, eighteen dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Haley Shaw, of Madison County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Mincey Sharp, of Union County, eighty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James J Sherrod, of Knox County, five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy Shipe, of Knox County, twenty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Theodrick Scruggs, of Williamson County two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William G. Sullivan, of Rutherford County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred J. Saunders, of Monroe County three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sterling Skaggs, of Union County, two hundred and eight dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Sane (or Sayne), of Knox County, thirty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. D. L. Scott, administrator of M. T. Scott, deceased, of Knox County, thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Sharpe, of Grainger County, fifty-five dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard H. Spann, of Rutherford County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Oliver Shields (freedman), of Grainger County, two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. G. Spangler, of Campbell County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Steed, of Monroe County, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John J. Sellars, of Maury County, four hundred and seventy three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Lewis, administrator of Reuben Smith, deceased, of Marion County, thirty six dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Claiborne Self, of Greene County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. G. Sullivan, administrator of John R. Sullivan deceased, of Cannon County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William A Kelley, administrator of David Singleton, deceased of Rhea County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To William Sanders, of Bradley County twenty-six dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Senter of Grainger County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Logue, administrator of James Smith deceased, of Shelby County, one hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel W. Stone, of Claiborne County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha Simmons, of Claiborne County, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. D. Irvin and H. M. Steele, administrators of Moses Steele, deceased, of Williamson County, four hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Miss S. S. Smith, administratrix of J. Gray Smith, deceased, of Blount County, one hundred and thirty dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Simmons, of Perry County, twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Amanda J. Sims, of White County, four hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Willis Sanford, of Rutherford County, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To D. E. Shields, special administrator of Milton Shields, deceased, of Grainger County, one hundred and seventy-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew H. Stribling, of Lawrence .County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To N. N. Smithson, administrator of Tandy (or Taney, or Tarry) S. Smithson, deceased, of Williamson County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles R. Holmes, administrator of George W. Sanford, deceased, of Rutherford County, two thousand one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John G. Sheuber, of Hardin County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. K. Smartt, administrator of Samuel G. Smartt, deceased, of Warren County, three hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To F. M. Stephens of Fentress County, forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth D. Smith, administratrix of William C. Smith, deceased, of Grundy County, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. T. Seay, of Trousdale County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Sweet, of Williamson County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James O. Stilwell, of Marshall County, ninety-dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James O Stilwell, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. S. E. Shankland, administratrix of Alexanders. Shankland, deceased, of Davidson County, seventy-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Benjamin Seward, of Gibson County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Simmons, of Williamson County, two hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard Smith, of Lincoln County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. J. Smith (in his own right), of Shelby County, one thousand and twenty dollars and fifty cents; and to W. J. Smith, administrator of James E. Merriman, deceased, of Shelby County, one thousand and twenty dollars and fifty cents; in all, two thousand and forty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Laura M. Sawyer, administratrix of Felix J. Sawyer, deceased, of Shelby County, four hundred and ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James N. Scribner, of Maury County, two hundred and sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Snider, of Blount County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac J. Sharp, of Claiborne County ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To B. B. Shore, administrator of Robert B. Shore, deceased, of Shelby County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha E. Fulkerson, administratrix of W. R. Fulkerson, deceased, late heir-at-law of Moses Scruggs, deceased, of Blount County, sixty-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/569">569</page></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">seven dollars and fifty cents, to Frederick D. Fulkerson, heir-at-law<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> of Moses Scruggs, deceased, of Blount County, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents ; to Margaret E. Fulkerson, heir-at-law of Moses Scruggs, deceased, of Blount County, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents; and to Nancy M. Conner, heir-at-law, of Moses Scruggs, deceased, of Blount County, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents; in all, two hundred and seventy-dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Leonard, administrator of Margaret Simmons, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Allen Taylor (colored), of Cannon County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mathew Tidwell, of Campbell County, twenty dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Taylor, of Blount County, seventy-two dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Frazier, administrator of Mary Thornton, deceased, of Jefferson County, sixty dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H. Tindall, administrator of Mary Tindall, deceased, of Williamson County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hannah Tedford, of Blount County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Tulloch, executor of James Townsley, deceased, of Blount County, one hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To U. S. Tomlinson, administrator of Lucy Tomlinson, deceased, of Stewart County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. P. W. Thurmond of Maury County, one hundred and thirty dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John J. Taylor, of Williamson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Teague, widow of William Teague, deceased, of Claiborne County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George B. Guild and John Reid, executors of George Thompson, deceased, of Sumner County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ausbin (or Ausburn) Thomas, of Claiborne County, twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edmond Taylor, of Shelby County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Arthur Towles, of Davidson County, ninety-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. Jarrett, administrator of Samuel A Thompson, deceased, of Lauderdale County one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Phœbe. A. Thompson, of Claiborne County, eight dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Thompson, of Bedford County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Miles F Travers, of Rutherford County sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To B. C Arthur administrator of H B. N. Tomlinson, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Phœbe M. Tedford, of Blount County, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. K. Griggs administrator of William B. Thompson, deceased, of Davidson County, forty one dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew J. Trigg, of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. R. Trewhitt, of Bradley County, two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. F. Bell, administrator of John N. Tedford, deceased, of Blount County, twenty six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis A. Upshaw, administrator of Priscilla M. Upshaw, deceased, of Giles County, six hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To I N. Underwood, special administrator of Enoch Underwood, deceased, of Sevier County seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel G. Ussery, of Giles County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John R. Vaughan (or Vaughn), of Weakley County, twenty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Van Huss, of Greene County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote>To William R. Victry, of Davidson County, one hundred and twenty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E D. Hicks, executor of Sarah Vaughn, deceased, of Lincoln County, four hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Winston, junior, of Coffee County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Williamson, of Blount County sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Amanda J. Walker, administratrix of Lovel Walker, deceased, of Hamblen County, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ten cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Ward, of Giles County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Johnson Wood, of Williamson County one hundred and seventy-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John 1). Walkup, of Cannon County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hugh L. Wheeler, of Macon County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. M. Ward, administrator of Mary Ward, deceased, of Rutherford County, nine hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lovey L. Walker, widow of C. C. C. Walker deceased, of Hamilton County, forty-three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Johnson Wood, of Williamson County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James E. Ward, of Wilson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H. A. Warren, of McNairy County fifty two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Dorens Wear, executrix of J. S. Wear, deceased, of Blount County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. N. Wyatt, administrator of Joseph Wyatt, deceased, of Gibson County, one thousand one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John J. Woody, of Wayne County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Miles Woods, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Winn, of Humphreys County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Willis W. Whitworth, of Shelby County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Solomon Wilson, of McMinn County, one thousand and twenty-five dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George S. Worsham, of Giles County, two hundred and sixty-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jane R. White, of Giles County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Harrison Wood, of Campbell County, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. W. Humble, administrator of Jacob H. Whitehorn, deceased, of Carroll County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert F. White, of Sevier County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sampson Wright, of Rhea County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Whitt, of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jane C. Wilson, of Lincoln County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To N. L. Brown, administrator of William Whitlock, deceased, of Warren County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Worthington, of Bledsoe County, one thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard G. Jenkins, administrator of William A. Wood, deceased, of Lauderdale County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Eliza J. Witherspoon, administratrix of Thomas Wither-spoon deceased, of Maury County, six hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. Wilson, of Maury County, six hundred and five dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William R. Land, administrator of Josiah Wilburn, deceased, of Perry County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jeremiah Walker and W. C. Hixon executors of William Walker, deceased, of Bledsoe County, one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Cyrus Webster (colored), of Maury County twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
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<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hick (or Hickman) Weakley, of Rutherford County, forty-two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee, continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edwin and Jesse Everett, and Alice Alexander (nee Everett), heirs-at-law of James Wilcox, deceased, of Davidson County, fifty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William H. Wyrick, of Rhea County, one hundred and twenty-five .dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph D. Wilson administrator of Joseph Wilson, deceased, of Williamson County, four hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Walker, of Wayne County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To O. H. Wade, junior executor of O H. Wade, deceased, of Rutherford County, three hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jesse Whitzell, of Blount County, two hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Reuben Wallace, of Stewart County, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. J. Waller, of Fayette County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. H. Douglass, administrator of Mrs. Harriet Wynne, deceased, of Shelby County, four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Wilkerson, of Giles County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac. G. Wilson, administrator of John Wilson, deceased, of Monroe County, four hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. W. Wall, administrator of Theophilus Wall, deceased, of Marshall County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Clayton H. Witt, of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. J. Williams, of Sumner County, two hundred and ninety-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Whitaker of Lincoln County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Maria Camp, administratrix of Mary Watson, deceased, of Davidson County, one hundred and twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. West of Giles County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Erasmus C. Ward, of Lincoln County, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H. Wells, of Obion County, two thousand six hundred and seventy dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. R. M. Yates, administrator of John Yates, deceased, of Coffee County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>KENTUCKY.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Auxier, of Johnson County, two hundred and six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gilbert Adams, of McGofiin County, twelve dollars and twenty-two cents</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H. B. Ashby, of Hopkins County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hardin Brandenburgh and Simpson Brandeuburgh, of Owsley County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary A. Bodkin, of Shelby County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Bell, of Logan County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Montgomery, administrator of Elizabeth Bryan, deceased, of Shelby County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Decatur Beatty, of Lee County, seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas P. Burton, of Pulaski County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Pattie H. Bediuger, administratrix of William Holloway, deceased, of Fayette County, three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C H. Moses, administrator of George P. Brown, deceased, of Laurel County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/572">572</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky, continued.</p></sidenote>To James P. Burton, of Pulaski County, five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Buchanan, of Pulaski County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Minerva Bow, widow of Jesse R. Bow, deceased, of Cumberland County, seventy five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Bryant, of Jefferson County, one thousand and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Boon of Nelson County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James E. Blackburn, administrator of Lewis Blackburn deceased, of Caldwell County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Brickeu, administrator of Thomas J. Blicken, deceased, of Russell County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Boyle, of McLean County, seventy-three dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Aaron F. Crigler, of Boone County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. G. Cole, of Cumberland County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas P. Curdwell, of Owsley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Cooper, of Marion County, five hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Catharine Cronin, administratrix of Michael Cronin deceased, of Jefferson County, fifty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James J. Clark, of Spencer County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martin H. Coyl, of Boyl County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Caskey, of Morgan County, thirty six dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard Hamilton and L. A. Hamilton administrators of George 8. Conner, deceased, of Washington County, five dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H. Carpenter, of Bourbon County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James D Cook, of Fayette County, sixteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wiley J. Coffee, of Magoffin County, one hundred dollar’s.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Valentine Cravens, of Russell County, twenty three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edmon B. Chapman, of Russell County, one hundred and ten dollar’s.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Russell G. Cole, of Cumberland County ninety-one dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. D. Covington, administrator of Isaac C. Covington, deceased, of Warren County, five hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James T. Chism, of Monroe County, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Willis and James E. Downing, executors of William Downing, deceased, of Fayette County, twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. A. Dowell, of Allen County, one hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Doughty, of Laurel County, ten dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. D. Elliott, administrator of Cassandra Doom deceased, of Nelson County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Benjamin F Dunn, of Boyle County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Ewing, of Marion County, sixteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H L, Eads, trustee for the Society of Shakers, of Logan County, one hundred and three dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elijah Ewing, of Marion County, one hundred and ninety-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Ely, of Harlan County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Eades, administrator of Nathaniel Eades, deceased of Muhleuburgh County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Finn, of Simpson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Miller, administrator of Elizabeth Foreman, deceased, of Spencer County, four hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Olin J. Farnsworth, of Hopkins County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/573">573</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elijah Foley, of Russell County, forty-nine dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky, continued.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. B. Ward, executor of Richard P. Gresham, deceased, of Rock-castle County, seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and twenty eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ruth S. Garrison, Mark T. Tarvis, and William H. Garrison, administrative and administrators of Thomas Garrison, deceased, of Montgomery County, seventy-seven dollars and twelve cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth Horub: ck, of Larne County, seventy-three dollars and twenty-eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Pleasant M. Honaker, of Butler County, fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To T. F. Hieronymus, of Owsley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis A. Howard, of Knox County, five hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Campbell R. Holbrook, of Owsley County, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To P. M. Honaker, of Butler County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William T. Hutton, of Anderson County, one hundred and fifteen dolhus.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. O. Horn, of Grayson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Howard W. Hinds, of Estill County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Herron, of Laurel County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George (or George W.) Hounchell, of Clay County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Hood, of Elliott County, seventy four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To L. W. Elmore, administrator of L. Hartfield, deceased, of Greene County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Bennett Hinton, of Allen County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Henry, of Morgan County, nine dollars and eighty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Marcum, administrator of Levi Hensley, deceased, of Clay County, forty-four dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jesse W. Heath of Pulaski County, ninety-four dollars, and twenty cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Woodson V. Johnson, of Allen County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Allen Jones, of Pulaski County, fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Johnston, of Bourbon County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac L. Janes (or James), of Washington County nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. S. Knowles, of Warren County, two dollars and eleven cents, and to the estate of J. B. Carter, of Warren County, two dollars and eleven cents, in all, four dollars and twenty-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary C. Bragg, administratrix of William H. Kirtley, deceased, of Rockcastle County, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Simeon B. Lewis, of Jefferson County one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edmund Lucas, of Warren County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Brittain Lee, of Bell County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Laws, of Knox County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Lewis, of Pulaski County, fifty-four dollars and fifty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Lambath, of Simpson County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John L. Lapsley, of Russell County, seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert L. Langston, administrator of Robert Langston, deceased, of Bourbon County three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elias Mears, (or Meers), of Larue County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles J. Murphy, of Cumberland County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Carlisle R. Myers, of Montgomery County, forty seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/574">574</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky, continued.</p></sidenote>To James L. May, of Magoffin County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Catherine A. McPherson, administratrix of William McPherson, deceased, of Logan County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William T. Williamson, administrator of Spencer Morgan, deceased, of Christian County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary Moore, of Bell County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ray Moss, of Jessandne County, three hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jonathan McNeil, administrator of George W. Miller, deceased, of Laurel County, two hundred and thirty-five dollar’s and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Montgomery, of Green County, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Noland, of Owsley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth Newcomb of Marion County twenty-four dollars and thirty-seven cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E E. McKay, administrator of James M. Nicholls, deceased, of Nelson County, eight hundred and five dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James B. Otter, of Warren County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary O’Hair (or O’Hir), of Wolfe County, eighty dollar«.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Smith Overby (or Overly), of Laurel County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Pitman, of Laurel County, six hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Shelton Pointer, of Rockcastle County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M Park, of Estill County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ben Haulaway, administrator of Enos Pearman, deceased, of Hardin County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Catharine Parsley, widow of Alexander Parsley, deceased, of Laurel County, seventeen dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Pash, junior, administrator of John W. Pash, deceased, of Nelson County, forty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Ritchie, of Nelson County, thirty-one dollars and forty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Otha A. Reynolds, of Fayette County, four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Webber H. Reed, of Lee County, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Albion H. Robinson, of Russell County, twenty four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred Redd, (colored), of Rockcastle County, ten dollars ; and to Henry Redd, (colored), of Rockcastle County ten dollars ; in all. twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James A. Rouse, of Spencer County, fifty dollars, and to William T. Rouse, of Spencer County fifty dollars; in all, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A. Rexroat. of Russell County sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M. Smith of Cumberland County one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Gilbert Saylor, administrator of Levi Saylor, deceased, of Harlan County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wilson B. Saylor, of Harlan County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. P. J. Smith, administratrix of Thomas J. Smith, deceased, of Rockcastle County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jane Shadowen, widow of William Shadowen, deceased, of Pulaski County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary L. Steele (formerly Mary L. Pilkington), of Franklin County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Simpson, of Spencer County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John L. and Sidney C. Spear’s, executors of George C. Spear», deceased, of Boyle County, one hundred and two dollars, .and six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. A. Strange, of Cumberland County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A B. Sparks, Mrs. N 1. Shackelford, Mrs. M. E. Shackelford, Susan A. Right, W. F. Sparks, S A. Higerson and M. T Sparks, only children and heirs-at-law of William Sparks, deceased, of Calloway County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/575">575</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jack C. Turner, of Knox County, two hundred and forty dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky, continued.</p></sidenote></listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W L. Townsend, of Logan County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. H Campbell, administrator of Mis. Philadelphia Taylor, deceased, of Logan County, two hundred and sixty-uine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ann E. Turner, administratrix of James A Turner, deceased, of Montgomery County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. L. Totty, of Hickman County, Tennessee, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Stephen H. Tate, of Pulaski County, thirty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alexander R. Victor, executor, and Maria C. Victor, executrix of Warder Victor deceased of Bourbon County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. W. Wright of Warren County, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A. Wilson, administrator of Benjamin D. Wilson, deceased, of Simpson County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Walsh, of Morgan County, fourteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. G. Wade, of Simpson County, thirty dollars and eighteen cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles E. Wilson, of Nelson County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry T. Motley, administrator of Aaron A. Willoughby, deceased, of Allen County, twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Witt, of Allen County, twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Madison Keeton, administrator of Joshua Wilsou, deceased, of Magoffin County, ninety-three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Walton, of Simpson County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Vitus Wellington, of Nelson County twenty-eight dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To N. J. Wellington, of Nelson County, thirteen dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. Wallis, of Fayette County, two hundred and one dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WEST VIRGINIA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Baker, surviving partner of Nicholas and William Baker, of Hardy County, two hundred and forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Brooks, of Hardy County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John A. Boggs, of Greenbrier County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James A. Crowder, of Kanawha, County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Crouch, of Randolph County, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis A. Cook, of Wyoming County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Crites, of Hardy County, three hundred and sixteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Canterbury, of Wyoming County, one hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph M. Craig, of Kanawha County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Reuben Custer, of Jefferson County, three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Dodrill, of Nicholas County, twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ann M. Duke, widow of Robert N. Duke, deceased, of Jefferson County, nineteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Kunst, administrator of David Elliott, deceased, of Taylor County, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Susan P. Farnsworth, widow of Nathaniel Farnsworth, deceased, of Upshur County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Fox, of Nicholas County, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. M. Fisher, of Gilmer County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/576">576</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia, continued.</p></sidenote>To Thomas J. Grove, of Grant County, eight hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Greer, of Jackson County, thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Peter Gross, of Morgan County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Anderson F Godbey, of Raleigh County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Hines, administrator of Baldwin Goings, deceased, of Grant County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas W. Gordon, of Berkeley County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas May, administrator of James Gardner, deceased, of Green brier County, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. Gregg Gibson, of Jefferson County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Noah Harbert of Harrison County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John C. Harold, of Lewis County, one hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred Hutton, of Randolph County, three hundred dollars and thirty-five cents,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Holley Hunt, of Kanawha County, fifty-four dollars, and ten cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Hoylman, of Greenbrier County, two hundred and eighty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Hutsenpiller, of Greenbrier County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Harmon, of Putnam County, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Jarrel, of Wayne County, sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Rebecca Jordan, of Cabell County one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elijah Judy, of Pendleton County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eveline Jarrett, of Greenbrier County, two hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah A. Jackson, heir-at-law of Archibald Jackson, deceased, of Jefferson County, thirty-three dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas. A. Keller, of Hampshire County, one hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Kile, of Pendleton County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Kincaid, of Fayette County, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Layton, of Hardy County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. B. Lambert, of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George M. Lamon, of Berkeley County, ninety eight dollars and sixty-eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Light, of Berkeley County, three hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Lamon, of Berkeley County, four hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas McNicholas, of Wood County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Miller, of Fayette County, forty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Madison Collison, administrator of William Miller, deceased, of Greenbrier County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Small, administrator of Samuel Matheys deceased, of Berkeley County, two hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Calvary McCallister, of Putnam County ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Moore, of Pocahontas County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John McClung, of Nicholas County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Franklin D. Moore, of Pocahontas County, thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth Myles, of Fayette County, four hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry M. Matthews and Samuel K. McClung, administrators of Samuel McClung, deceased, of Greenbrier County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/577">577</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H. T. Peery, of McDowell County, one hundred and twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia, continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Pfeiffer, of Kanawha County eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Anna Paulis (or Paulus), administratrix of Frank Paulis (or Paulus), deceased, of Mineral County fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Pearell, of Berkeley County, twenty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Knight, administrator of John Piercy, deceased, of Green-brier County, nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lucinda Riffle, of Braxton County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Rollins, of Jackson County, one hundred dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David B. Reger, of Upsnur County twenty seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caroline M. Sinsel, administratrix of Elijah Sinsel deceased, of Taylor County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Marshall Schoonover, of Randolph County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Benjamin H. Sterrett, of Putnam County seven hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caroline E. Shobe, of Grant County eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Issaac Snuffer, of Raleigh County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A J. Smith and George T. Nickell administrators of William W. Smith, deceased, of Monroe County, four hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To S. H. Smith and Isaac D. Smith executors, of Jacob Smith deceased, of Grant County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard Sammons, of Greenbrier County, two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Randolph See, of Upshur County, eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Baliard Shaffer, of Barbour County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Sharpe of Pocahontas County, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Schaffer, of Berkeley County, four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hester M. Sommerville, administratrix of John Sommerville deceased of Lewis County, six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Leonard Turner, of Cabell County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Toler, of Wyoming County, two hundred and eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Thompson, of Greenbrier County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John H. Bryan, administrator of Jesse Templeton, deceased, of Cabell County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Benjamin Vernon, of Wirt County, six dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Vance, of Webster County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. White, of Barbour County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Taliaferro Wallace, of Cabell County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joshua Wood, of Hampshire County, one hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph H. Zeigler, of Berkeley County, two hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INDIANA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Adams, of Jennings County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator of Daniel Arnold, deceased, of Harrison County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Maria Neely Alexander, of Harrison County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Clark. C. Babcock, of Ripley County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Socrates J. Bence, of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/578">578</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana, continued.</p></sidenote>To Elijah Brown, of Ripley County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Boone, of Jennings County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator, of Pleasant D. Bean, deceased, of Harrison County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Stephen T. Bruce, of Dearborn County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Davis M. Brumblay, of Deaborn County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac. N. Blasdel (in his own right), of Ripley County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars; and to Hiram L. Walker, administrator of Reuben Blasdel, deceased, of Ripley County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars; in all, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William W. Borden, of Clark County, six dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Bonrqnin (or Burquain), of Dearborn County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary J. Bybee, widow of James Bybee, deceased, of Harrison County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Cravens, administrator of William Cravens, deceased, of Scott County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John N. Cravens, of Scott County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mary J. Conchman, administratrix of William D. Conchman, of Jennings County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John P. Strouse, administrator of Isaac Comer, deceased, of Scott County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas C. Coker, of Washington County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha J. Cunningham, administratrix of Wirt F. Cunningham, deceased, of Jackson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Davis, of Washington County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Harrison Davis of Jennings County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Dolman, of Jefferson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator of Thomas K. Enlow, deceased, of Harrison County, two hundred and fifty dollars,</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thaddeus Elliott, of Jennings County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William S. Frakes, of Harrison County three hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator of Jacob M. Fellmy, deceased, of Harrison County, one hundred and twenty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nicholas Foltz, administrator of Benedict Foltz, deceased, of Ripley County, three hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To E. P. Hicks, of Jennings County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edgar A. Walker, administrator of John Henning, deceased, of Scott County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Hemingway, of Jennings County, eighty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James B. Dickerson, administrator of Fielding Hyatt, deceased, of Ripley County, fifty six dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Frederick J. Hilcher (or Hilkar), of Harrison County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William D. Hutchings, of Jefferson County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Harper, of Ripley County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martha Higbee, administratrix of Nathaniel Higbee, deceased, of Ripley County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mathew Clegg, administrator of John M Hornaday, deceased, of Jackson County, three hundred and forty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis H. Hill, executor of Jonathan Hill, deceased, of Ripley County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/579">579</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Perry Hurst, of Washington County, one hundred and twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana, continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Edmund Hostetter, of Crawford County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator of George W. Jandson, deceased, of Harrison County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Knowlton, administrator of Francis J. Knowlton, deceased, of Ripley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel J. Wright, administrator of John Lopp, deceased, of Harrison County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Margaret Jane Leitch, executrix of William Leitch, deceased, of Jefferson County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Tarkington Lindsey, of Harrison County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Frederick Luhring, of Ripley County, two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel F Lemmon, of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mason, Beckman and Company, namely : To Robert Mason, of Dearborn County, thirty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents, to Alexander Beckman, of Dearborn County, thirty-eight dollars and sixty-three, cents ; and to Charles C. Mason, of Dearborn County, thirty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents ; in all, one hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Christine Mehrhoff, administratrix of William Mehrhoff, deceased, of Dearborn County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Philip F. Seelinger, administrator of Samuel N. Marsh, deceased, of Ripley County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Naden, of Jennings County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Warren Tebbs, administrator of Christian Poose, deceased, of Dearborn County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Ruth Parr, of Washington County, one hundred and fifteen dollars; and to Euoch Parr, of Washington County, one hundred and thirty dollars ; in all, two hundred and forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elijah H. Richard, of Harrison County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Ross and Patrick Shea (trailing as Shea and Ross), of Scott County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lindley Ruddick, of Jackson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George S. Rust, of Tipton County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Eliza A. Rey nolds, widow of Daniel Reynolds, deceased, of Scott County, thirty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Stonecypher, of Harrison County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Scott, of Ripley County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James K. P. Sonner, of Harrison County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George R. Spurgin, of Jefferson County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles T. Smith, of Harrison County two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Druza A. Shepherd, widow of Joshua H. Shepherd, deceased, of Jennings County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Aqilla T. Standeford, of Harrison County one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Stott, of Jennings County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William P. Spurgin, of Jefferson County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Milton Turrell, administrator of Salmon Turrell, deceased, of Dearborn County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Julia A. Webster, of Ripley County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Matilda Willoughby, of Jefferson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/580">580</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana, continued.</p></sidenote>To Andrew P. Daughters, administrator of James Wills, deceased, of Dearborn County, one hundred and twenty five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George W. Nichols, administrator of Benjamin Wildman deceased, of Jefferson County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nancy Walker, widow of Samuel Walker, deceased, of Brown County, fourteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PENNSYLVANIA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Arentz, of Adams County, eighteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Rowland Austin, of Fulton County, thirty-one dollars and seventy-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William A. Speer, administrator of Catharine Alexander, deceased, of Fulton County, thirty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Albright, of Cumberland County, fifty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Simon S Bishop, of Adams County, forty eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To G. F. and F J. Beard, administrators of Samuel Beard, deceased, of Adams County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Baer, of Franklin County, Fifty-six dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel H. Baker, of Franklin County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Albert F Barker, administrator of Joseph Barker, deceased, of Adams County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Bender, of Adams County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Christian Burkholder (in his own right), of Franklin County, one hundred and four dollars, and to Benjamin and W. L. Chambers, executors of George Chambers, deceased, of Franklin County, one hundred and four dollars ; in all, two hundred and eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Solomon Cassatt, of Adams County, twenty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James H. Collins, of Adams County, twenty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George and John Cole, of Adams County, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William 8. Cart, of Adams County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Coble of Franklin County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To I N. Durboraw, administrator of Samuel Durboraw, deceased, of Adams County, fifty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Duttera, of Adams County, forty-four dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hanson J. Diehl and Benjamin Kittenger, executors of Jacob Diehl, deceased, of Adams County, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Emanuel Feeser, of Adams County, forty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Furney, of Adams County, six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Pious P. Fink, of Adams County, fifty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Fedde Fixsen, of Fulton County, sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James D. and William M. Gillan administrators of Charles Gillan, deceased, of Franklin County, five dollars and eighty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To C. B. Hanes, of Adams County, two dollars and eighty-one cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Baker, administrator of Jacob Hoover, deceased, of Adams County, sixteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Michael Helsel (or Heltzel), of Adams County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Newton M. Horner, administrator of Eli Horner, deceased, of Adams County, thirty-eight dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Hershey, of Franklin County, six dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Abraham Horst, of Franklin County, sixty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. Salome Horst, of Franklin County, one hundred and sixty nine dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. Alexander Harper, of Adams County, nine dollars and eighty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob B. Hege, of Franklin County, seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/581">581</page>
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob S. Haldeman, of Cumberland County, seventy-three dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania, continued.</p></sidenote> and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth Jacobs, of Adams County, sixty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Krise, of Adams County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Keefauver, of Adams County, nineteen dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To L. C. Kepner, of Franklin County, twenty-one dollars and ninety-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Keffer, of Adams County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Knnkle, of Cumberland County, eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel H. Klingel, of Adams County, two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martin Kreger, of Cumberland County, twenty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Abraham Lehman, of Franklin County one hundred and thirty-five dollar.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Lenherr, of Franklin County, twenty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Lantz, of Franklin County, eighteen dollars and twenty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Lefever, of Adams County, ten dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David M. Leisher, of Franklin County, one hundred and five dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Limiemood, of Cumberland County, forty-two dollars and thirty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Lightfoot, of Franklin County, seventeen dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Simon Lecron (or Leckron), administrator of John Lecron, deceased, of Franklin County, one hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Line, of Cumberland County, twenty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Ephraim Myers, of Adams County, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Levi D. Maus, of Adams County, twenty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob Myers, of Adams County, fifty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Myers, of Adams County, two hundred and nine dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William McSherry, of Adams County, two hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixteen cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert C. McKinney, of Adams County, forty-seven dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Newton M. Horner, administrator of Andrew McKinney, deceased, of Adams County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jacob McDonald, of Fulton County thirty-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. N. Michael, of York County’, one hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew S. Mann (or Monn), of Franklin County, twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Miller, of J., guardian of Susannah Young and John P. Young, and Eliza Young, widow of John Young, deceased, of Franklin County, seventeen dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Moner (or Mower), of Cumberland County, nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Peter Noel, of York County, fifty-four dollars and thirty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Naugle, of Cumberland County, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Oaks, of Franklin County, twenty-three dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Susannah and Rebecca Ocker, executors of William Ocker, deceased, of Cumberland County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Bernard O’Neal, of Bedford County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. W. Porter, of Fulton County, sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Rhodes, junior, administrator of David Rhodes, deceased, of Adams County, twenty dollars</listContent></listItem>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania, continued.</p></sidenote>To John Raby, of Fulton County, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles W. Rhodes, of Franklin County, forty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew Rudisell (or Rudisill), of York County, eighteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Emanuel Rudisell, of Adams County, sixteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Reichert, of Cumberland County, sixteen dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Sheets, of Adams County, seventy-four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Spangler, junior, of Adams County, eighty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Sell, of Adams County, forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Catharine Scholl, widow of Jacob Scholl, deceased, of Cumberland County, sixty six dollars and eighty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Krumrine, executor of Jacob Sterner deceased of Adams County, thirty-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Smith, of Franklin County, thirty-six dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William C. and Washington W. Scott, of Adams County, thirty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles N. Spangler, of Adams County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Frederick Trimmer, of Adams County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph B. Topper and Joseph J. Smith, administrators of Jesse P. Topper, deceased, of Adams County, two hundred and thirty dollars and ninety cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. Henry and Samuel Wiest, executors of John Wiest, deceased, of Adams County, forty-eight dollars and seventy cents</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To W. B. Wolf, of Adams County one hundred and fifty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Adam Wert, of Adams County eighty four dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Walker, of Adams County twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James S. Wilson, of Adams County three hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John George Wolf, of Adams County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Wherry, of Cumberland County one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Ellen Woodward, 0 R. Woodward, and J. H. Hargis, executors of R. O. Woodward, deceased, of Cumberland County, one hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John B. Witmer of Franklin County, ninety-six dollars and four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Anna Mary Wolf, administratrix of Henry Wolf, deceased, of Adams County, thirty-two dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Wolff, of Adams County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Young, surviving partner of the firm of Stine and Young, of Adams County, two hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William B. and Charles M. Young, executors of William Young, deceased, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Zimmerman, of Cumberland County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>OHIO.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio.</p></sidenote>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph Aten, of Jackson County, one hundred and fifteen dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thornton Boxter, of Gallia County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Burgoon, of Morgan County, ninety-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Buchanan and Adams, of Hamilton County, four hundred and five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Clemens, of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Connell, administrator of Alexander Connell deceased, of Jefferson County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Martin Cameron, of Hamilton County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Cissna, of Pike County, fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis Pierson, administrator of William Clark, deceased, of Hamilton County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Anselm T. Halcomb, administrator of Thomas Damron, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio, continued.</p></sidenote> of Lawrence County, two hundred and seventy-dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William H. Davis, of Muskingum County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George G. Eagleston (or Eagleson), of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Egan, of Meigs County, fifty-nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Gardner, administrator of D. M. Gardner, deceased, of Adams County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Glenn, of Gallia County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Francis A Gibbons, of Hocking County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Emily C. House, administratrix of Asbury House, deceased, of Like County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Humphrey, of Hamilton County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John W. Hill, of Harrison County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Robert Hastings, of Guernsey County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel H. Ford, administrator of Samuel Hall, deceased, of Jefferson County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Jones, of Jackson County, twelve dollars, and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Maggie L. Joues, administratrix of Enoch Jones, deceased, of Hamilton County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Hiram Hilton, of Meigs County, two hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To H 0. Kennedy, administrator of James Kennedy, deceased of Adams County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Lebnbeuter, of Hamilton County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James W. McMaster, of Washington County forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William McGrew, of Harrison County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Leonard McGarvey, of Clermont County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Rosanna Mehaffey, widow of Cornelius Mehaffey, deceased, of Jackson County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Margaret McCall, executrix of Hugh McCall, deceased, of Scioto County, sixty three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Mayer, of Hamilton County two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Davis, administrator of Moses C. McCarley, deceased, of Jackson County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah A. McElhinney, widow of Robert McElhinney, deceased, of Meigs County ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas O’Brien, of Hamilton County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Augustus Oskam]),of Clermont County, one thousand two hundred and sixty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Michael Overley, of Jackson County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew Rea, of Adams County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John M. Rankin, of Harrison County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Moses D. Scott, of Meigs County, seventy-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas J. Sweeney, executor of John M. Sweeney, deceased, of Clermont County, one hundred and thirty dollar’s.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Wesley H. Smith, of Hamilton County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To R. J. Shields, of Adams County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andrew Sperber, of Hamilton County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Simonson, of Hamilton County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Jackson Stanley, of Meigs County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To P L. Shepler, of Lucas County, sixty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Theobald, of Pike County, one hundred and twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio, continued.</p></sidenote>To Malinda Tolbert (formerly Malinda Hammond), of Jackson County, ninety dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Nicholas Todd, of Hamilton County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To M. W. and G. W. Thompron, of Scioto County, forty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Wood, of Clermont County, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas Wilson (or Willsen), of Harrison County, one hundred and ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MARYLAND.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Owen Bissett, of Washington County, six hundred and sixty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Zedoc T. Crown, of Montgomery County, one hundred and fifty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Counselman, of Montgomery County, one thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas D. Stone, administrator of Eleanor H. Edeiin, deceased, of Charles County, nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaiah Hammond and George Eakle administrators, of William Hammond, deceased, of Washington County, seven hundred and one dollars and seventy cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry Hurley, of Montgomery County, seven hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Jones, widow of Thomas L. Jones, deceased, of Montgomery County, thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas R. Johnson, of Frederick County, one hundred and six dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Thomas E. Lynch, administrator of Thomas J Lynch, deceased, of Washington County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William L. Lancaster, of Washington County, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John T. Meredith, of Frederick County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Catharine Nyman, widow of Lewis B. Nyman, deceased, of Washington County, eleven dollars and thirty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henrietta Norris, of Frederick County, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Peters, junior, of Frederick County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Benjamin Posey and Thomas E. Bowie, administrators of George R. Posey, deceased, of Charles County, two hundred and fifty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Mrs. M. A. Rice,-widow of David Rice, deceased of Montgomery County, eighty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Smith of Washington County, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Shifler, of Washington County, fifty-nine dollars and thirteen cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Devolt Stotlemeyer; of Washington County, two hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William V. Bouic, administrator of John W. Spates, deceased, of Montgomery County, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Daniel Smith of Frederick County, one hundred and forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Claggett, administrator of Eliza H. West, deceased, of Frederick County, eight hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Elizabeth White, of Montgomery County, forty-two dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Richard L. Waters, of Baltimore County, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents</listContent></listItem>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Patrick M. West, of Frederick County, one hundred and twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland, continued</p></sidenote> dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISSOURI.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis N. Ayres, of Pemiscot County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lewis Adams, of Bates County, four hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Alexander, of Greene County, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James M Appling, of Laclede County, ten dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Charles Beckenbach, of Moniteau County, forty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Isaac Chowning, of Howell County, thirty-five dollars</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Franklin Choice, of Saint Clair County, thirty-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Andreas Dehn (or Dehu), administrator of William Dehn (or Dehu), deceased, of Franklin County, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah E. Foster and Margaret J. Courtney, heirs of G. 0. and Martha A. Foster, deceased, of Dade County eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sarah Phillips, formerly widow of J. W. Frisbee, deceased, of Texas County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George D. Hoover, of Cass County, fourteen dollars and forty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James L. La Force, of Jasper County, ninety-five dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Joseph McMoore, administrator of Martha J. Moore, deceased, of Morgan County, sixty-four dollars and thirty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David W. Malcolm, administrator of Andrew Malcolm, deceased, of Phelps County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. H. Mowrey (or Maury), of Bollinger County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John C. Proctor, of La Fayette County, one hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Alfred Ragsdale, of Greene County, one hundred and seventy-three dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Spencer, of Benton County, two hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Henry O. Schroder, of Franklin County, fifteen dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Albert Smithpeter, administrator of Alfred Smithpeter, deceased, of Lacelede County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George S. Tetrick, of Douglass County, twelve dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To James Wise, of Lawrence County, one hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To George Woolsey, of Phelps County, forty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Drury Wilkerson, junior, administrator of Drury Wilkerson, deceased, of Barry County, one hundred and twenty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. A. Young, of Christian County, thirty-one dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Louisa S. Brown, and Jesse Brown, executors of Marshall Brown, deceased, of Washington City, eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-six cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caroline R. Dulaney, of Georgetown, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To A. R. Fowler, of Washington County, two hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To William Heine, of Washington County eighty-three dollars and twelve cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Matilda Osborn, of Washington County, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Pierce Shoemaker, of Washington County, two thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To J. Fenwick Young, of Washington County, one thousand three hundred and five dollars and seventy-five cents.</listContent></listItem>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/586">586</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHT CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 237-239. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
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<heading>COLORADO.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote>
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<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Sylvester J. Plumb, of Boulder County, three hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Caroline Suttles, widow of Thomas Suttles, deceased, of Pueblo County, two dollars and ninety-two cents.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ILLINOIS</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To John Barlow, of Richland County, one hundred dollars.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Lindsay Ridgway, of Sangamon County, one thousand two hundred and twenty-nine dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INDIAN TERRITORY.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Akey Duck, of Cherokee Nation, one hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Samuel Ward, of Cherokee Nation, eighty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>IOWA.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hubbard Holder, of Pottawattande County, seventy-nine dollars and ninety-two cents.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>KANSAS.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<list>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To Barton Needham, of Franklin County, thirty-three dollars and fifteen cents.</listContent></listItem>
<listItem><listContent class="indent1 fontsize10 depth0">To David Redfield, of Bourbon County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</listContent></listItem>
</list>
</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISSISSIPPI</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Julia A. Nutt widow and executrix of Haller Nutt, deceased of Adams County, the sum of thirty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars and seventeen cents.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 238: granting a pension to Theresa Crosby Watson</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>238</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 586</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>238.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>granting a pension to Theresa Crosby Watson</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Theresa Crosby Watson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States the name of Theresa Crosby Watson, widow of James M. Watson late a commodore in the United States Navy, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act, subject to all the other provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 239: for the relief of Betsy A. Mower</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>239</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 586</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>239.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle>
<officialTitle>for the relief of Betsy A. Mower</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Betsy A. Mower.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Betsy A. Mower, and rate her pension at fifty dollars per month, which shall be in lieu of the pension she now receives.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 240: granting a pension to John Robbins</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>240</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 587</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/587">587</page><centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 240-244. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>240.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Robbins</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Bobbins Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Robbins, late a private in Company A, Second Illinois Volunteers (Mexican War) at the rate of twenty four dollars per mouth; the same to be in lieu of any pension now received,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 241: to reinstate Cornelius Fitzgerald on the pension roll.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>241</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 587</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>241.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to reinstate Cornelius Fitzgerald on the pension roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cornelius Fitzgerald.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to reinstate the name of Cornelius Fitzgerald, late a private in Company G, One hundred and sixth Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and holding certificate numbered one hundred and twenty seven thousand two hundred and sixty nine, on the pension roll, and that he be paid his pension as provided by law from the date of the suspension of the same,
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 242: for the relief of Mary G. Hawk</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>242</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 587</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>242.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mary G. Hawk</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary G. Hawk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mary G. Hawk, widow of Robert M. A. Hawk, deceased, late a captain and brevet Major in the Ninety second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 243: granting a pension to Hiram C. Henderson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>243</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 587</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>243.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Hiram C. Henderson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hiram C. Henderson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hiram C. Henderson, late a private in Company F, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 244: granting a pension to John Galloup</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>244</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 587</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>244.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Galloup</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Galloup.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of John Gallonp, late a corporal of Company F, Sixty ninth Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 245: granting a pension to H. E. Van Trees</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>245</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 588</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/588">588</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>245.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to H. E. Van Trees</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. E. Van Trees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of H. E. Van Trees, late a first lieutenant in the Kansas Volunteer Militia.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 246: granting a pension to Reuben Marshall.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>246</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 588</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>246.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Reuben Marshall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reuben Marshall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Reuben Marshall late a private in the Kansas Volunteer Militia.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 247: granting a pension to M H. Clements</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>247</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 588</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>247.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to M H. Clements</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">M. H. Clements. Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of M. H. Clements late a private in the Kansas Volunteer Militia.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 248: granting a pension to Robert L, Willey</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>248</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 588</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>248.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert L, Willey</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert L. Willey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert L. Willey, late a Corporal of Company H, First Regiment Heavy Artillery Maine Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 249: granting an increase of pension to Fannie S. Beaumont</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>249</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 588</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>249.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Fannie S. Beaumont</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fannie S. Beaumont.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Fannie S. Beaumont, widow of John C. Beaumont, late an admiral in the Navy of the United States, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month; said pension to be in lieu of that she now receives.
</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 250: granting an increase of pension to Merritt Lewis.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>250</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/589">589</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>250.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Merritt Lewis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merritt Lewis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is, hereby, authorized and directed to increase to the first grade, namely, fifty dollars per month, the pension now granted to Merritt Lewis by certificate numbered thirty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-one.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 251: granting a pension to John C. Fenscke.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>251</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>251.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John C. Fenscke.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate- and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John C. Fenscke.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a pension be, and is hereby, granted to John C. Fenscke, late an employee of the United States Government, on account of wounds received while in the discharge of his duties as such employee; and that the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, instructed to place the name of said John C. Fenscke on the pension-roll, with a pension at the rate of a private soldier, according to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 252: granting a pension to Reuben J Chewning</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>252</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>252.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Reuben J Chewning</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reuben J. Chewning.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a pension be, and is hereby, granted to Reuben J Chewning, late a private in the Fourth Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers; and that the Commissioner of Pensions be, and is hereby, instructed to place the name of said Reuben J Chewning on the pension roll.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 253: granting a pension to Samuel Barnard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>253</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>253.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Samuel Barnard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel Barnard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Barnard, late a corporal of Company I, Ninety-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 254: granting a pension to Honora Kelley.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>254</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>254.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Honora Kelley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Honora Kelley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Honora Kelley, widow of James Kelley, late a sergeant in Company K, Fifth United States Cavalry.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 255: granting a pension to William J. Lee.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>255</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 589</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>255.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William J. Lee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William J. Lee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/590">590</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 255-260. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll, the name of William J. Lee, late confidential scout and guide, headquarters Army of the Potomac, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, as though he had been regularly mustered into the United States Army.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 256: granting a pension to Sarah Miner.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>256</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 590</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>256.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Miner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Miner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Miner, widow of Stephen B. Miner, formerly a master’s mate on the United States Coast Survey Steamer Vixen.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 257: granting a pension to Mrs Mary T. Barnes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>257</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 590</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>257.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Mary T. Barnes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary T. Barnes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mary T. Barnes, widow of Brigadier-General Joseph K. Barnes, late Surgeon- General of the United States Army, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars a month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 258: granting a pension to Henry Schnetberg, of Indiana, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>258</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 590</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>258.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Schnetberg, of Indiana, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry berg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Schnetberg, late a private in Company B, of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican war, from and after the passage of this act, at the rate of eight dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 259: granting a pension to William T. McCoy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>259</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 590</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>259.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William T. McCoy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That tha</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William T. Coy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William T. McCoy, late of Company B, One hundred and Tenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 260: granting a pension to Mrs. Mary M. Ord, widow of Major-General E. O. C. Ord,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>260</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 590</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>260.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Mary M. Ord, widow of Major-General E. O. C. Ord,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary M. Ord.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/591">591</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 260-265. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll the name of Mary M. Ord. widow of Major-General E. O, 0. Ord, late of the United States Army, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 261: granting a pension to Clark Roberts.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>261</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 591</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>261.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Clark Roberts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clark Roberta.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll of the United States the name of Clark Roberts, who was lately the Surgeon of the One hundred and first Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 262: granting a pension to Sarah Nicoll Crane.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>262</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 591</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>262.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Nicoll Crane.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Nicoll Crane.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Sarah Nicoll Orane, widow of Brigadier-General Charles H. Crane, deceased, late Surgeon-General of the United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 263: granting a pension to John A. Crozier.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>263</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 591</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>263.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John A. Crozier.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John A. Crozier.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Crozier, of Madison, Indiana, late second lieutenant of Captain Fowler’s company of artillery, attached to Ninth Regiment of the Indiana Legion,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 264: for the relief of Mrs Alice T. Sherwood.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>264</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 591</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>264.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Alice T. Sherwood.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alice T. Sherwood.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Alice T. Sherwood, widow of Joel T. Sherwood, late Captain Company A, Twenty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 265: granting a pension to Melvin Pierce.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>265</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 591</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>265.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Melvin Pierce.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Melvin Pierce.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/592">592</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 265-270. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Melvin Pierce, late first Sergeant of Company E, Eighth Michigan Cavalry Volunteers</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 266: granting a pension to Decatur Hamlin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>266</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 592</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>266.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Decatur Hamlin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decatur Hamlin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Decatur Hamlin, employed as Scout for the Tenth Regiment. Indiana Volunteers, and who, while in action, received wounds that compelled the amputation of a leg.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 267: granting a pension to Margaret Wiggins</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>267</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 592</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>267.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret Wiggins</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Wiggins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the laws, the name of Margaret Wiggins, mother of Henry Wiggins, late a private in the Ninth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 268: granting a pension to Mrs Rebecca Hall.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>268</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 592</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>268.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Rebecca Hall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebecca Hall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. Subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rebecca Hall, widow of George R Hall, late a private in Company 0, Forty eighth Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>Approved, July, 5, 1884.</content>
</level>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 269: granting a pension to John A. Shuckers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>269</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 592</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>269.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John A. Shuckers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John A. Shuckers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, instructed and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Shuekers, late a private in Company B. First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 270: granting a pension to Eliza A. Shealey.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>270</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 592</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>270.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Eliza A. Shealey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza A. Shealey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Eliza A. Shealey, widow of Daniel Shealey,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/593">593</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 270-275. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
late second lieutenant of Company E, Second Maryland Regiment of Cavalry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, and to pay lier a pension during her widowhood from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 271: granting a pension to Almira B. Kaler,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>271</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 593</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>271.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Almira B. Kaler,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Almira B. Kaler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Almira B. Kaier, mother of John Dexter Kaier, deceased, late a private in Company B, Eighth Regiment Maine Volunteers,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 272: granting a pension to James Hawkins.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>272</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 593</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>272.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Hawkins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Hawkins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of James Hawkins on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 273: granting a pension to Arthur I. McConnell.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>273</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 593</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>273.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Arthur I. McConnell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arthur I. MoConnell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Arthur I. McConnell, late of Company M, One hundred and second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 274: granting a pension to Mrs Ellida I. Middleton, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Edward Middleton, United States Navy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>274</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 593</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>274.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Ellida I. Middleton, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Edward Middleton, United States Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellida I. Middleton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name Ellida I. Middleton, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Edward Middleton, United States Navy, and to pay her, from and sifter the passage of this act, the sum of fifty dollars per mouth.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 275: for increase of pension of Martha T. Stribling, widow of Cornelius K. Stribling, late a rear-admiral in the United States Navy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>275</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 593</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>275.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for increase of pension of Martha T. Stribling, widow of Cornelius K. Stribling, late a rear-admiral in the United States Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha T. Stribbling.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the pen-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/594">594</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 275-280. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
sion of Martha T. Stribling, widow of Cornelius K. Stribling late a rear- admiral in the United States Navy, now on the pension-roll of the United States, to be increased, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 276: granting additional pension to Apolline A. Blair, widow of the late General Francis P. Blair, and for other purposes,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>276</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 594</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>276.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting additional pension to Apolline A. Blair, widow of the late General Francis P. Blair, and for other purposes,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apolline A. Blair</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment and pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That- the Secretary of the Interior he, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Apolline A. Blair, widow of Francis P. Blair, bite a major-general in the United States Army, the sum of five thousand dollars, in full (compensation and payment for money and time expended by General Francis P. Blair in enlisting men and organizing troops for United States armies, out of moneys appropriated for pensions and gratuities; and that hereafter said Apolline A. Blair receive, in lieu of other pension, the sum of fifty dollars per month.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 277: granting a pension to Ella Stolz.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>277</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 594</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>277.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ella Stolz.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ella Stolz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of pensions be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ella Stolz, widow of William Stolz, deceased, late a private in Company 1. One hundred and thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 278: granting a pension to Michael Shields.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>278</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 594</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>278.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Michael Shields.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sta tes of Amer ica in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michael Shields.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Michael Shields, late a private in Company G. in the Fifty-seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers,
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 279: granting a pension to Ann Hunter.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>279</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 594</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>279.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ann Hunter.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann Hunter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann Hunter, foster mother of Mitchell Hunter, late a private in the Sixth Regiment Maine Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 280: for the relief of Sarah Becktel.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>280</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 594</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>280.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sarah Becktel.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Becktel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/595">595</page>
pension-roll the name of Sarah A. Bechtel, widow of Isaac Bechtel, late of Company B. Twenty-sixth Ohio Regiment, and Company E. Third Ohio Cavalry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 281: granting a pension to Irene Baker.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>281</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 595</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>281.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Irene Baker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irene Baker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- roll, the name of Irene Baker, an imbecile daughter of James Baker, late of Company H, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteers, and pay her legally-constituted guardian a pension of eighteen dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 282: granting an increase of pension to Levi Anderson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>282</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 595</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>282.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Levi Anderson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Levi Anderson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in lieu of the pension of thirty dollars per month which Levi Anderson is now’ receiving under act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, for a gun shot wound in the left hip-joint, there is hereby granted to said Anderson the sum of forty dollars per month, commencing from the passage of this act, on account of said gunshot wound in the left hip-joint, and also on account of a gunshot wound in the right shoulder, both of said wounds having been received by him in an engagement with rebel troops at White Oak, Jackson County, Missouri, and both of said injuries resulting now in total disability of said Anderson.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 283: granting a pension to Ann McLaughlin</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>283</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 595</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>283.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ann McLaughlin</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann McLaughlin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann McLaughlin, mother of Byron.McLaughlin, late of the gunboat Southfield.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 284: granting a pension to George W. Wickwire</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>284</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 595</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>284.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George W. Wickwire</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Wickwire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of George W. Wickwire, who enlisted as a messenger-boy on the United States receiving-ship Allegheny, at Baltimore Harbor, November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and was discharged September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for disability occasioned by injury received while in the line of his duty on the United States gunboat General Putnam, and pay him a pension under the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 285: granting an increase of pension to Mary Anna Egan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>285</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/596">596</page><centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 285-290. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>285.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Mary Anna Egan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Ann Egan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Mary Anna Egan, widow of the ¡ate James Egan, a Captain in the United States Army, be, and she is hereby, granted and allowed, from and after the passage of this act, a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month; and the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of said Mary Anna Egan on the pension roll at said rate, in lieu of the pension now paid her.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 286: granting a pension to James Aaron.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>286</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>286.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Aaron.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Arron.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Aaron, late of Company F, Ninety-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 287: granting an increase of pension to Doctor Samuel Davis.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>287</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>287.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Doctor Samuel Davis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel Davis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Doctor Samuel Davis, late Surgeon of the Eighty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, to forty dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 288: granting a pension to John R. Wallace.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>288</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>288.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John R. Wallace.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John R. Wallace.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of John R. Wallace, late a member of the Union Guards of Davis County, Iowa, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 289: granting a pension to J. G. Crawford.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>289</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>289.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to J. G. Crawford.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. G. Crawford.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of J. G. Crawford, late of Company G, Eightieth Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 290: for the relief of Mrs. Pauline E. Milliken.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>290</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 596</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>290.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs. Pauline E. Milliken.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pauline E. Millikin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/597">597</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 290-295. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
laws, the name of Pauline E. Milliken widow of George A. Milliken late a corporal in Company I of the First Minnesota Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 291: granting a pension to Mrs Ann Corbin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>291</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 597</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>291.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Ann Corbin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann Corbin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann Corbin, Widow of Ebenezer Corbin, formerly of Company B, Tenth Regiment New Hampshire Heavy Artillery.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 292: granting an increase of pension to Patrick Foley.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>292</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 597</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>292.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Patrick Foley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick Foley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Patrick Foley, late of the crew of the United States Steamer Ticonderoga, and pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month; said pension to be in lieu of that he now receives.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 293: granting a pension to Andrew J Konkle</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>293</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 597</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>293.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Andrew J Konkle</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Andrew J. Konkle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Andrew J Konkle, late major of the First Regiment of Ohio Light Artillery.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 294: granting a pension to James Clark</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>294</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 597</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>294.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Clark</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Clark. Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Clark, late of Company A, Seventh Kansas Regiment
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 295: granting a pension to Simon E. Lewis.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>295</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 597</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>295.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Simon E. Lewis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Américain Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Simon E. Lewis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Simon E. Lewis, late a private in Company H, Sixteenth United States I ii fan try.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 296: granting a pension to Mary A. Henry.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>296</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 598</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/598">598</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>296.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary A. Henry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Henry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A Henry, widow of William Henry, late a private in Company K, One hundred and fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 297: for the relief of Mrs Nancy Biser.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>297</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 598</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>297.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Nancy Biser.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nancy Biser.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the name of Mrs Nancy Biser be placed on the pension-roll, and that she be, and hereby is, entitled to receive twenty dollars per month, in lieu of all other compensation from the Government, as widow or otherwise, from the passage of this act, during her natural life.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 298: granting a pension to Mrs Sarah E. E. Seelye, alias Franklin Thompson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>298</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 598</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>298.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Sarah E. E. Seelye, alias Franklin Thompson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah E. E. Seelye alias Franklin Thompson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Sarah E E. Seelye, alias Franklin Thompson, who was late a private in Company F, Second Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 299: granting a pension to Mrs. Samantha Harriman,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>299</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 598</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>299.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Samantha Harriman,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samantha Harriman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs. Samantha Harriman, widow of Major Isaac M. May, late of the Nineteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 300: for the relief of Laura J. Goddard,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>300</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 598</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>300.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Laura J. Goddard,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Américain Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laura J. Goddard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Laura J. Goddard, widow of Elisha M. Goddard, formerly a private in Company C, Sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 301: for the relief of Otto Leissring.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>301</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 599</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/599">599</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>301.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Otto Leissring.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Otto Leissring.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Otto Leissring, late first lieutenant Company G, Eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, and pay him a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of all pensions now paid him,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 302: granting a pension to Mrs Susan J. McKenney.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>302</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 599</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>302.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Susan J. McKenney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Susan J. McKenney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, directed to place the name of Mrs Susan J. McKenney, of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, on the pension-roll of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 303: granting a pension to Isabella Bertha Weaver.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>303</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 599</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>303.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabella Bertha Weaver.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabella Bertha Weaver.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized to place on the pension-roll the name of Isabella Bertha Weaver, the only surviving child of Ordnance- Sergeant Jeremiah Weaver, late of the United States Army, and pay to her lawful guardian, for her use a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars a month, from and after the passage of this act, until she arrives at the age of sixteen years.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 304: granting a pension to Solon L. Simonds.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>304</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 599</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>304.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Solon L. Simonds.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Solon L. Simonds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Solon L. Simonds, of Littleton, New Hampshire, lately a private in Company A, Eighth Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 305: increasing the pension of Charles A. Fuller.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>305</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 599</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>305.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">increasing the pension of Charles A. Fuller.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles A. Fuller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension heretofore granted to said Charles A. Fuller be, and the same is hereby, increased to the sum of forty-five dollars per month, and he shall hereafter be paid at that rate, according to the rules- and practice of the Pension Department.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 306: granting a pension to Mrs Susannah Barr.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>306</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/600">600</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>306.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Susannah Barr.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Susannah Barr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Susannah Barr, mother of Jacob Barr, late a private in Company A, One hundred and third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 307: granting a pension to Alonzo Cooper,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>307</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>307.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Alonzo Cooper,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alonzo Cooper.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Alonzo Cooper, late first lieutenant of Company F. Twelfth New York Cavalry, war of the rebellion, on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 308: for the relief of Catherine Meis.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>308</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>308.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Catherine Meis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catherine Meis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension- laws, the name of Catherine Meis, widow of William Meis, late a private in Company E, Ninth New Jersey Infantry Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 309: granting a pension to John A. Hassell</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>309</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>309.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John A. Hassell</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John A. Hassell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States the name of John A. Hassell, late a saddler in Company M. Third Iowa Cavalry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 310: granting an increase of pension to Captain H. D. F. Young.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>310</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>310.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Captain H. D. F. Young.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. D. F. Young.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension heretofore granted Harrison D. F. Young, late captain of Company F, Second Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, from ten dollars per month to twenty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 311: granting a pension to Julia M. Reynolds.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>311</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 600</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>311.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Julia M. Reynolds.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sta tes of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia M. Beynolds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to piece on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/601">601</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 311-316. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Julia M, Reynolds, widow of James S. Reynolds, deceased, late second lieutenant of Company H, Tenth Regiment New York Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 312: for the relief of Catherine H. Glick.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>312</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 601</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>312.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Catherine H. Glick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catherine H. Glick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Catherine H. Glick, widow of Doctor Elias B. Glick, late a Surgeon in the Fortieth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 313: for the relief of Asa Dye,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>313</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 601</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>313.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Asa Dye,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Asa Dye.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Asa Dye, formerly of Company I, Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 314: to increase the pension of William Irving.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>314</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 601</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>314.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of William Irving.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Irving.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of William Irving, late lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-eighth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, who now holds pension-certificate numbered forty-nine thousand eight hundred and one, to the sum of forty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 315: granting a pension to Mrs. Anna J. Foster</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>315</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 601</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>315.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Anna J. Foster</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anna J. Foster.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secre ary of the Interior be, ami he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. Anna J. Foster, «idow of Major General John G. Foster, on the pension-roll, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pension now paid her by law.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 316: granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Virginia Zeilin</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>316</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 601</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>316.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Virginia Zeilin</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States lt;&amp;gt;f America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia Zeilin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs Virginia Zeilin, widow of Brigadier Gen-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/602">602</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 316-321. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
eral Jacob Zeilin, late of the United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 317: granting a pension to Rivers Banks</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>317</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 602</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>317.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rivers Banks</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rivers Banks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized to place on the pension-roll, sub ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rivers Banks, late a private in Company 0, North Cumberland Battalion Kentucky State Troops.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 318: granting a pension to Susan Y. Attwater</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>318</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 602</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>318.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Susan Y. Attwater</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America’ in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Susan Y. Attwater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject, to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan Y. Attwater, widow of Thomas Attwater, deceased, who was a private in Company 0, of the One hundred and twelfth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the late war tor the suppression of the Southern rebellion,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 319: granting a pension to P. W. Bradbury.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>319</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 602</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>319.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to P. W. Bradbury.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">P. W. Bradbury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to place the name of P. W. Bradbury, of Saint Louis, Missouri, and formerly connected with the command of General John C. Fremont, as a scout, on the pension list, at the rate of twenty dollars per mouth.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 320: for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Sinfield</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>320</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 602</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>320.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Sinfield</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Sinfleld.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Sinfleld, of Dunkirk, New York, for services rendered by her during the war of the rebellion in the Third Excelsior and pay her a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 321: for the relief of Maria L, Lee,</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>321</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 602</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>321.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Maria L, Lee,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maria L. Lee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/603">603</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 321-325. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll the name of Maria L. Lee, widow of Abel H, Lee, who was a scout in the Army of the Potomac during the war of the rebellion, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 322: granting a pension to Catherine Hunter.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>322</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 603</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>322.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Catherine Hunter.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catherine Hunter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catherine Hunter, widow of Levi M. Hunter, late a private in Company A, One hundred and twentieth Indiana Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 323: granting a pension to Rosella Pegg.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>323</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 603</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>323.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rosella Pegg.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rosella Pegg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rosella Pegg, idiot daughter of James Pegg, deceased, late a private in Company G, Fifty second Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and that there be paid to her legal constituted guardian for her use the sum of eighteen dollars per month during her life.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 324: granting a pension to Nancy Ellis.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>324</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 603</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>324.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Nancy Ellis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nancy Ellis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Ellis, widow of James Ellis, late a private in Company G, First Regiment Alabama Vidette Cavalry Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 325: granting an increase of pension to Rowland Ward.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>325</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 603</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>325.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Rowland Ward.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rowland Ward.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Rowland Ward, late a private in Company I, Fourth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery to forty dollars per month in lieu of the pension now received by him, the increase hereby granted to commence from the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 326: granting an increase of pension to Jacob Miller.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>326</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 604</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/604">604</page><centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 326-330,336. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>326.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Jacob Miller.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob Miller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized anti directed to increase the pension of Jacob Miller, late a private in Company K, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from thirty dollars to forty dollars a month, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 327: for the relief of Magdalena Cook.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>327</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 604</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>327.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Magdalena Cook.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Magdalena Cook.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">J hat the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and conditions of the pension laws, the name of Magdalena Cook, widow of Jacob Cook, late a private in Company B, Thirty-third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 328: granting a pension to Isabella Palmer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>328</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 604</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>328.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabella Palmer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabella Palmer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isabella Raimer, blind daughter of John A. Rahner, deceased, late a private in Company L, First West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 329: granting a pension to Ellen O’Brian.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>329</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>329.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ellen O’Brian.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellen O’Brian.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Ellen O’Brian, widow of Captain John D, O’Brian, late of Company A, Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers, on the pension-roll, at the rate now allowed by law to a widow and children of a captain of Volunteers.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 330: to increase the pension of Richard Jobes</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>330</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 604</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-05</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>330.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Richard Jobes</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-05">July 5, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richard Jobes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Richard Jobes late of Company D. Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, and to pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 5, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 336: granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Colbert.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>336</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 604</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>336.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Colbert.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth J. Colbert.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/605">605</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 336-340. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth J. Colbert, widow of Joseph C. Colbert, late a private in Company K, one hundred and twenty-third Illinois Infantry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 337: for the relief of Henrietta M. Sands</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>337</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 605</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>337.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Henrietta M. Sands</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henrietta, M.Sands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act there be paid, out of the naval pension fund, to Henrietta M. Sauds, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Benjamin F. Sands,United States Navy, the sum of fifty dollars per month during her widowhood, the same to be in lieu of her present pension
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 338: granting a pension to Wesley Morford.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>338</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 605</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>338.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Wesley Morford.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wesley Morford</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wesley Morford, late a private in Company K. Twelfth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 339: granting a pension to Henry J. Seward</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>339</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 605</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>339.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry J. Seward</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry J. Seward.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry J. Seward, late a corporal of Company C, First Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 340: for the relief of Mrs. S. A. Wright and Mrs C. Fahnestock.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>340</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 605</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>340.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs. S. A. Wright and Mrs C. Fahnestock.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mrs. S.A.Wright and Mrs. C. Fahnestock.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That out of any money in the Treasury of the United States the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Mrs. S. A. Wright, widow of the late George Wright, deceased, and Mrs. C. Fahnestock, widow of the late S. S. Fahnestock, deceased, the sum of five thousand dollars, in full consideration for the entire past and future use by the Government of the United States of the patent linchpin of the said deceased George Wright and S. S. Fahnestock : <i>Provided,</i> That a full, sufficient, and legal transfer and license is executed and deposited with the War Department, for the Government purposes, free of all charges of royalty.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 341: for the relief of Margaret Cassidy.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>341</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 606</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/606">606</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>341.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Margaret Cassidy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Cassidy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, anti be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Margaret Cassidy, widow of Peter A. Cassidy, deceased, two thousand five hundred dollars, in full compensation for the past, present, and future use of the patent, of said Peter A. Cassidy for his invention of machine for cutting vellum cloth.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 342: for the relief of Thomas B. Shannon</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>342</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 606</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>342.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Thomas B. Shannon</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas B. Shannon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the accounting officers of the Treasury charged by law with the settlement of the accounts of Thomas B. Shannon, as collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and they are hereby authorized to credit him with the sum of four thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty-six cents, the amount paid out of the subtreasury at San Francisco upon a draft erroneously signed by him, in favor of Messrs J. C. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>Merrill and Company, during said fiscal year. <i>Provided,</i> That it shall be shown to the satisfaction of said accounting officers and of the Sectary of the Treasury, that the said draft was signed by the said Thomas B. Shannon, in due course of business and in good faith, without actual fault or neglect on his part, that diligent effort was made to recover the amount paid on said draft, and that the amount so paid is utterly lost to the said Thomas B. Shannon and to the United States.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 343: granting pensions to Wilson W. Brown and others</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>343</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 606</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>343.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting pensions to Wilson W. Brown and others</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilson W . Brown.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John R. Porter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Bensinger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John A. Wilson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Peitinger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martin J. Hawkins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Daniel A.Dorscy. Elihn A.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mason. Rachel Slavens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, the names of Wilson W. Brown, late second lieutenant of Company F, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers: John R. Porter, late second lieutenant of Company C, Twenty- first Regiment Ohio Volunteers; William Bensinger, late captain of Company C, Thirteenth Regiment United States Colored Infantry; John A. Wilson, late of Company C, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers; William Pottinger, late of Company C, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteers; Martin J. Hawkins, late of Company A, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers; Daniel A. Dorsey, late second lieutenant of Company H, Thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers; Elihu A. Masou late of Company K, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers; and Rachel Slavens, widow of Samuel Slavens, a soldier executed at Atlanta, Georgia, by the Confederate authorities, June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> ; <i>Provided,</i> That the pensions hereby granted, shall be in lieu of all other pensions that have been granted to or claimed by any of the above named persons under the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall not be construed to diminish the pension now being paid to any of the persons therein named nor to deprive them of any increase to which they now are entitled or hereafter may be entitled.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 344: granting a pension to Warren Croan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>344</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 607</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/607">607</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>344.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Warren Croan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warren Croan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Warren Groan, late a private in Company A, Thirty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers, anti a veteran in Company K, Tenth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 345: granting a pension to James P. F. Toby.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>345</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 607</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>345.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James P. F. Toby.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James P. F. Toby.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James P. F. Toby as second lieutenant of Company B, Thirty-first Maine Volunteers, now on the pension-roll as a sergeant in said company and regiment.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 346: for the relief of Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of William T. Pate and Company.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>346</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>346.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of William T. Pate and Company.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silas Q. Howe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary oi the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of William T. Pate and Company, of Patriot, Indiana, the sum of nineteen thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars, the same being the amount due them for taxes paid the sixteenth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, on distilled spirits which had already paid the tax required by law; and an amount sufficient to pay filename is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 347: granting a pension to John C. F. Beyland, of New York.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>347</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>347.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John C. F. Beyland, of New York.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John C. F. Bey-land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John 0. F. Beyland, of New York, wounded at the post of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 348: granting an increase of pension to N. J. Ingersoll.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>348</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>348.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to N. J. Ingersoll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. J. Ingersoll.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That N. J. Ingersoll, late of Company F. Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, now receiving a pension of fifty dollars per month, for disease of the spine which renders him utterly helpless, shall receive in lieu thereof, and there shall be paid to
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/608">608</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 348-352. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
him in the same manner as he is now paid fifty dollars per month, the sum of seventy two dollars per month, the increase lierein provided for to take effect from the passage of this act.</content>
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<section class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said N. J. Ingersoll shall be paid the difference between seventy-two dollars per month and that already received by him from the seventeenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to the time of the taking effect of this act.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 349: granting a pension to Mrs. Kady Brownell</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>349</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 608</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>349.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Kady Brownell</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Aw erica in Congress assembled.</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kady Brownell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the. pension laws, at the rate of eight dollars per month, the name of Mrs Kady Brownell, of New York City, late daughter of the regiment of Captain C. W. H. Day’s company, First Regiment of Rhode Island Detached Militia
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 350: granting a pension to Henry A. Armstrong.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>350</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 608</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>350.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry A. Armstrong.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry A. Armstrong.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry A. Armstrong, late surgeon of the Second Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 351: granting a pension to Mary Hopperton, Widow of Edward Hopperton</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>351</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 608</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>351.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary Hopperton, Widow of Edward Hopperton</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Hopperton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on tjie pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Hopperton, Widow of Edward Hopperton, and pay her a pension at tiie rate of eight dollars per month from the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 352: granting a pension to Captain Israel Stough.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>352</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 608</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>352.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Captain Israel Stough.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Israel Stough.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Israel Stough, late captain of Company F, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitation of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 353: granting a pension to Frank Gray.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>353</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 609</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/609">609</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>353.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frank Gray.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank Gray.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank Gray, as of the grade of second lieutenant, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 354: granting a pension to Frank S. Hillard.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>354</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 609</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>354.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frank S. Hillard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Franks. Hillard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank S. Hillard, late a lieutenant in the Seventh United States Colored Troops.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 355: granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Bolar.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>355</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 609</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>355.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Bolar.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Andrew J. Bolar.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Andrew J. Bolar, late major of the Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, from thirty dollars to seventy-two dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 356: granting a pension to Sarah C. Hall</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>356</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 609</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>356.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah C. Hall</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled, That</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah C. Hall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah C. Hall, widow of John Hall, late a captain in the Fourth New York Cavalry, with pay from the date her name was dropped from the pension-roll
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 357: granting a pension to William J. Hess.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>357</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 609</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>357.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William J. Hess.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William J. Hess.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William J. Hess, late a private in Company F Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 358: granting a pension to Martha Bastin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>358</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 610</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/610">610</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>358.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Martha Bastin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative8 of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha Bastin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized anti directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Martha Bastin, of Sullivan County, Indiana, dependent daughter of Bartlett Bastin, late a private in Company F, Thirty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and pay her the pension to which she would be entitled if she had not reached the age of sixteen years.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 359: granting a pension to Flavia A. Haskell.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>359.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Flavia A. Haskell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flavia A. Haskell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Flavia A. Haskell, widow of Charles Haskell, late a private in Company H, Thirtieth Wisconsin Volunteers.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 360: for the relief of the widow of Edward M. Wilkins</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>360.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the widow of Edward M. Wilkins</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward M. Wilkins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of widow of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of pensions be, ami he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept the application of Edward M Wilkins, executed in his life time, for pension on account of disability contracted while serving as a private in Company G, First Regiment Rhode Island Militia, filed in the pension office December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, as though the same had been filed during the life time of the soldier, and adjudicate the claim, numbered three hundred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty two, accordingly
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 361: granting a pension to Asahel D. Whitcomb.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>361.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Asahel D. Whitcomb.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Asahel D. Whit-comb.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Asahel D. Whitcomb, late of Company E, First Regiment Missouri Engineers and Mechanics, on account of disease of spine. This pension is granted subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws in force at the time the said Whitcomb first presented a claim on account of said disability.
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 362: granting a pension to James King</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>362</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 610</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>362.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James King</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James King.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/611">611</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 362-365. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
laws, the name of James King, late a private in Company B, Forty eighth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 363: to remove certain disabilities of John L. Cowardin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>363</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 611</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>363.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove certain disabilities of John L. Cowardin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John L. Cowardin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That his disabilities under said section be, and they are hereby, removed.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 364: granting a pension to James Brown.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>364</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 611</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>364.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Brown.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Brown.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of James Brown, late a private in Company F, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of disability for total blindness subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 365: for the relief of Eliza Howard Powers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>365</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 611</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-07-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>365.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Eliza Howard Powers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-07">July 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza Howard Powers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Eliza Howard Powers two thousand five hundred dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 7, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<preface>
<coverText class="centered bold">RESOLUTIONS.</coverText>
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<dc:title>No. 3: for the relief of E. H. George and H. W. Walker</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 613</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-02-15</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/613" renderingPosition="bottom">(613)</page>
<docNumber>[No. 3.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of E. H. George and H. W. Walker</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-15">February 15, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. H. George.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. W. Walker. Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay Frank Galt the sum of four hundred and ninety-two dollars, for services rendered as assistant to the Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives, from December third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three to February twenty- third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, inclusive, being at the rate of six dollars per diem.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 15, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 16: for the relief of Frank Galt.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 613</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 16.]</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Frank Galt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-03-03">March 3, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank Galt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay Frank Galt the sum of four hundred and ninety-two dollars, for services rendered as assistant to the Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives, from December third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three to February twenty- third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, inclusive, being at the rate of six dollars per diem.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>No. 31: granting permission to Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph from the Government of Austria.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>31</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 613</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-05-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 31.]</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting permission to Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph from the Government of Austria.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-05-29">May 29, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. K. Reynolds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission to accept present, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, be, and lie is hereby, granted permission to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph awarded him by the Austrian Government, in recognition of heroic conduct in saving the lives of the crew of the Austrian bark Olivo, November twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>No. 35: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Charles L. Jones the sum of four hundred and sixty tire dollars and sixty five cents, for services as messenger under the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the first day of November eighteen hundred and seventy-nine inclusive.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>35</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 614</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-06-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/614">614</page><centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Res. 35. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<docNumber>[No. 35.]</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Charles L. Jones the sum of four hundred and sixty tire dollars and sixty five cents, for services as messenger under the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the first day of November eighteen hundred and seventy-nine inclusive.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-06-12">June 12, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles L. Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, be, and lie is hereby, granted permission to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph awarded him by the Austrian Government, in recognition of heroic conduct in saving the lives of the crew of the Austrian bark Olivo, November twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June twelfth, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<congress>49</congress>
<session>2</session>
<dc:date>1886</dc:date>
<dc:date>1887</dc:date>
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<preface>
<coverText>
<p class="centered">PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS</p>
<p class="centered smallCaps">of the</p>
<p class="centered">UNITED STATES,</p>
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<enrolledDateline class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Passed at the second, session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December,</i> 1884, <i>and teas adjourned. without day on Tuesday, the third day of March,</i> 1885.
<inline class="smallCaps">Chester A. Arthur</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">George F. Edmunds</inline>, President of the Senate <i>pro tempore;</i> <inline class="smallCaps">John G. Carlisle</inline>, Speaker of the House of Representatives; <inline class="smallCaps">Joseph O. S. Blackburn</inline> was elected Speaker <i>pro tempore</i> on the thirty-first day of January, 1885.</enrolledDateline>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 5: for the relief of Mrs. Jane Venable.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>5</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 615</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-23</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>5.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs. Jane Venable.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-23">Dec. 23, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jane Venable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Jane Venable, widow of William E. Venable, late minister of the United States to Guatemala the sum of five thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents, balance of one year’s salary.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, December 23d, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 6: for the relief of Juliet H. Palmer.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>6</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 615</citableAs>
<dc:date>1884-12-25</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>6.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Juliet H. Palmer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-12-25">Dec. 25, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Juliet H. Palmer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this act there be paid, out of the Navy pension fund, to Juliet H. Palmer, widow of the late Surgeon-General James C. Palmer, United States Navy, the sum of fifty dollars per month during her widowhood, the same to be in lieu of her present pension.
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<actionDescription>Approved, December twenty fifth, 1884.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 10: granting a pension to Frederick Corfe</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 615</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>10.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frederick Corfe</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick Corfe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject, to the provisions and limitations of the pension- laws, the name of Frederick Corfe, late an acting staff surgeon in the United States Army.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 11: granting a pension to Usebus Sweet.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>11</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 615</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>11.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Usebus Sweet.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Usebus Sweet.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/616">616</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS.II. CH. 11-16. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension- laws, the name of Usebus Sweet, late of Company G, One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 12: granting a pension to Charles F. Paris.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 616</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>12.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charles F. Paris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles F. Paris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on pension-roll, the name of Charles F. Taris, kite a private in Comp F, One hundred and twenty-third Indiana Volunteers, subject to provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 13: for the relief of Jacob Hoerth</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>13</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 616</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>13.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Jacob Hoerth</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob Hoerth.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, au.horized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob Iloerth, late of Company C, Twenty-eighth Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 14: granting a pension to Albert Brant.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>14</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 616</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>14.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Albert Brant.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Brant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at eight dollars per month, the name of Albert Brant, late a private iu Company A, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 15: granting a pension to Henry Alden.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>15</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 616</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>15.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Alden.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Alden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Alden, late a private iu Company E, Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 16: granting a pension to Margaret Daily.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 616</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>16.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret Daily.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-10">Jan. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Daily.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret Daily, widow of Thomas II. Daily, late captain of Company D, Twenty second Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 17: to remove the political disabilities of J. R. Waddy, of Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>17</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 617</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/617">617</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>17.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of J. R. Waddy, of Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-12">Jan. 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted try the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. R. Waddy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution on J. R. Waddy, a citizen of the State of Virginia, be, and the same are hereby, removed.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 12th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 21: for the relief of John W. Franklin, executor of the last will of John Armfield, deceased.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>21</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 617</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>21.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John W. Franklin, executor of the last will of John Armfield, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-14">Jan. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Armfield, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to John W. Franklin, executor of last will of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to John W. Franklin, executor of the estate of John Armfield, late of the county of Grundy and State of Tennessee, eighteen thousand dollars and twenty-one cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; it being the proceeds of thirty thousand dollars and thirty-six cents in legal money taken from the Bank of Louisiana, at New Orleans, Louisiana, by Captain J. W. McClure, assistant quartermaster, under military order numbered two hundred and two, and by him turned over to Colonel S. B. Holabird, chief quartermaster of that department, and by him disbursed. And such payment shall be in full of all claims from any source upon the Government for repayment of said moneys.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 24: granting an increase of pension to Lucy Le G. Jeffers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>24</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 617</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-17</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>24.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Lucy Le G. Jeffers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-17">Jan. 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lucy Le G. Jeffers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to increase the pension of Lucy Le G. Jeffers, widow of the late Commodore William N. Jeffers, United States Navy, from twenty-five dollars to fifty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 27: for the relief of Madison R. Calvert.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>27</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 617</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>27.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Madison R. Calvert.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-20">Jan. 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Madison R. Calvert, Assistant Paymaster, U. S. N.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to, of money stolen.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Madison R. Calvert, an assistant paymaster in the United States Navy, the sum of five hundred and one dollars, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse him for a like amount stolen from his paymaster’s safe on the United States steamer Mayflower, and made good by him; the said relief being recommended by the paymaster-General of the Navy,
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 28: for the relief of William Bowen.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>28</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 617</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>28.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William Bowen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-20">Jan. 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Bowen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of, referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claim of William Bowen for three thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and eighty cents, as a balance due him for abating certain nuisances under author-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/618">618</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS.II. CH. 28,31-33. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
ity of the late Board of Health of the District of Columbia, be referred to the Court of Claims for its decision and adjudication upon the merits of the claim according to law and the practice of said court, without regard to the statute of limitations or the conclusiveness of a certain receipt signed by said Bowen, in eighteen hundred and seventy five, in full settlement for all claims against the District of Columbia for said work.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 31: for the relief of Charles M. Blake, a chaplain in the United States Army.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>31</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 618</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-23</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>31.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Charles M. Blake, a chaplain in the United States Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-23">Jan. 23, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">CharlcsM.Blake,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pout Chaplain, U. S. A.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of claims of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed in the settlement of the accounts of Charles M. Blake, a post chaplain in the United States Army, to allow him credit for all pay and allowances paid to or received by him as a post chaplain in the United States Army from May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>to May twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one: <i>Provided,</i> That no pay shall be allowed or credit given for service for any purpose for the period from July second, eighteen hundred and seventy, to May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; and that said Blake shall accept the terms of this act in full satisfaction and discharge of any and all claims of every kind on his part against the United States growing out of his connection or alleged connection as chaplain or post chaplain.
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 23d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 32: to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to examine and adjust the claim of O. W. Streeter for moneys expended and services performed in taking the census of Dakota in eighteen hundred and sixty.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>32</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1885-01-23</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>32.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to examine and adjust the claim of O. W. Streeter for moneys expended and services performed in taking the census of Dakota in eighteen hundred and sixty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-23">Jan. 23, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">O. W. Streeter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior authorized to examine and adjust claim of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the claim of O. W. Streeter for moneys expended and services performed by him in the year eighteen hundred and sixty as special agent of the United States to take the census of the country west of Minnesota, then known as Dakota, allowing to the said O. W. Streeter, in addition to the amount, heretofore received by him, reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenditures shown to have been made by him, and reasonable compensation for his time and services, settling the same on principles of justice and equity; and that he be, and is hereby, further authorized and directed to draw his requisition in favor of said claimant, O. W. Streeter, for the amount which he may find justly due said claimant, on the Secretary of the Treasury, who is authorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>appropriated: <i>Provided,</i> That the amount allowed and to be paid here under shall in no event exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 23d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 33: for the relief of the Eastern Presbyterian Church in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>33</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 618</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-23</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>33.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the Eastern Presbyterian Church in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-23">Jan. 23, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and H&amp;lt; use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Presbyterian Church, District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes remitted.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all taxes, together with the interest and penalties, now due and unpaid, for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, eighteen
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/619">619</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 33-36. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-throe, upon lots thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty- six, thirty-seven, and thirty-eight, in square eight hundred and ninety-one in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, now occupied by the frame church known as the Eastern Presbyterian Church, be, and the same are hereby, remitted.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 23d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 34: for the relief of Elizabeth Carson.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>34</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 619</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-26</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>34.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Elizabeth Carson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-26">Jan. 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Carson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of, to be investigated by Quartermaster’s Department, and reported by Secretary of War to Congress.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be investigated by the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army the claim of Elizabeth Carson, of Bourbon County, State of Kentucky, for subsistence, use of jail, fuel, fire, care, and attention alleged to have been furnished by her to conscripts, deserters, and rebel prisoners confined in the jail of Bourbon County, Kentucky, by the military authorities of the United States, in the years eighteen hundred and sixty- two, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, and eighteen hundred and sixty -five; such investigation to extend to the status of the claimant, whether loyal or not, the value of the supplies furnished, the actual rental value of the property for the time it was occupied and used by United States authorities, the circumstances of the use of the jail and by whose authority or direction it was so used, and the reasons for the neglect to file her claim in the War Department; and when such investigation shall be completed the Secretary of War shall report the result thereof, with his recommendation thereon, to Congress, for its action in the premises.
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 26th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 35: granting an increase of pension to Abby P. Arnold.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>35</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 619</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>35.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Abby P. Arnold.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-26">Jan. 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abby P. Arnold.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, to increase the pension of Abby P. Arnold, widow of the late General Richard Arnold, United States Army, from twenty dollars to fifty dollars per month; said increase to take effect from’ and after the passage of this act.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 26th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 36: for the relief of Uriel Crocker.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>36</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 619</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-26</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>36.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Uriel Crocker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-26">Jan. 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uriel Cracker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coupon bonds destroyed to be paid.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the proper officer of the United States Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Uriel Crocker, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, or to his proper attorney or legal representatives, the sum of three bundled and eighty-six dollars, being the amount due upon four coupon bonds of the United States of the denomination of fifty dollars each, and upon the coupons belonging thereto which were payable from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, both inclusive, which said bonds were of the loan of July
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/620">620</page>
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, payable after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, were numbered twenty-five hundred and nineteen, twenty-five hundred and twenty, twenty-five hundred and twenty-one, and twenty-five hundred and twenty-two, and have been lost and are believed to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote>have been destroyed: <i>Provided,</i> That he or they shall first file with the proper officer of the Treasury Department a satisfactory bond of indemnity in double the amount so authorized to be paid as aforesaid.</content>
</section>
<note>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Received by the President, January 14, 1885.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">Note by the Department of State</inline>.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 37: granting a pension to Caroline Treckell.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>37</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 620</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-26</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>37.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Caroline Treckell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-26">Jan. 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline Truckell</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline Treckell, widow of Lieutenant Greenbury Treckell, deceased, late of the Aubrey Cavalry Company, Kansas Militia.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 26th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 39: to remove the political disabilities of Gabriel H. Hill of Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>39</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 620</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-27</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>39.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of Gabriel H. Hill of Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-27">Jan. 27, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (tico-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gabriel H. Hill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from Gabriel H. Hill, of Virginia.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 27th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 40: to remove the political disabilities of J. Pembrobe Jones, of Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>40</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 620</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-27</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>40.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of J. Pembrobe Jones, of Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-27">Jan. 27, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. Pembrobe Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the political disabilities of J. Pembrobe Jones, of Virginia, incurred under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States be and the same are hereby removed.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 27th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 42: for the relief of Yost Harbaugh.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>42</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 620</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>42.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Yost Harbaugh.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-28">Jan. 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yost Harbaugh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Yost Harbaugh the sum of seventy dollars, for his services as messenger in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury from October tenth to November tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 28th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 44: to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Ward, of Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>44</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 621</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/621">621</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>44.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Ward, of Virginia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-30">Jan. 30, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of eaeh House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. H. Ward.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from W. H. Ward, of Virginia.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 30th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 48: granting a pension to John Sweeney.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>48</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 621</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-31</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>48.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Sweeney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">Jan. 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Sweeney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Sweeney, late a private in Company 0, Second Regiment New York Heavy Artillery.
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 31st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 49: granting a pension to John W. Wright.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>49</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 621</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-01-31</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>49.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John W. Wright.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">Jan. 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Wright.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John W. Wright, late a private in Company D, Seventy-seventh Regiment Enrolled Militia of Missouri.
</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, January 31st, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 51: to reimburse Elizabeth Comstock customs dues paid by her on articles donated for the relief of colored emigrants.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>51</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 621</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-06</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>51.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to reimburse Elizabeth Comstock customs dues paid by her on articles donated for the relief of colored emigrants.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-06">Feb. 6, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Comstock.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to, of customs dues.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to reimburse Elizabeth Comstock, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum, not exceeding seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and seventy-eight cents, as she may show by satisfactory proof that she paid as customs dues on articles donated for the relief of colored emigrants.
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February sixth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 53: granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary K. S. Eaton.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>53</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 621</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>53.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary K. S. Eaton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-10">Feb. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary K. S. Eaton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension of thirty dollars per mouth heretofore granted and now allowed to Mrs. Mary K. S. Eaton, widow of General Amos B. Eaton, late Commissary-General of the Army of the United States, be, and the same hereby is, increased to the sum of fifty dollars per mouth; and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to her the sum last mentioned per month from and after the passage of this act.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 54: granting an increased pension to Sally Rodman, widow of General Isaac P. Rodman.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>54</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 622</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-10</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/622">622</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>54.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an increased pension to Sally Rodman, widow of General Isaac P. Rodman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-10">Feb. 10, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sally Rodman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of tins act the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the. pension-roll the name of Sally Rodman, widow of Isaac P. Rodman, late a brigadier-general of United States volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars a month, in lieu of that which she now receives.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February tenth, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 57: for the relief of R. G. P. White, Peter Hanger, and L. T. Green.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>57</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 622</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>57.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of R. G. P. White, Peter Hanger, and L. T. Green.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-12">Feb. 12, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. G. P. White. Peter Hanger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. T. Green.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of rent to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Doctor R. G. P. White, of Pulaski, Tennessee, the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; to Peter Hanger, of Little Rock, Arkansas, the sum of twenty dollars; and to L. T. Green, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the sum of fifty- one dollars; the said sums being for the rent of property belonging to them, respectively, and occupied by the United States under contract, and for which vouchers were given by the United States to them.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February twelfth, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 60: granting arrears of pensions to Emily Agnel.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>60</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 622</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>60.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting arrears of pensions to Emily Agnel.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>Whereas Emily Agnel, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel and Professor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emily Agnel.</p></sidenote> Hyacinthe Robert Agnel, of the United States Army, was placed on the pension-roll on the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty, and from which date payment of said pension was made: Therefore,</content>
</level>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Readjudication of claim for pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to readjudieate the pension claim of Emily Agnel, widow of Hyacinthe Robert Agnel, as if her application had been filed in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to pay, or cause to be paid, to the aforesaid Emily Agnel, a pension, at the rate prescribed by law from the date of death of the said Hyacinthe<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> Robert Agnel: <i>Provided,</i> That all sums previously paid on account of pension to the said Emily Agnel be deducted.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 61: granting a pension to Catharine Schools.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>61</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 622</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>61.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Catharine Schools.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catharine Schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine Schools, widow of Thomas Schools, deceased, late a private in Company C, First Regiment of Delaware Infantry Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 62: granting a pension to Ebenezer K. Marden</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>62</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 623</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/623">623</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>62.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ebenezer K. Marden</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ebenezer K. Marden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ebenezer K. Marden, late a private in Company 0, Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 63: for the relief of the executrix of Ayres P. Merrill.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>63</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 623</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>63.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the executrix of Ayres P. Merrill.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-13">Feb. 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Katherine C. B. Merrill, executrix of will of Ayers P. Merrill, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims of to be investigated and reported to Congress.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claim of Katherine C. B. Merrill, executrix of the last will and testament of Ayers P. Merrill, deceased, and late of the State of Mississippi, for quartermaster and commissary stores and supplies alleged to have been taken and used by the United States Army during the rebellion, from the plantations of said Merrill in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi, be referred to the Quartermaster-General, who shall investigate the justice and legality of said claim and report the amount and value of said stores and supplies taken and used by the Army of the United States, and also what amount has been paid on the same; and that he report all the facts and evidence for the consideration of Congress.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 13th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 69: to increase the pension of Simpson Harris.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>69</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 623</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>69.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Simpson Harris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Simpson Harris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Simpson Harris, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and who now holds pension-certificate numbered thirty-seven hundred and six, to the sum of fifty dollars per month.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 70: granting a pension to Mary. A. Knavrber</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>70</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 623</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>70.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary. A. Knavrber</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Knawber.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A, Knawber.
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 71: granting an additional pension to Watson S. Bentley</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>71</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 623</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>52</congress>
<session>2</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>71.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting an additional pension to Watson S. Bentley</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watson S. Bentley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension in creased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Watson S. Bentley, of New Marlborough, Massachusetts,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/624">624</page>
<centerRunningHead>FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 71-75. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
late a private in Company B. Thirty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, at the rate of forty-five dollars per month, and that said Bentley be. entitled to receive pension at said rate in lieu of that now received by him.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 72: granting a pension to Dorathea Bothner.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>72</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>72.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Dorathea Bothner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dorathea Bothner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dorathea Bothner, widow of Gustavus Bothner, late second lieutenant of Company C, Thirty-eighth New York Volunteers.
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 73: granting a pension to Isabel Campbell.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>73</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 624</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>73.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabel Campbell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabel Campbell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isabel Campbell, of Ashland County, Ohio, widow of James Campbell, late of Company K, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 74: increasing the pension of Ben Morgan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>74</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 624</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>74.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">increasing the pension of Ben Morgan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ben Morgan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Ben Morgan, late colonel of the Seventy-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, on the pension-roll at the rate of forty-five dollars per month, in lieu of his pension of thirty dollars per month.
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 75: for the relief of Millia Staples.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>75</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 624</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>52</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>75.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Millia Staples.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Millia Staples.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the rolls of the Pension Office the name of Millia Staples, of Morgan County, Tennessee, for and on account of services rendered in the United States by Benjamin T. Staples, who was killed while in line of duty as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Eleventh Regiment Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers, on March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 76: for the relief of Mrs Jennie E. Johnson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>76</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/625">625</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>76.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Jennie E. Johnson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jennie E. Johnson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs Jennie E. Johnson, mother of Captain Charles P. Johnson, deceased, late a Captain on the retired-list of the Army of the United States, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 77: for the relief of Hugh Dougherty.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>77</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>77.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Hugh Dougherty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hugh Dougherty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hugh Dougherty, late first lieutenant of Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Kansas Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 78: granting a pension to John D. Rickards.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>78</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>78.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John D. Rickards.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John D. Richards.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John D. Rickards, late a private in Company A, Sixty-ninth Regiment Enrolled Missouri MiUtia.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 79: granting a pension to Clarissa McKee.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>79</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>79.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Clarissa McKee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarissa McKee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and ho is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Clarissa McKee, widow of William McKee, late a private in Company D, Second District of Columbia Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 80: for the relief of Mrs Jane Young.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 625</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>80</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>80.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Jane Young.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jane Young.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Jane Young, mother of Henry Young, alias Frank Lowe, late a member of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 81: granting a pension to Frank S. Marsh.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 626</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>81</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/626">626</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>81.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frank S. Marsh.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank S. Marsh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank S. Marsh, late of Company K, Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 82: granting a pension to Sarah Kennedy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 626</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>82</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>82.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Kennedy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Kennedy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Kennedy, widow of Seth T. Kennedy, late major of the Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 83: granting a pension to James McManus.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 626</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>83</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>83.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James McManus.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James McManus.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James McManus, late a private in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 84: for the relief John Johnson</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 626</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>84</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>84.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief John Johnson</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Johnson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 483.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act for the relief of certain pensioners” (who have lost a leg at the hip-joint), be so construed as to include John Johnson, who had his right arm and a part of the shoulder-blade shot away at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 85: restoring Rebecca Walcott to the pension-roll.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 626</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>85</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>85.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">restoring Rebecca Walcott to the pension-roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebecca Walcott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Rebecca Walcott, mother of James A. Walcott, late a corporal of Company E, Second Vermont Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 86: granting a pension to George A. Marshall.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 627</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>86</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/627">627</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>86.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George A. Marshall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George A. Marshall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George A, Marshall, who in the war with Mexico was a member of Company C, Fourth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 87: granting a pension to William Eurele.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 627</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>87</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>87.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Eurele.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Eurele.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of William Eurele, late a private in Company A, Tenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 88: granting a pension to Hayden Reynolds.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 627</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>88</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>88.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Hayden Reynolds.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hayden Reynolds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hayden Reynolds, late a private in Company B, Sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 89: granting a pension to John T. Marshall.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 627</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>89</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>89.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John T. Marshall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John T. Marshall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John T. Marshall, late a seaman in the United States Navy.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 90: granting a pension to James W. Brown.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 627</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>90</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>90.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James W. Brown.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James W. Brown.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James W. Brown, late a private in Company L, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 91: restoring the name of Zelica T. Dunlap to the pension-roil.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 628</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>91</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/628">628</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>91.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">restoring the name of Zelica T. Dunlap to the pension-roil.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Zelica T. Dunlap.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Zelica T. Dunlap, late widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel James E. Dunlap, of the Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, to be paid from the date of the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 92: granting a pension to Isaac Demaranville.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 628</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>92</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>92.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isaac Demaranville.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isaac Demaranville.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac Demaranville, late a private in Company E, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 93: granting a pension to Sallie Ingham.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 628</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>93</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>93.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sallie Ingham.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sallie Ingham.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sallie Ingham, formerly Sallie Frary, mother of Justin Frary, late a private in Company I, One hundred and first Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 94: granting a pension to William Harbeson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 628</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>94</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>94.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Harbeson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Harbeson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Harbeson, of Reading, Pennsylvania, late a private in Company G, Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 95: or the relief of Major W. W. Frybarger.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 628</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>95</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>95.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">or the relief of Major W. W. Frybarger.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Major W.W. Frybarger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to put Major W. W. Frybarger, of Connersville, Indiana, on the pension-roll at the rate of forty dollars per month ; said pension to begin at the date of the approval of this act, and to be in lieu of all other pensions granted the said Frybarger.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 96: granting a pension to William Herring</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 629</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>96</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/629">629</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>96.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Herring</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Herring.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of William Herring, late a private in Company A, Thirteenth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 97: for the relief of William B. Smith</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 629</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>97</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>97.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William B. Smith</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William B. Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension of William B. Smith, late a private in Company K, Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, who is now drawing a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month, under pension certificate numbered one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby, increased to seventy-two dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 98: for the relief of Benjamin F. Amos.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 629</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>98</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>98.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Benjamin F. Amos.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benjamin F. Amos.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin F. Amos, late of the Seventh Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 99: granting a pension to Theo Ahrens.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 629</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>99</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>99.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Theo Ahrens.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Theo Ahrens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Theo Ahrens, late a private, in Company O. One hundred and ninety-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 100: granting a pension to George W. Rugg.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 629</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>100</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>100.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George W. Rugg.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Rugg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W. Rugg, late of Company M, Fifth New York Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 101: granting a pension to Sarah J. Bremmer.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 630</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>101</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/630">630</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>101.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah J. Bremmer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah J. Bremmer</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah J. Bremmer, widow of William B. Bremmer, late Captain of Company F, Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 102: granting a pension to Louis D. Petty.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 630</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>102</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>102.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Louis D. Petty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louis D. Petty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Louis D, Petty, late a private in Company E, Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitar tions of the pension Jaws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 103: granting a pension to Ellen A Vance.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 630</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>103</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>103.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ellen A Vance.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellen A. Vance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ellen A. Vance, invalid daughter of Colonel Joseph W. Vance, deceased, late colonel of the Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of eighteen dollars per mouth.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 104: granting a pension to Ruth Stratton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 630</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>104</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>104.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ruth Stratton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ruth Stratton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place on the pension-roil the name of Ruth Stratton, of Henry County, Indiana, and pay her a pension as the dependent mother of Albert Stratton, deceased, who was late a private in Company F of the Eighty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers; said pension to be subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 105: granting a pension to John Maloney.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 630</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>105</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>105.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Maloney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Maloney.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of John Maloney, late a private in Company K, Seventieth Indiana Volunteers subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 106: granting n pension to George Zielie,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>106</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/631">631</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>106.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting n pension to George Zielie,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Zielie.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions anti limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Zielie, of Livingston County, State oi Missouri.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 107: to restore the name of Walter H. Crow, to the pension-roll.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>107</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>107.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to restore the name of Walter H. Crow, to the pension-roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walter H. Crow.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and is hereby, authorized and directed to restore the name of Walter H. Crow, late a sergeant of Company K, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteers, to the pension roll, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 108: to place the name of R. W. Duncan on the pension-roll.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>108</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>108.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to place the name of R. W. Duncan on the pension-roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. W. Dunpaa, (colored).</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of R. W. Duncan (colored), known as Pack Duncan, who was employed as a guide for an expedition under the command of Colonel W. F. Cloud, of the Second Kansas Cavalry, and who was wounded and permanently disabled on said expedition, and to pay him the same pension as would be allowed a private soldier for like disability.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 109: granting a pension to Mrs Sarah S, Sampson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>109</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>109.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Sarah S, Sampson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah S. Sampson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs Sarah 8. Sampson, an Army nurse, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. L. Sampson, late of the Maine Infantry Volunteers, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 110: granting a pension to Nelson Gammons.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>110</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>110.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Nelson Gammons.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nelson Gammons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nelson Gammons, late a private in Company K, Thirty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 111: granting a pension to Margaret G, Halpins.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>111</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/632">632</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>111.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret G, Halpins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret G. Halpine.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Margaret G, Halpine, widow of Charles G. Halpine, late a lieutenant-colonel and brevet brigadier-general of volunteers in the Union Army, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 112: granting a pension to Russell F. Dimmick.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>112</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>112.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Russell F. Dimmick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Russell F. Dimmick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Russell F, Gimmick, late a private in Company E, First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 113: for the relief of James Stack.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>113</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>113.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of James Stack.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Stack.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Stack, late a private in Company F, One hundred and thirtieth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, from’and after the passage of this act</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 114: granting a pension to Margaret A. Maguire</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>114</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>114.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret A. Maguire</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret A. Maguire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret A. Maguire, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, widow of George R. Maguire, deceased, late a lieutenant in the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, United States Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 115: granting a pension to John Otis.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>115</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>115.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Otis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Otis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Otis, dependent father of Thomas Otis.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 116: granting a pension to Merit M. Oakley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 633</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>116</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/633">633</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>116.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Merit M. Oakley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merit M. Oakley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Merit M. Oakley, who was a private in Company K, Sixth Regiment of Iowa Cavalry, who shall receive a pension at the rate of eight dollars a month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 117: granting a pension to Ann J. Williams.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 633</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>117</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>117.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ann J. Williams.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann J. Williams.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann J. Williams, mother of Ebenezer Williams, late a private in Company A, First Regiment of Nevada Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 118: granting a pension to Maria H. Sargent.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 633</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>118</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>118.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Maria H. Sargent.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maria H. Sargent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Maria H. Sargent, and to pay her a pension of twenty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 119: granting a pension to Henry Davis.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 633</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>119</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>119.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Davis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Davis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Henry Davis, late lieutenant colonel of the Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and conditions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 120: granting a pension to Alonzo Cornwell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 633</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>120</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>120.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Alonzo Cornwell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alonzo Cornwell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alonzo Cornwell, late a private in Company F, Sixty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 121: granting a pension to Daniel W. Adams.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 634</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>121</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/634">634</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>121.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Daniel W. Adams.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Daniel W. Adame.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Daniel W. Adams, late of Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 122: granting a pension to Albert D. Simmons.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 634</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>122</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>122.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Albert D. Simmons.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-14">Feb. 14, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert D. Simmons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed and authorized to put the. name of Albert D. Simmons, late a private in Company E, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 14th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 127: for the relief of the estate of Chester Ashley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 634</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>127</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>127.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the estate of Chester Ashley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chester Ashley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of estate of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the estate of Chester Ashley, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand one hundred dollars, in full for rent of building to the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the use of the Army, from July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the thirty-first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 128: to authorize the settlement of the accounts of the late John V. B. Bleecker a paymaster in the Navy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 634</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>128</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>128.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to authorize the settlement of the accounts of the late John V. B. Bleecker a paymaster in the Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John V. B. Bleecker, paymaster United States Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in account.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the accounting officers of the Treasury of the United States be, and they are hereby, directed, in settling the accounts of the late John V. B. Bleecker a paymaster in the United States Navy, to credit him with the amount charged against him, on their books, namely, three thousand five hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-six cents.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 129: to remove the political disabilities of Alfred Iverson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 634</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>129</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>129.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of Alfred Iverson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alfred Iverson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Alfred Iverson, of the State of Florida, be, and is hereby, relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 130: to remove the political disabilities of E. P. Alexander, of Georgia.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 635</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-17</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>130</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>130.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of E. P. Alexander, of Georgia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. P. Alexander.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States on E. P. Alexander, a citizen of the State of Georgia, be, and the same are hereby, removed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 17th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 131: granting a pension to Sarah Denny Ripley.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>131</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>131.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Denny Ripley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Denny Ripley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Sarah Denny Ripley, widow of Brigadier-General James W. Ripley, deceased, late Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 132: granting a pension to Mrs. Charlotte Hackett.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>132</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>132.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Charlotte Hackett.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte Hackett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Charlotte Hackett, mother of Samuel F. Hackett, late a private in Company E, Second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 133: granting a pension to Orin B. McDaniel.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>133</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>133.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Orin B. McDaniel.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orin R. McDaniel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, mid he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Orin R. McDaniel, late of Company H, Sixty-fourth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 134: granting an increase of pension Jesse S. Harrold.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>134</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>134.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension Jesse S. Harrold.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jesse S. Harrold.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension in creased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jesse S. Harrold, late second lieutenant of Company H, Fourteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, at the rate of thirty-three dollars per month, in lieu of what he is now receiving.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 135: granting a pension to Mrs. Kate A. Drummond.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>135</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/636">636</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>135.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Kate A. Drummond.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kate A. Drummond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Kate A. Drummond, of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, widow of Thomas Drummond, late captain of the Fifth United States Cavalry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 136: granting a pension to Cyrus Reeser.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>136</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>136.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Cyrus Reeser.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-19">February 19, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cyrus Reeser.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cyrus Reeser, late a private in Company F, Sixty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 19th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 140: granting an increase of pension to Eugene O’Sullivan, late a sergeant of Company K, Eighteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>140</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>140.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Eugene O’Sullivan, late a sergeant of Company K, Eighteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eugene O’Sullivan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eugene O’Sullivan, late a sergeant of Company K, Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, at the rate of pension allowed in cases of amputation of the leg above the knee.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 141: granting a pension to James McCallen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>141</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>141.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James McCallen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James McCallen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James McCallen, late a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment California Infantry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 142: granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Frances L. Thomas, widow of Major-General George H. Thomas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>142.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Frances L. Thomas, widow of Major-General George H. Thomas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frances L. Thomas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of thirty dollars a month now received by Mrs. Frances L. Thomas, widow of Major-General George H. Thomas, to two thousand dollars per annum, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 143: granting a pension to Isabella Higgins.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-20</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>143</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/637">637</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>143.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabella Higgins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-20">February 20, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabella Higgins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, the name of Isabella Higgins, late hospital matron of the Eighth Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 20th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 151: for the relief of Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W. B. Waldran.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 637</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>151</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>151.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W. B. Waldran.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W. B. Waldran.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, ont of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to. Thomas T. Stratton, as assignee of W. B. Waldran in full payment and satisfaction of said Waldran’s claim and demand against the United States for and on account of work and labor done on the United States courtroom offices and judges’ chambers at Memphis, Tennessee, under contract with and direction of J. M. Timony, United States marshal for the western judicial district of Tennessee, which claim and demand was by the said W. B. Waldran assigned and transferred to the said Thomas T. Stratton.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 152: for the relief of the sufferers by loss of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 637</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>152</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>152.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the sufferers by loss of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government steamer J. Don Cameron.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For relief of sufferers by loss.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the losses of private property of the officers, enlisted men, and laundresses of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry by reason of the sinking of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron, in the Missouri River, on or about the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to adjust and the accounting officers of the Treasury to pay the claimants the amount of their said losses, as allowed and approved under authority of this act, not to exceed the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> amount for baggage allowed to said officers, soldiers, and laundresses by law and the Army regulations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That each person claiming<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> remuneration under this act shall furnish to the Secretary of War, or accounting officers of the Treasury, a statement, duly verified, of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement to be furnished.</p></sidenote> value of the property by him lost, and also of the amount of insurance, if any, received thereon, which amount shall be deducted from the value of said property on settlement by the accounting officers of the Treasury:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also</i>, That the award of the Secretary of War for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award by Secretary of War final.</p></sidenote> such losses shall be final, and the payment thereof to the several claimants shall be held and taken as a complete relinquishment and satisfaction of all claims for damages sustained by them by reason of the sinking of said Government steamer J. Don Cameron as aforesaid.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 153: for the relief of W. C. Marsh.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>153.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of W. C. Marsh.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. C. Marsh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay W. 0. Marsh, of Tennessee, two thousand and fifty-four dollars, the same being the amount taken from him on or about the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by the officers commanding the gunboat New Era, and turned into the Treasury of the United States.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 154: to remove the disabilities of James D. Johnston, of Georgia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>154.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to remove the disabilities of James D. Johnston, of Georgia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James D. Johnston.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of disabilities of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the disabilities created by the third section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States and incurred by James D. Johnston, of Georgia, be, and the same are hereby, removed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 155: to remove the political disabilities of Alexander W. Stark.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 638</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>155.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of Alexander W. Stark.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexander W. Stark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from Alexander W. Stark, of Virginia.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 156: for the relief of Nathan J. Sharp.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 638</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>156</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>156.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Nathan J. Sharp.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nathan J. Sharp.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Nathan J. Sharp, formerly a member of Company E, One hundred and twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers, to forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 157: for the relief of Wehrle. Week and Son.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 638</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>157</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>157.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Wehrle. Week and Son.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wehrle, Werk &amp; Son.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to abate internal-revenue taxes to the. amount of four hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty seven cents illegally assessed against Wehrle, Werk and Son, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for spirits distilled in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 158: for the relief of A. B. Montgomery.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 639</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>158</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/639">639</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>158.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of A. B. Montgomery.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. B. Montgomery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed upon A. B. Montgomery, a citizen of Georgia, by the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 159: for the relief of William M. Gardner.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 639</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-25</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>159</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>159.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William M. Gardner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-25">February 25, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William M. Gardner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed upon William M. Gardner, a citizen of the State of Georgia, by the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, be, and the same are hereby, removed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 25th, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 167: for the relief of Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller and William McRoberts.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 639</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>167</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>167.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller and William McRoberts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph M. Cummings, Hamilton J. Miller, William McRoberts.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authorized to sue in Court oi Claims.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller, and William McRoberts, late copartners in the business of commission merchants and bonded warehousemen in the city of New York, be permitted to sue in the Court of Claims; which court shall pass upon the law and facts as to the liability of the United States for the acts of its officer, Joshua F. Bailey, by reason of the seizure, detention, and closing up of the commission houses and bonded warehouses of said co-partners, for the breaking up and interruption of their said business, and for the seizure and detention of the property, books, and papers in and connected with said business, by Joshua F. Bailey, collector of internal revenue for the fourth internal-revenue district of said State or by said Bailey and other internal revenue officers. The United States shall appear to defend against said suit, and either party may appeal to the Supreme Court as in ordinary cases against the United States in said court; and said suit may be maintained, any statute of limitation to the contrary notwithstanding.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 168: for the relief of James Bedell, senior.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 639</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>168</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>168.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of James Bedell, senior.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Bedell, sr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior, be and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of James Bedell, senior, as dependent father of Samuel Umstead subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 169: granting a pension to William Weddingfield.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 640</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>169</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/640">640</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>169.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Weddingfield.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Weddingfield.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Weddingfield, late a private in Company E, First Regiment Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 170: granting a pension to Mary A. Griffin.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 640</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>170</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>170.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary A. Griffin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Griffin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed and required to place the name of Mrs. Mary A. Griffin, mother of William D. Griffin, late a private in Company F, One hundred and fifty-first Regiment New York Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 171: to restore to the pension-roll the name of Elenor Stough.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 640</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>171</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>171.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to restore to the pension-roll the name of Elenor Stough.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elenor Stough.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elenor Stough, widow of George W, Stough, late major of the Eighty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 172: granting a pension to William Robinson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 640</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>172</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>172.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Robinson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Robinson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Robinson, late a scout in the United States Army.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 173: granting pensions to Frederick Nelson, T Caine, and Henry C. Sanders.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 640</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>173</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>173.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting pensions to Frederick Nelson, T Caine, and Henry C. Sanders.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick Nelson, T. Caine, Henry C. Sanders.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Frederick Nelson, T Caine, and Henry C, Sanders, of Wyoming Territory, late employees of the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army, who were severely wounded and disabled for life, while connected with Major Thornburg’s expedition, in the engagement with the Ute Indians, September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 174: granting a pension to Robert Patterson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>174</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/641">641</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>174.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert Patterson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert Patterson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert Patterson, late a private in Company F, Thirty-seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 175: granting a pension to Robert M, McKinlay.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>175</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>175.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert M, McKinlay.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert M. McKinlay.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert M, McKinlay, late of Company M, Sixth Iowa Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 176: granting a pension to James H. Reid.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>176</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>176.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James H. Reid.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James H. Reid.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of James H. Reid, of Dorsey’s regiment of Illinois volunteers in the Black Hawk war, and pay him at the rate of eight dollars per month on and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 177: granting an increase of pension to Merlin C, Harris.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>177</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>177.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Merlin C, Harris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merlin C. Harris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Merlin C, Harris, late Captain of Company C, Ninety-sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, from the amount now paid him as sergeant to the amount paid a first lieutenant.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 178: granting a pension to Martha Angell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>178</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>178.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Martha Angell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha Angell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and ho is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Martha Angell, widow of Lieutenant John C. Angell, late of Company B, Ninth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 179: granting a pension to Adolph Weach.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 642</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>179</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/642">642</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>179.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Adolph Weach.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adolph Weach.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Adolph Weach, late of Company I, Eleventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 180: granting a pension to Elizabeth Fowler.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 642</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>180</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>180.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth Fowler.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Fowler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Elizabeth Fowler, the widow of Philo Fowler, late of Company A. Second Battalion, Seventeenth United States Infantry Volunteers of the State of Maine.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 181: granting a pension to Helen M, Harrison.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 642</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>181</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>181.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Helen M, Harrison.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Helen M. Harrison.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Helen M, Harrison, widow of Alexander R, Harrison, late a private in Company F, Tenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 182: granting a pension to Hugh Ryan,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 642</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>182</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>182.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Hugh Ryan,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hugh Ryan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hugh Ryan, late assistant surgeon of the Thirty-fourth Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 183: granting a pension to George W. Kiser,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 642</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>183</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>183.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George W. Kiser,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Kiser.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W, Kiser, late a private in Company A, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 184: granting a pension to Sarah A. Scott, widow of John D. Scott, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company H, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 643</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>184</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/643">643</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>184.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah A. Scott, widow of John D. Scott, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company H, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah A. Scott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah A. Scott, widow of John D. Scott, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company H, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 185: granting a pension to Henry Rodenback.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 643</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>185</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>185.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Rodenback.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Rodenback.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Rodenback, late a private in Company K of the Twenty-fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, to date from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 186: for the relief of William R, Miller for pension.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 643</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>186</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>186.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William R, Miller for pension.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William R. Miller.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William R, Miller, late a guide to scouts under Major James M, Moore, of the Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 187: to grant a pension to Jasper J. Henry on account of wounds received while acting as guide for the First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers in the war of the rebellion.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 643</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>187</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>187.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to grant a pension to Jasper J. Henry on account of wounds received while acting as guide for the First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers in the war of the rebellion.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jasper J. Henry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the name of J as per J. Henry be placed on the pension-roll of invalid persons, on account of wounds received while acting as guide and pilot for the First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers in the war of the rebellion, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 188: to restore the name of Warren Sams to the pension roll.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 643</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>188</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>188.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to restore the name of Warren Sams to the pension roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warren Sams.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to restore the name of Warren Sams, late a private in Company K, First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers in the war with Mexico, to the pension-roll, to take effect from the time the soldier was dropped from the rolls, on the sixteenth of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 189: for the relief of Jacob J, Morningstar.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 644</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>189</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/644">644</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>189.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Jacob J, Morningstar.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob J. Morningstar.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to increase the rate of pension now paid Jacob J. Morningstar, late a private in Company D, Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, from twenty-four dollars per month to thirty dollars, as provided by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and pay him a pension of thirty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 190: granting a pension to Eliza Sluss.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 644</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>190</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>190.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Eliza Sluss.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza Sluss.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Eliza Sluss, widow of John M. Sluss, late Captain of Company A, Third Indiana Volunteers (serving in the war with Mexico), subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 191: granting a pension William L. Sloan.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 644</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>191</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>191.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension William L. Sloan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William L. Sloan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William L. Sloan, late a corporal of Company B, Third Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 192: granting a pension to James Bradford.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 644</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>192</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>192.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Bradford.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Bradford.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Bradford, late a volunteer in the United States Navy.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 193: granting a pension to Charles P, Mahan.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 644</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>193</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>193.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charles P, Mahan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles P. Mahan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles P, Mahan, late of Company G, One hundred and forty-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 194: granting a pension to William Bolwork,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 645</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>194</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/645">645</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>194.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Bolwork,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Bolwork.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote> laws the name of William Bolwork, late a private in Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 195: granting a pension to Mrs Olive W. Parker.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 645</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>195</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>195.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Olive W. Parker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Olive W. Parker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Olive W. Parker, widow of Stephen N. Parker, deceased, late of the Ninth Battery Massachusetts Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 196: for the relief of William C. H. Bowman.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 645</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>196</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>196.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William C. H. Bowman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William C. H. Bowman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William C. H. Bowman, late a private in Company D, Second Regiment Missouri Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 197: granting a pension to James D. Kirk.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 645</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>197</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>197.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James D. Kirk.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James D. Kirk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of James D, Kirk, of Inez, Martin County, late of Company B, One hundred and sixty-seventh Regiment West Virginia Militia, at the rate allowed by law to private soldiers for disabilities incurred while in the service of the United States in the late war of the rebellion, for wounds and injuries sustained by the said James D. Kirk, while in the line of his duty during the said war of the rebellion.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 198: granting a pension to William Gibbons.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 645</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>198</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>198.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Gibbons.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Gibbons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Gibbons, late of Company F, Nineteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 199: granting a pension to Caroline Van Norton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 646</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>199</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/646">646</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>199.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Caroline Van Norton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline Van Norton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline Van Norton, widow of Jacob Van Norton, late a private in Company K, One hundred and fifty-first Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 200: granting a pension to Margaret A, Ringwait.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 646</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>200</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>200.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret A, Ringwait.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret A. Ringwait.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place ou the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret A. Ringwait, sister of Lewis Ringwait, late of Company F, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and to pay her the pension allowed by law to the dependent relatives of deceased soldiers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 201: increasing the pension of Julia A. Chambers.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 646</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>201</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>201.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">increasing the pension of Julia A. Chambers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia A. Chambers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Julia A. Chambers widow of John Chambers, late an ordnance-sergeant in the United States Army, who died at Fort Monroe, January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and increase the pension paid her to twenty dollars per month</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 202: granting a pension to Cordelia Gale.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 646</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>202</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>202.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Cordelia Gale.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cordelia Gale.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Pension Department place the name of Cordelia Gale, widow of Ebben G. Gale, deceased, late of Company D, Second Kegimeut Michigan Cavalry in the war of the rebellion, on the pension-roll as a pensioner of the United States, under the laws and regulations of the United States at the time of the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect immediately.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 203: granting a pension to Louisa Earle.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 646</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>203</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>203.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Louisa Earle.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisa Earle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and regulations of the pension laws, the name of Louisa Earle, widow of Harry B. Earle, late of Company K, Fourth Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 204: granting a pension to Charles H, Phillips.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 647</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>204</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/647">647</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>204.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charles H, Phillips.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles H. Phillips.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Charles H, Phillips, late a teamster in the First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and pay him a pension of fifteen dollars per month in lieu of the present pension.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 205: granting a pension to Mrs Mary J, Stotts.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 647</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>205</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>205.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Mary J, Stotts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary J. Stotts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs Mary J. Stotts, widow of Green C. Stotts, late captain of Company D, Seventy-sixth Missouri Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 206: granting a pension to Jane Hilton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 647</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>206</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>206.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Jane Hilton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jane Hilton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jane Hilton, widow of Ellis Hilton, deceased, late a private in Company E, Seventy-fourth Illinois Volunteers, and Company B, Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 207: granting a pension to Samuel Z. Cooper.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 647</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>207</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>207.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Samuel Z. Cooper.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel Z. Cooper.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Intel for be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Z. Cooper, late a private in Company H, Twenty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 208: granting a pension to Adalbert Stickney.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 647</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>208</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>208.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Adalbert Stickney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adalbert Stickney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Adalbert Stickney, late a private in Company G, Eighth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers in the United States Army, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 209: granting a pension to Isaac R, H. Caldwell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 648</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>209</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/648">648</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>209.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isaac R, H. Caldwell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isaac R. H. Caldwell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed and authorized to put the name of Isaac R. H. Caldwell, late captain of Company G, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 210: granting a pension to James Frazier.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 648</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>210</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>210.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Frazier.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Frazier.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of James Frazier, late a private in Company B, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 211: for the relief of Ann Lumphrey.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 648</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>211</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>211.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Ann Lumphrey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann Lumphrey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Ann Lumphrey, widow of Oliver Lumphrey.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 212: granting a pension to Rachel Smith.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 648</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>212</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>212.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rachel Smith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rachel Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rachel Smith, dependent mother of Andrew M. Smith, late a private in Company E, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 213: for the relief of Abigail Honey.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 648</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>213</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>213.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Abigail Honey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abigail Honey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject, to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abigail Honey, widow of Joseph W. Honey, late a private in Company H, Twenty-sixth Regiment Iowa Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 214: increasing t he pension of Frederic S. Rich.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 649</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>214</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/649">649</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>214.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">increasing t he pension of Frederic S. Rich.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederic S. Rich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension now allowed to Frederic S, Rich, late a private in Company H, Eighth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, from eight dollars per month to twenty-four dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 215: for the relief of Elizabeth A Springsteed</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 649</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>215</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>215.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Elizabeth A Springsteed</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth A. Springsteed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth A. Springsteed, widow of David A. Springsteed, of Albany, New York, late a private in Company B. Seventh Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 216: increasing the pension of George Tapp.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 649</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>216</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>216.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">increasing the pension of George Tapp.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Tapp.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the pension of George Tapp, late a lieutenant of Company B, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, now on the pension-roll of the United States as certificate numbered seventy-two thousand five hundred and thirty-four, to be increased, and to pay him a pension at the rate of forty-five dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall be in force from its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 217: granting a pension to Eliza Pigeon.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 649</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>217</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>217.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Eliza Pigeon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza Pigeon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior he, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Pigeon, widow of Joseph Pigeon, late a private in Company B, Third Regiment New York Artillery Volunteers in the war of the rebellion.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 218: granting a pension to R. D. Lawrence.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 649</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>218</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>218.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to R. D. Lawrence.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. D. Lawrence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of R. D. Lawrence, late a private in Company E, First Regiment Michigan Light Artillery, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 219: granting a pension to Catharine S. Edmondson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 650</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>219</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/650">650</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>219.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Catharine S. Edmondson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catharine S. Edmondson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine S. Edmondson, dependent mother of William 0. Edmondson, deceased, late a private in Company I of the Eighty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, and pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 220: granting a pension to Eliza J. Norris.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 650</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>220</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>220.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Eliza J. Norris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza J. Norris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza J. Norris, widow of Dudley F. Norris, late a private in Company I, Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the late war.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 221: granting a pension to Benjamin P, Lowell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 650</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>221</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>221.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Benjamin P, Lowell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benjamin P. Lowell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to place on the pension-roll, subject to the pension laws, the name of Benjamin P. Lowell, late of Company I, First Regiment Maine Cavalry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 222: granting a pension to Mary C. Axline.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 650</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>222</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>222.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary C. Axline.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary C. Axline.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Mary C Axline, widow of Jacob Axline, late a first lieutenant in Captain Hickman Mills’s Company of Missouri Enrolled Militia, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 223: restoring to the pension roll the name of Caroline Lewis,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 650</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>223</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>223.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">restoring to the pension roll the name of Caroline Lewis,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caroline Lewis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll the name Caroline Lewis, widow of John Lewis, late of the United States colored troops (certificate numbered one hundred and forty thousand six hundred and sixty-five), who was killed near Louisville, Kentucky, about the sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in the line of duty.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 224: granting a pension to Rebecca Kupp.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 651</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>224</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/651">651</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>224.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rebecca Kupp.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebecca Kupp.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rebecca Kupp, of Pennsylvania, surviving mother of George Kupp, deceased, late a private in Company B, Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 225: granting a pension to Bernard Donohue.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 651</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>225</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>225.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Bernard Donohue.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bernard Donohue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Bernard Donohue, late artificer of Company K, First New York Volunteer Engineers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 226: granting a pension to David T. Dudley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 651</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>226</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>226.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to David T. Dudley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David T. Dudley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David T. Dudley, late a private in Company C, Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 227: granting a pension to Wealthy H. Seavey.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 651</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>227</docNumber>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>227.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Wealthy H. Seavey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wealthy H. Seavey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, the name of Wealthy H. Seavey, of Erroll, New Hampshire, as dependent foster-mother of Charles W. Seavey, late a private in Company I, Seventh Regiment Maine Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 228: for the relief of Anthony Beyer.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 651</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>228</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>228.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Anthony Beyer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anthony Beyer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Anthony Beyer, late a private in Company E, Fifth Regiment of Iowa Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 229: granting a pension to Samuel M. Bartlett,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 652</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>229</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/652">652</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>229.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Samuel M. Bartlett,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Samuel M. Bartlett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel M, Bartlett, late a private in Company K, Thirty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 230: granting a pension to James O. McKenna.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 652</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>230</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>230.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James O. McKenna.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James O. McKenna.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James O. McKenna, late of Company B, Sixth Iowa Cavalry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 231: granting a pension to John A, Vanderhoff,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 652</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>231</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>231.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John A, Vanderhoff,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John A. Vanderhoff.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A, Vanderhoff, late a private in Company A, Eighth Regiment United States Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 232: increasing the pension of Elmina P. Spencer.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 652</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>232</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>232.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">increasing the pension of Elmina P. Spencer.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elmina P. Spencer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension of Mrs Elmina P. Spencer, be, and the same is hereby, increased to twenty dollars per month; and the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of said Elmina P. Spencer, on the pension-roll as a pensioner of the United States for the sum of twenty dollars per month, said twenty dollars per month being in lieu of all other pensions heretofore granted.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 233: granting a pension to Elizabeth Smith.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 652</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>233</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>233.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth Smith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Elizabeth Smith, foster mother of Albert Shafer, late a private in Company B, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 234: for the relief of David Fried,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 653</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>234</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/653">653</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>234.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of David Fried,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David Fried.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of David Fried, late a private in Company F, Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 235: granting a pension to Charles W. Baldwin.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 653</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>235</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>235.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charles W. Baldwin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles W. Baldwin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of Charles W. Baldwin, late a private in Company C, Nineteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 236: granting a pension to Frederick P, Dearth.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 653</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>236</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>236.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frederick P, Dearth.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick P. Dearth.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frederick P. Dearth, dependent father of Edwin P, Dearth, late of the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 237: granting a pension to T. A Morton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 653</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>237</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>237.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to T. A Morton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. A. Morton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of T. A. Morton, late of Company E, Sixteenth Regiment New York Cavalry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 238: granting a pension to Chloe A. Whipple,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 653</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>238</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>238.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Chloe A. Whipple,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chloe A Whipple.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Chloe A, Whipple, of Batavia, New York, mother of Charles A, Whipple, late of Company L, Eighth New York Heavy Artillery,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 239: granting a pension to Eliza M, Byers.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 654</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>239</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/654">654</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>239.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Eliza M, Byers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza M. Byers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Eliza M, Byers, widow of Doctor William J. Byers, and pay her the pension of the widow of a surgeon of volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 240: to restore the name of Lewis J, Blair to the pension-roll.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>240</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>240.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to restore the name of Lewis J, Blair to the pension-roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lewis J. Blair.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reinstate on the pension-roll, the name of Lewis J. Blair, late Lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 241: for the relief of Lavisa Heth.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 654</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>241</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>241.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Lavisa Heth.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lavisa Heth.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Lavisa Heth, widow of Wilford S. Heth, late a private in Company F, Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 242: to allow a pension to George F, West.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 654</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>242</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>242.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to allow a pension to George F, West.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George F. West.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That George F, West, late a corporal Company I, Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, now on the pension roll at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act shall be entitled to receive the same pension as a soldier now receives, or that may hereafter be allowed by law, who has lost one arm at or above the elbow or one leg at or above the knee.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 243: granting a pension to Cornelia V, Blackman.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 654</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>243</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>243.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Cornelia V, Blackman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cornelia V. Blackman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to place the name of Cornelia V. Blackman, widow of Harvey C, Blackman, late a second lieutenant in the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, on the pension-roll, and grant her a pension from the date of the passage of this act, subject to the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 244: to grant a pension to Harriet M. Baily.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>244</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/655">655</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>244.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to grant a pension to Harriet M. Baily.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriet M. Baily.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harriet M. Baily, widow of William P. Baily, late a Colonel in the service of the United States, of the Second Regiment of Delaware Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 245: granting an increase of pension to Elbert Hewitt.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>245</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>245.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Elbert Hewitt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elbert Hewitt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension heretofore allowed to Elbert Hewitt, late a private in Company C, Sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, from twenty-four dollars to forty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 246: granting a pension to Mrs Adeline E, Chadbourne.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>246</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>246.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Adeline E, Chadbourne.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adeline E. Chadbourne.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs Adeline E, Chadbourne, an Army nurse, on the pension-roll of the United States, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 247: to pension Holden Cook.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>247</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>247.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to pension Holden Cook.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Holden Cook.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Holden Cook, late a private in Company A, Thirty-first United States Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 248: granting a pension to Louisa A. Estes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>248</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>248.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Louisa A. Estes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisa A. Estes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Louisa A. Estes, widow of John Estes, late of Company E, Seventy-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, subject to the conditions and regulations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 249: granting a pension to Almira K. Parker.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 655</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>249</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/656">656</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>249.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Almira K. Parker.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Almira K. Parker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Almira K. Parker, dependent mother of Ira J. Adams, deceased, formerly a private in Company A, Third Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 250: granting a pension to Lydia Wetherbee.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 656</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>250</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>250.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lydia Wetherbee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lydia Wetherbee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Lydia Wetherbee, dependent mother of George L. Wetherbee, deceased, formerly a private in Company B, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 251: granting a pension to Lois B. Smith.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 656</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>251</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>251.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lois B. Smith.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lois B. Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lois B. Smith, mother of Theodore H. Jameson, late of Company K, Thirteenth New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 252: granting an increase of pension to Edward P. Quinn.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 656</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>252</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>252.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Edward P. Quinn.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward P. Quinn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Edward P. Quinn, of the city of Albany, late a lieutenant of Company D, One hundred and twenty-third New York Volunteers, to the sum of forty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 253: granting a pension to William E, Ayers,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 656</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>253</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>253.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William E, Ayers,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William E. Ayers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of William E, Ayers, late of Company E, Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry volunteers, on the pension-roll of the United States, under the rides and regulations of the Pension Office.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 254: granting a pension to Mark Spencer Van Loan.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 657</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>254</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/657">657</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>254.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mark Spencer Van Loan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mark Spencer Van Loan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mark Spencer Van Loan, of Catskill New York, late a private in Company K, Eightieth New York Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 255: granting a pension to Mrs Julia Hartley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 657</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>255</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>255.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Julia Hartley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia Hartley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Julia Hartley, widow of Captain John Hartley, late of the Twenty-second United States Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 256: granting an increase of pension to George W. Clark.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 657</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>256</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>256.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to George W. Clark.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Clark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of George W. Clark, late a private in Company E, Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, to fifty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 257: granting a pension to Harriet A. B. Corts.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 657</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>257</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>257.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harriet A. B. Corts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriet A. B. Corts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Harriet A. B. Corts, widow of George P. Corts, late an assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act, the same to be in lieu of the pension now received by her.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 258: granting an increase of pension to George S. Hawley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 657</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>258</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>258.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to George S. Hawley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George S. Hawley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That George S. Hawley, late a first lieutenant in the Twenty-third Regiment United States Colored Troops, now on the pension-roll at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act shall be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 259: granting a pension to Thomas McGill.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-26</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>259</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/658">658</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>259.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas McGill.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sydney L. Skaggs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas McGill, late first-class pilot on the steamer Sally List.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 266: granting a pension to William Lockhart.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>266</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>266.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Lockhart.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomae McGill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Lockhart, late a soldier in the Black Hawk war.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 267: granting a pension of fifty dollars per month, to be paid out of the naval pension fund, to Julia T. Scott, widow of Gustavos H. Scott, lute a rear-admiral in the United States Navy, and for forty-six years in the active service.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>267</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>267.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension of fifty dollars per month, to be paid out of the naval pension fund, to Julia T. Scott, widow of Gustavos H. Scott, lute a rear-admiral in the United States Navy, and for forty-six years in the active service.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Lock hart.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed to cause to be placed on the pension-roll the name of Julia T. Scott, widow of Gustavus H. Scott, late a rear-admiral, and for forty-six years in the active service of the United States Navy, and to pay to the said Julia T. Scott, out of the naval pension fund, the sum of fifty dollars per month, subject to the rules and regulations of the Pension Office in like cases.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 268: granting a pension to Hugh O’Neil</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>268</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>268.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Hugh O’Neil</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia T. Scott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, instructed to place the name of Hugh O’Neil on the pension-roll, said Hugh O’Neil being the dependent father of John O’Neil, late a private in Company I, Mounted Riflemen of the Indian wars.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 269: for the relief of Sydney L. Skaggs.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>269</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>269.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sydney L. Skaggs.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hugh O’Neil.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sydney L. Skaggs, late scout of the Second Arkansas Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 269: for the relief of Sydney L. Skaggs.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 658</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>269</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>269.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sydney L. Skaggs.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sydney L. Skngge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sydney L. Skaggs, late scout of the Second Arkansas Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 270: act granting pension to Newton J. Burris.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 659</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>270</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/659">659</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>270.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">act granting pension to Newton J. Burris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newton J. Burris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Newton J. Burris, late a private in Company I, Sixty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 271: granting a pension to Leonora A. Boyden.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 659</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>271</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>271.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Leonora A. Boyden.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leonora A. Boyden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Leonora A. Boyden, mother of Charles F Putnam, late a master in the United States Navy, lost in the Arctic Ocean, and pay her a pension of thirty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 272: granting an increase of pension to Edgar L. Dutton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 659</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>272</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>272.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Edgar L. Dutton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edgar L. Dutton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of Edgar L. Dutton, late a private in Company K, Twenty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, in lieu of the eight dollars per month heretofore allowed him, as specified in pension-certificate one hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred and thirty-five.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 273: granting an increase of pension to George A. Washburn.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 659</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>273</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>273.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to George A. Washburn.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George A. Washburn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of George A. Washburn, late major of the Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and brevet brigadier-general, to forty-five dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 274: granting a pension to Clarinda Hunt.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 659</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>274</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>274.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Clarinda Hunt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clarinda Hunt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Clarinda Hunt, the foster-mother of Edwin W. Hunt, deceased, who enlisted in the United States Navy September fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and was discharged September first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for disability, from which he never recovered.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 275: granting a pension to Isabella Turner.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 660</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>275</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/660">660</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>275.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Isabella Turner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isabella Turner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Isabella Turner, widow of Oscar D. Turner, late a sergeant of Company I, Twenty-third Regiment of Maine Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the general pension laws should she again marry, and as to the rate of pension.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 276: granting a pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 660</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>276</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>276.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee, late a private in Captain M. Armstrong’s company of Ohio militia, from August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and twelve, to February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and from July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, to August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, to take effect from the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 277: granting a pension to Anna Ginn.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 660</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>277</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>277.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Anna Ginn.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anna Ginn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Anna Ginn, widow of Benjamin Ginn, late a private in Company F, Fiftieth Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 278: granting a pension to David T. Hoover.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 660</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>278</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>278.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to David T. Hoover.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David T. Hoover.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David T. Hoover, late a private in Company H, Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 279: granting an increase of pension to Colonel Samuel M. Thompson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 660</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>279</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>279.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Colonel Samuel M. Thompson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Col. Samuel M. Thompson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel M. Thompson, a private in the Mexican war
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/661">661</page> under Colonel E. D. Baker, and colonel of the Fourth Illinois Regiment of Volunteers in the Black Hawk war, and pay him a pension of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of that which he now receives.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 280: granting a pension to William H. H. Gilley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>280</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>280.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William H. H. Gilley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. H. Gilley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. H. Gilley, late a private in Company G, Forty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, said pension to commence from the date of the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 281: granting a pension to Patrick Furlong.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>281</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>281.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Patrick Furlong.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick Furlong.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Patrick Furlong, late a private in Company G, Fourteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 282: granting a pension to Mary A. Land.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>282</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>282.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary A. Land.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A. Land, widow of Beason M. Land, deceased, late a private in the First Illinois Heavy Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 283: granting a pension to Reuben J. Ebberman.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>283</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>283.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Reuben J. Ebberman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reuben J. Ebberman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, anthorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Reuben J. Ebberman, of Macon, Missouri, late Colonel of the Sixty second Missouri Regiment Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 284: granting a pension to Charles Hendrix.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>284</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>284.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charles Hendrix.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles Hendrix.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/662">662</page> laws the name of Charles Hendrix, late a private in Company H, Second Regiment Michigan Volunteers, and Company B, same regiment; said restoration to commence from the date when his name was dropped from said pension-roll.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 285: granting a pension to John R. Hurlburt.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 662</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<docNumber>285</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>285.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John R. Hurlburt.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John R. Hurlburt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John R. Hurlburt, late a private in Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and Company G, Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 286: granting a pension to Harriet Armstrong.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 662</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>286</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>286.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harriet Armstrong.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriet Armstrong.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Harriet Armstrong, widow of Levi Armstrong, late a private in Company E, One hundred and third Indiana Volunteers, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 287: for the relief of Melissa G. Polar.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>287</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>287.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Melissa G. Polar.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Melissa G. Polar, auditor of District of Columbia to issue duplicate certificates to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Auditor of the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, ordered to issue to Melissa G. Polar two duplicate certificates, respectively, issued by the board of audit of said District, and stolen from her, numbered eighty-eight hundred and eighty-four for the sum of seventy-five dollarsand thirty-four cents, and thirteen thousand six hundred and thirty-four, for the sum of eighteen dollars and eighty cents, dated August first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond of Indemnity.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That before said auditor shall deliver to said Melissa G. Polar, the duplicate certificates as provided for in section one, she shall furnish satisfactory proof to said auditor of the loss of said certificates, and that the same have not been paid and the said Melissa G. Polar shall execute and deliver to said auditor her bond of indemnity, in double the amount of the said certificates, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by said auditor payable to the District of Columbia, which bond shall be filed by said auditor in the archives of said office.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That upon the presentation of said duplicate certificates to the Treasurer of the United States he shall redeem the same as authorized to redeem board of audit certificates by the act of Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1880, voL 21, ch. 213, p. 286.</p></sidenote>approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and the acts amendatory thereto.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 288: granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>288</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/663">663</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>288.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann W. Mulvey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and conditions of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey, mother of Francis 8. Mulvey, late of Company D, Fifth New Jersey Volunteers; James W, Mulvey, late of Company D, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers; and August J. Mulvey, late of Company D. Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers, all of whom died in the Army, and pay her an increase of pension to the amount of twenty-four dollars per mouth, in lieu of eight dollars that she now receives: but nothing in this act shall entitle the said Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey to arrears of pension.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 289: granting a pension to Christiana Almier.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 663</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>289</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>289.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Christiana Almier.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Christiana Almier.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the lnterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisons and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Christiana Almier, mother of Frederick Almier deceased, late a member of Company I, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 290: granting a pension Priscilla J. Small.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 663</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>290</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>290.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension Priscilla J. Small.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Priscilla J. Small.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Priscilla J. Small, widow of Andrew L. Small, late a lieutenant of Company H. First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 291: granting a pension to Noah Caton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 663</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>291</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>291.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Noah Caton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Noah Caton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place on the pension-roll the name Noah Caton, late of Company H, Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 292: for the relief of Sherman C. Perry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 663</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>292</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>292.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sherman C. Perry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman C. Perry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Sherman C. Perry, late of Company B, Sixteenth New York Volunteers, a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now paid to him, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 293: for the relief of Mary Mulholland.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 664</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>293</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/664">664</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>293.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mary Mulholland.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Mulholland.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-roll the name of Mary Mulholland, under certificate numbered one hundred and ninety-three thousand four hundred and three.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 294: granting a pension to Francis Curran.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 664</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>294</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>294.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Francis Curran.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Francia Curran.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Francis Curran, late a sergeant of Company E. Thirteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Cavalry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 295: granting a pension to William Strickland.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 664</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>295</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>295.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William Strickland.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Strickland.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Strickland, late second lieutenant of Company G, Third Regiment Illinois Volunteers in the Mexican war, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 296: granting a pension to Anna Maria Ressler.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 664</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>296</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>296.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Anna Maria Ressler.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anna Maria Ressler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior lie, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Anna Maria Ressler, of Reading Pennsylvania, widow of Lawrence Ressler, deceased, late a private in Company Sixty-four, Second Baltimore Veteran Reserve Corps, and of Company D, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserve Corps.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 297: granting a pension to Elizabeth Hood.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 664</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>297</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>297.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth Hood.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Hood.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Hood, mother of Rowland J. Hood, late a private in Company, Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and of Morebird Bradley Hood, late of the United States Navy.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<dc:title>Chap. 298: for the relief of Morris Geld.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>298</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/665">665</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>298.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Morris Geld.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morris Gold.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Morris Geld, late of the general mounted service, United States Army be, and he hereby is, placed on the pension-roll of the United States, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 299: granting a pension to Frederick Braunwald.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 665</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>299</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>299.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Frederick Braunwald.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick Braunwald.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frederick Braunwald, late a private in Company E, Thirty-seventh Regiment of Illinois Infantry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 300: granting a pension to Phillip Wiggins.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>300</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>300.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Phillip Wiggins.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Phillip Wiggins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Phillip Wiggins, late a private in Company F, Thirty-fifth United States Colored Troops, and wounded at the battle of Olustee, on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 301: granting a pension to Margaret A. Berry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 665</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>301</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>301.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret A. Berry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret A Berry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret A. Berry, widow of William M. Berry, late private in Company I, Tenth Indiana Cavalry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 302: for the relief of John H. Johnson</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 665</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>302</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>302.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John H. Johnson</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John H. Johnson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John H. Johnson, late a private in Company E, Fourteenth Kentucky Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 303: granting a pension to John Hazlewood</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 666</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>303</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/666">666</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>303.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Hazlewood</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Hazlewood.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Hazlewood, late a private in Company F, Seventh Regiment West Virginia Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 304: granting a pension to Lloyd W. Hixon</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 666</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>304</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>304.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lloyd W. Hixon</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lloyd W. Hixon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lloyd W, Hixon, late an assistant surgeon in the service of the United States, of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 305: granting a pension to Leonard King</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 666</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>305</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>305.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Leonard King</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leonard King.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Leonard King, of Farmington, Van-Buren County, Iowa, upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, as dependent father of Miles King, late of Company B, Third Iowa Cavalry Volunteers in the late war, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 306: granting a pension to George W. Eagles.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 666</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>306</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>306.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George W. Eagles.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Eagles.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W, Eagles, late a private in Company D, Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 307: for the relief of Harriet L. Stevens.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 666</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>307</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>307.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Harriet L. Stevens.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriet L. Stevens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the pension-Toll, at the same rate of pension received by her prior to having been dropped from said roll, the name of Harriet L. Stevens, widow of George H. Stevens, a lieutenant colonel of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in the military service of the United States in the war of the rebellion, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 308: granting a pension to Jeremiah P. Swatzell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 667</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>308</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/667">667</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>308.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Jeremiah P. Swatzell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jeremiah P. Swatzell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jeremiah P. Swatzell late first sergeant of Company I, Seventeenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 309: to increase the pension to Jacob Wiener.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 667</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>309</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>309.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension to Jacob Wiener.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob Wiener.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension of Jacob Wiener, late a private in Company I, Forty-first Regiment of New York Volunteers, to forty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 310: for the relief of Sarah A. Burchfield.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 667</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>310</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>310.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sarah A. Burchfield.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah A. Burchfield.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to adjudicate the pension claim of Sarah A. Burchfield, widow of Robert L. D. Burchfield, who was a lieutenant of Company D, Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry, as though he had been regularly mustered into the service of the United States at the time of his being wounded.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 311: granting a pension to Thomas D. Fitch.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 667</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>311</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>311.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas D. Fitch.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas D. Fitch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas D. Fitch, late surgeon of the Forty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 312: to grant a pension to Joseph R. Dodds.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 667</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>312</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>312.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to grant a pension to Joseph R. Dodds.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph E. Dodds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pension-roll the name of Joseph R. Dodds, late a private in Company K, Seventh Regiment of Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 313: granting a pension to Emetine L. Fitch.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 668</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>313</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/668">668</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>313.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Emetine L. Fitch.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emetine L. Fitch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Emetine L. Fitch, widow of John T. Fitch, late of Company D, Seventh Indiana Volunteers, subject to the conditions and restrictions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 317: to pension Julia A. Marcum.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 668</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-02</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>317</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>317.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to pension Julia A. Marcum.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-02">March 2, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Julia A Marcum.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Julia A. Marcum, subject to the rules and regulations of the Department.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 2, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 361: authorizing the payment by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to Charles H, Getman, the firm of E. W. Rathbun and Company, the firm of Kinyon, Wright and Company, the firm of Bond and Tonkins, and the firm of Page, Fairchild and Company certain duties paid by them on imported lumber accidentally burned while in custody of officers of customs, and before the same had entered into consumption.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 668</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>361</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>361.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the payment by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to Charles H, Getman, the firm of E. W. Rathbun and Company, the firm of Kinyon, Wright and Company, the firm of Bond and Tonkins, and the firm of Page, Fairchild and Company certain duties paid by them on imported lumber accidentally burned while in custody of officers of customs, and before the same had entered into consumption.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles H. Getman, E. W. Rathbun A Co., Kinyon, Wright &amp; Co., Bond &amp; Jenkins, and Page, Fairchild &amp; Co.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties refunded to, for lumber burnt.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of Treasury be, and be is hereby, directed to refund to Charles H, German a sum not exceeding four thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars and seventeen cents; to the firm of E. W. Rathbun and Company, a sum not exceeding two thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; to the firm Kinyon, Wright and Company, a sum not exceeding two thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-three cents; to the firm of Bond and Jenkins, a sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred and four dollars and thirty-eight cents; and to the firm of Page, Fairchild and Company, a sum not exceeding six hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty-eight cents; said sums being the amount of duties supposed to be paid by said parties, respectively, to the collector of the port of Oswego, New York, on lumber imported from Canada and destroyed by accidental fire at said port while in the custody of officers of the customs, and before the same had entered into <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vouchers to be presented to accounting officers of Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>consumption: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That nothing shall be paid to either of said parties until he shall present proper vouchers to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department showing the amount paid by him for duties as aforesaid, and also showing the amount of imported lumber actually destroyed by said fire in each case on which the said duties were paid.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 362: granting an increase of pension to Elijah W. Penny.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 668</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>362</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>362.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Elijah W. Penny.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elijah W. Penny.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject, to the provisions of the pension laws, the name
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/669">669</page> of Elijah W. Penny, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and thirtieth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, at the rate of forty-two dollars per month, in lieu of the thirty-six dollars per month heretofore allowed him, as specified in pension certificate seventy-six thousand one hundred and forty-four.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 363: granting a pension to Ann E. Manchester.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 669</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>363</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>363.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ann E. Manchester.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann E. Manchester.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann E. Manchester, widow of Abel W. Manchester, deceased, who was a sergeant of Company H, Seventh United States Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 364: granting a pension to Bryson R. McCartney.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 669</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>364</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>364.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Bryson R. McCartney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bryson R. McCartney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Bryson B. McCartney, late of Company K, Ninth Regiment Illinois Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 365: granting a pension to James Bond.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 669</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>365</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>365.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Bond.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Bond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States the name of James Bond, who was a private in Company B, Fifty-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the late war of the rebellion; the pension under this act to date from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 366: granting a pension to the widow and children of the late Byram Pitney.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 669</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>366</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>366.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to the widow and children of the late Byram Pitney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Byram Pitney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension to widow and children of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of the widow and children of Byram Pitney, late of Company K, Twenty sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 367: granting a pension to Anne T. Dicks.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 670</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>367</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/670">670</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>367.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Anne T. Dicks.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anne T. Dicks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Anne T. Dicks, widow of John IT. Dicks, late an acting master in the United States Navy</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 368: granting a pension to Sarah Hague.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 670</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>368</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>368.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Hague.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Hague.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Hague, dependent mother of M. C. Hague, late of Company L, Sixth New York Heavy Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 369: granting an increase of pension to John Hall.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 670</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>369</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>369.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to John Hall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Hall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of John Hall, late a private in Company B, Tenth United States Infantry, Mexican war, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the eight dollars per month heretofore allowed him, as specified in pension-certificate thirty-one hundred and seventy.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 370: for the relief of Duncan L. Clinch, of the State of Georgia.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 670</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>370</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>370.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Duncan L. Clinch, of the State of Georgia.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duncan L. Clinch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disabilities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Duncan L. Clinch, a citizen of the State of Georgia, be, and he is hereby, relieved of all political disabilities imposed upon him by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 371: granting a pension to Sarah Jane Prince.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>371</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>371.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Jane Prince.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Jane Prince.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and instructed to place on the pension-roll the name of Sarah Jane Prince, as widow of the late Captain Albert Prince, of the Fifteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 372: granting a pension to Benjamin F. Brockett.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>372</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/671">671</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>372.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Benjamin F. Brockett.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benjamin F. Brockett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized anti directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin F. Brockett, late a captain of Company I, Eighty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 373: granting a pension to William N. Morris.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 671</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>373</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>373.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William N. Morris.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William N. Morris.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of William N. Morris, late a private in Company F, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 374: granting a pension to Sedate P. Martin.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 671</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>374</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>374.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sedate P. Martin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sedate P. Martin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sedate P. Martin, late a private in Company B, One hundred and forty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 375: for the relief of Robert J. Ballort</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 671</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>375</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>375.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Robert J. Ballort</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert J. Ballort.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Robert J. Ballort, late a private in Company F, Eighth Regiment Michigan Cavalry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 376: granting a pension to Lewie L, Canady.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 671</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>376</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>376.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lewie L, Canady.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lewis L. Canady.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lewis L. Canady, late a private in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 377: granting a pension to John Lowe.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 672</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>377</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/672">672</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>377.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Lowe.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Lowe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, anthorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Lowe, late of Company G, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 378: granting a pension to Mrs. Cordelia Brainerd Thomas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 672</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>378</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>378.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Cordelia Brainerd Thomas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cordelia Brainord Thomas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cordelia Brainerd Thomas, widow of the late Reverend E. Thomas, who was killed by the Modoc Indians in eighteen hundred and seventy-three, while acting as a member of a peace commission sent by the United States Government to treat with the said Indians, and to pay her, from and after the passage of this act, during her widowhood, the sum of twenty dollars a month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 379: granting a pension to Sarah A. White.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 672</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>379</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>379.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah A. White.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah A White.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah A. White, of Abington, Massachusetts, widow of Ebenezer White, late a lieutenant in the Kansas cavalry volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 380: granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Gordon.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 672</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>380</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>380.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Gordon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Gordon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Mary Gordon, mother of Samuel F. Gordon, late a private in Company G, Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 381: granting an increase of pension to Polly Young.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 672</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>381</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>381.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Polly Young.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Polly Yonng.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Polly Young, widow of Jesse Young, late a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and pay her a pension, from
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/673">673</page> and after the passage of this act, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 382: granting a pension to Robert Sheridan.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 673</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>382</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>382.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Robert Sheridan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert Sheridan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert Sheridan, late a private in Company D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 383: granting a pension to Charlotte C. B. Hatch.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 673</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>383</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>383.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Charlotte C. B. Hatch.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte C. B. Hatch.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charlotte C. B. Hatch, dependent widow of Major E. A. C. Hatch, late of Hatch’s Battalion Minnesota Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<dc:title>Chap. 384: granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>384.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary B. Holmes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary B. Holmes, widow of Henry W. Holmes, late a lieutenant of Company F, Seventy-second Regiment New York Volunteers, and allow her the same pension drawn by her husband during his life.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 385: granting a pension to Martha Hughes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>385.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Martha Hughes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha Hughes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martha Hughes, widow, whose husband was a member of Company E, Seventeenth Regiment Wisconsin Infantry.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 386: granting a pension to Thomas H. Boaz.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>386.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas H. Boaz.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas H. Boaz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas H. Boaz, late of Company H, Second Regiment Ohio Heavy Artillery.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 387: for the relief of Francia B. Van Haesen</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>387</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/674">674</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>387.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Francia B. Van Haesen</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Francis B. Van Haesen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized, on behalf of the United States to accept a relinquishment by the Governor of the State of Minnesota, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title confirmed to tract of land to lie relinquished by State of Minnesota.</p></sidenote>executed under the authority of an of the legislature of said State approved February twenty-fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-one, of the title derived by said State through an internal improvement selection certified by the Commissioner of the General Laud Office on May eighth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the southeast quarter of section three, township one hundred and twenty-eight, range forty west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Alexandria, Minnesota; and that the location of said tract by Francis B. Van Haesen, with military bounty-land warrant numbered one hundred and six thousand nine hundred and seventy six, for one hundred and sixty acres, issued under the act of March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and which was patented by the United States to said Francis B. Vau Haesen on the fifteenth day of October, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, be, and the same hereby is, confirmed; and the State of Minnesota shall be allowed to select other lauds in lieu of the tract relinquished as aforesaid.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 388: for the relief of the heirs of Mary Jane Veazie, deceased.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 674</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>388</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>388.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the heirs of Mary Jane Veazie, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Jane Veazie, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to heirs of, for property taken.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the heirs of Mary Jane Veazie, deceased, late of Natchez, Mississippi, for property taken for the use of the United States troops stationed at Natchez, Mississippi.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 389: for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William F. Shepard.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 674</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>389</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>389.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William F. Shepard.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John M. Dorsey and William F. Shepard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for supplies to troops.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand and twenty one dollars and thirty-three cents to John M. Dorsey, and the sum of three thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-six cents to William F. Shepard, in full settlement for beef and supplies furnished certain volunteer troops by said Dorsey, Shepard, and one S. B. Wallace, while said troops were engaged in quelling the Indian disturbances in the Territory of Utah, now the State of Nevada, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 390: granting an increase of pension to Sophia A Morgan, widow of the kite Charles H. Morgan, a brevet brigadier-general in the United States Army.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 674</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>390.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Sophia A Morgan, widow of the kite Charles H. Morgan, a brevet brigadier-general in the United States Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sophia A. Morgan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/675">675</page> to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs Sophia A. Morgan, widow of Brevet Brigadier-General and Brigadier-General of Volunteers Charles H. Morgan, at the rate of fifty dollars per month.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 391: to place J Washington Brank on the muster-rolls of Company B, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 675</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>391</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>391.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to place J Washington Brank on the muster-rolls of Company B, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. Washington Brank.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Name to be placed on master-rolls.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of J Washington Brank. on the muster-rolls of Company B, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, to date from September twenty-fifth eighteen hundred and sixty-three.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 392: for the relief of Alexander D. Schenck</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 675</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>392</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>392.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Alexander D. Schenck</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Lieutenant Alexander D. Schenck, U. S. A.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for stores stolen by commissary sergeant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Alexander D. Schenck, a first lieutenant in the Second Artillery, the sum of one hundred and seven dollars and sixty-five cents, being the amount he has been required to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to make good the loss of certain subsistence stores pertaining to the Commissary Department of the United States Army, and for which he was respousible, as acting commissary of subsistence at Fort Johnston, North Carolina, in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty; said stores having been stolen or otherwise unlawfully disposed of by John V. Seyton, late a commisary sergeant in the United States Army, without the knowledge, consent, fault, or neglect of said Schenck.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 393: for the relief of O. L. Cochran, late postmaster at Houston, Texas, reimbursing him for money erroneously collected from him by the Poet Office Department.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 675</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>393.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of O. L. Cochran, late postmaster at Houston, Texas, reimbursing him for money erroneously collected from him by the Poet Office Department.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">O. L. Cochran.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to O. L. Cochran, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-five cents, collected from him by the Post-Office Department on the twenty-sixth day of November, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and which amount is in excess of what he was indebted to said Department.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 394: granting an increase of pension to Ann Cornelia Lan man.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 676</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/676">676</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>394.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Ann Cornelia Lan man.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann Cornelia Lanman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann Cornelia Lanman, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the pensiou now received by her.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 395: for the benefit of John C. Herndon.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 676</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>395</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>395.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the benefit of John C. Herndon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John C. Herndon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for hay lost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to John C. Herndon, late of Mason County, now of Louisville, Kentucky, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars, in full compensation for one hundred and five thousand pounds of hay furnished, under verbal contract, to Captain D. W. McClung, assistant quartermaster, United States volunteers, for the use the Government of the United States, in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and which was swept away by a flood in the Ohio River and lost in consequence of the failure of the Government to remove said hay after due notice had been given to its authorized agents so to do.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 396: for the relief of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey and others.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 676</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>396</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>396.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey and others.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rosa Vertue: Jeffrey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim for pro needs of cottoi seized, referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claim of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey and the legatees of Claude M. Johnson for the proceeds or value of eight hundred and twenty bales of cotton alleged to have been appropriated by and to the use of the United States be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction to hear and determine the same; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said court that the said cotton, or any part thereof, was actually and lawfully seized and removed by the authorized agents of the United States, the court shall enter judgment for the reasonable value of said cotton, not exceding the net proceeds of cotton taken at or about the same time in the same locality, which judgment shall be payable from the net proceeds actually in the Treasury of cotton received by the Treasury agents <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote>at Vicksburg against which no valid claim exists: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That it shall also appear to the said court that the owners of the said cotton were in fact loyal to the Government of the United States during the late war:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the sum paid out of said specific fund shall be in full satisfaction of said judgment.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 397: for the relief of John F. Severance</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 676</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>397</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>397.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John F. Severance</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John F. Severance, postmaster.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Belief of, for loss by robbery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty-five dollars, to be placed to the credit of the Post-Office Department; and the proper accounting officers of the Post-Office Depart-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/677">677</page>ment are hereby directed to credit John F. Severance, of Shelburne, Massachusetts, in his account as postmaster with the same, it being for loss by robbery of his post-office on the night of the nineteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, but without fault or neglect on the part of said postmaster.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 398: for the relief of Martha Turner.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 677</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>398</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>398.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Martha Turner.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha Turner, widow.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for services of husband as pilot.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Martha Turner, widow and beneficiary of John Turner, late of Union County in the State of Tennessee, the sum of two thousand dollars, in full payment for the services of the said decedent in piloting and conducting recruits from the Confederate to the Union lines during the late war.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 399: for the relief of certain settlers on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 677</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>399</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>399.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of certain settlers on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Levi Harris, William Harris, Henrv Boyle, and J. H. Babb.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for improvements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the settlers on the . Duck Valley Indian Reservation, in Nevada, the sum of five thousand four hundred dollars, as follows, namely: To Levi Harris, three thousand five hundred dollars; to William Harris, two hundred dollars; to Henry Boyle, one thousand five hundred dollars; and to J H. Babb, two hundred dollars, in full for their improvements on said reservation.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 400: to increase the pension of Mrs Martha C. Breese.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 677</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>400</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>400.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Mrs Martha C. Breese.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martha C. Breese.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension now granted to Mrs. Martha C. Breese, widow of Kidder Randolph Breese, late a captain in the United States Navy, be, and the same is hereby increased to fifty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 401: for the relief of William H. Davis,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 677</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>401</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>401.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William H. Davis,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Davis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of, for wharf and warehouse destroyed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money’ in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to indemnify William H. Davis, for the destruction of his wharf and warehouse at San Diego, in the State of California, by the United States troops during the winter of eighteen hundred and sixty one, and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, That the sum hereby appropriated is made immediately available,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 402: for the relief of Fendall Carpenter.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 678</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>402</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/678">678</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>402.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Fendall Carpenter.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fendall Carpenter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Belief of,by payment for cot ton seized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of four thousand four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay Fendall Carpenter for twenty-five bales of cotton seized and sold by the United States military authorities during the late war, and the proceeds thereof appropriated to the use of the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States Army.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 403: granting a pension to William H. Whitcomb</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 678</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>403</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>403.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William H. Whitcomb</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Whitcomb.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Whitcomb, late a private in Company M, Fifth New York Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 404: for the relief of John W. Martin.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 678</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>404</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>404.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John W. Martin.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Martin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for postal services.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John W. Martin, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, the sum of seven hundred dollars, for services actually rendered as postmaster at Brookhaven, Mississippi, by authority of the military commandant, from July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to J uly, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 405: granting a pension to David M. Nagle.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 678</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>405</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>405.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to David M. Nagle.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David M. Nagle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David M. Nagle.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 406: granting a pension to John E. Denham.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 678</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>406</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>406.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John E. Denham.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John E. Denham.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John E. Denham, late a sergeant of the United States Marine Corps.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 407: granting an increase of pension to Robert Cary.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 679</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>407</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/679">679</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>407.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Robert Cary.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert Cary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name Robert Cary, late a private in Company 1, Ninety-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at forty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 408: for the relief of Jeremiah McCarty.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 679</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>408</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>408.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Jeremiah McCarty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jeremiah McCarty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of Jeremiah McCarty of Newport, Rhode Island, on the roll of pensioners, and to pay him a pension at the rate to which a private soldier is and shall be entitled by law for like disabilities, from and after the passage of this act,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 409: for the relief of Moses F. Carloton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 679</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>409</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>409.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Moses F. Carloton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moses F. Carleton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be paid as second lieutenant.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Moses F. Carleton, late of Company I, Fourth Michigan infantry Volunteers the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant of Infantry from October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, until June twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, deducting therefrom the pay he received as sergeant of Infantry,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 410: granting a pension to Sarah M. Bissell,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 679</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>410</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>410.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah M. Bissell,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah M. Bissell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah M. Bissell, widow of Commodore Simon B. Bissell, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 411: granting a pension to Mrs Ann E Gridley</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 679</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>411</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>411.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Ann E Gridley</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ann E. Gridley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ann E. Gridley, a volunteer nurse in the late war, and pay her the sum of twenty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 412: granting an increase of pension to the widow of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, late of the United States Army.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 680</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>412</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/680">680</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>412.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to the widow of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, late of the United States Army.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eliza W. Thornburgh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Eliza W. Thornburgh, widow of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, late of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, at the rate of fifty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 413: granting a pension to Mrs Emily L. Alvord</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 680</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>413</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>413.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Emily L. Alvord</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emily L. Alvord.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Emily L. Alvord, widow of Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord, deceased, late Paymaster General of the United States Army, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 414: granting a pension to the widow of the late Commander S. Dana Greene, United States Navy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 680</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>414</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>414.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to the widow of the late Commander S. Dana Greene, United States Navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Greene.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll at the rate of fifty dollars per month the name of Mary A. Greene, widow of the late Commander S. Dana Greene, United States Navy.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 415: for the relief of the estates of Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 680</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>415</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>415.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the estates of Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to estates of, for rent and damage of property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased, late of Nashville, Tennessee, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, for rent of and damage to their property in Nashville by officers of the Army of the United States during the late war.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 416: granting a pension to Thomas Jeffries.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 680</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>416</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>416.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas Jeffries.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas Jeffries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Jeffries, late a private in Company C, of the One hundred and twenty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 417: granting a pension to Creet H. Dougherty.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 681</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>417</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/681">681</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>417.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Creet H. Dougherty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creet H. Dougherty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, the name of Creet H. Dougherty, late of Company E, Tenth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 418: granting a pension to John Boyle.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 681</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>418</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>418.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Boyle.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Boyle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of John Boyle, late a private in the Tenth Battery Indiana State Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. This act to take effect from and after its passage,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 419: granting a pension to Elizabeth Connor.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 681</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>419</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>419.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Elizabeth Connor.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Connor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Connor, widow of William Connor, deceased, late a private in Captain Paterson Bain’s company in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 420: granting a pension to Lemuel J. Bennett.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 681</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>420</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>420.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lemuel J. Bennett.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lemuel J. Bennett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Lemuel J. Bennett, late of Company, First Illinois Infantry Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 421: granting a pension to Rachel Nickell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 681</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>421</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>421.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rachel Nickell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rachel Nickell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name Rachel Nickell, widow of Asbury Nickell, late of Company I, Forty-seventh Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 422: for the relief of Brannin, Summers and Company.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 682</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>422</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/682">682</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>422.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Brannin, Summers and Company.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brannin, Summers &amp; Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bepayment of duties on sugars.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to pay Brannin, Summers and Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, the sum of nine thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents, in full for duties paid by them in certain proceedings in rem brought by the United States against certain sugars, in the United States court for the district of Kentucky, alleged to have been fraudulently imported through the customhouse at New Orleans.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 423: for the relief of John B. Davis.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>423</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>423.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John B. Davis.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John B. Davis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment, to, for mail transportation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John B. Davis, late contractor on mail-route numbered seventy-five hundred and six, State of Arkansas, the sum of ten thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars and sixteen cents, in full payment for transporting the United States mails between Memphis, Tennessee, and the mouth of White River, Arkansas, and from thence to Duvall’s Bluff, in Arkansas, in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and eighteen hundred and seventy; and the payment is hereby authorized and directed to be made out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 424: for the relief of William W. Thomas.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 682</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>424</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>424.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William W. Thomas.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William W. Thomas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for coupons on lost U. S. bonds.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to pay to William W. Thomas, of Portland, in the State of Maine, the sum of three hundred and nine dollars (being the amount of coupons of United States bonds lost by him, and now unpaid, namely, coupons due December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, of five-hundred dollar seven-thirty notes, numbered one hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and nine, one hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eleven, one hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and sixty-two, and one hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, dated June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; also coupons due January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, of one-thousand-dollar seven-thirty notes, numbered twenty-four thousand one hundred and ninety-nine, twenty-four thousand two hundred and four, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and six, and sixty-four thousand one hundred and thirty-six, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, dated July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and coupons due January first, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, of bonds numbered one thousand four hundred and thirty-seven, eighty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and eighty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, for one thousand dollars each, act of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one), upon said Thomas giving a bond of indemnity in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond of indemnity to be given.</p></sidenote>double the amount to be paid, with sureties satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 425: for the relief of Nathan H. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 683</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>425</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/683">683</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>425.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Nathan H. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nathan H. Dunphe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for sugar seized by military authority.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Nathan II. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State Massachusetts, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, in full compensation for twenty-five hogsheads of sugar which were seized in the State of Louisiana, in the year eighteen hundred’and sixty-three, by the military authorities of the United States, turned over to the Quartermaster’s Department, and properly accounted for by that Department.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 426: granting a pension to Mrs Lydia S Huggins</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 683</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>426</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>426.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Lydia S Huggins</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lydia S. Huggins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs Lydia S Huggins, mother of Rufus A Huggins, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 427: granting a pension to Nelly Roberts.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 683</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>427</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>427.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Nelly Roberts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nelly Roberts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nelly Roberts, dependent mother of Fred Sawyer, alias Bond, late a private in Company G, First United States Colored Troops, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 428: for the relief of John Taylor and Son.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 683</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>428</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>428.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John Taylor and Son.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Taylor &amp; Son.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for lumber used by army.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John Taylor and Son, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents, as full compensation for lumber used by the United States Army, as appears from evidence on file in the Third Auditor’s Office, United States Treasury Department, in claim numbered eight thousand two hundred and fifty-two.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 429: granting a pension to Annie E, Bailey,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 683</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>429</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>429.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Annie E, Bailey,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annie E. Bailey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/684">684</page> to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Annie E, Bailey, widow of First Lieutenant William 0, Bailey, of Company B, Fourth Regiment West Virginia Infantry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 430: for the relief of J. H. Hammond.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 684</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>430</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>430.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of J. H. Hammond.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. H. Hammond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for loss of Large.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to J. H. Hammond of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand dollars in full for the loss of the barge William T. Anderson while in the military service of the United States by charter, as fully appears by papers now on file in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 431: granting a pension to George W. Bean.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 684</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>431</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>431.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to George W. Bean.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Bean.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W. Bean, late a private in Captain P. W. Connover’s Company of Utah Militia.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 432: granting a pension to Calvin L. Knick.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 684</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>432</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>432.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Calvin L. Knick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calvin L. Knick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Calvin L. Knick, late a private in Company E, One hundred and forty-fifth Regiment. Illinois Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 433: for the relief of Edward Kraemer</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 684</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>433</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>433.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Edward Kraemer</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward Kraemer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Edward Kraemer, formerly a member of Company F, Twelfth Regiment Illinois State Volunteers, to twenty-four dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 434: for the relief of Harrison Mitchell, late of Company K, Forty-eight Indiana Volunteers,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 684</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>434</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>434.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Harrison Mitchell, late of Company K, Forty-eight Indiana Volunteers,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrison Mitchell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is. authorized and directed to place the name of
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/685">685</page> Harrison Mitchell, late of Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 435: granting a pension to Joseph McIntosh,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 685</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Joseph McIntosh,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph McIntosh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph McIntosh, late of the Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteers (claim in Pension Office numbered thirteen hundred and forty-five),</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 436: granting a pension to Mary Allen.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>436.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary Allen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Allen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Allen, widow of John Allen, late a private in Company H, Seventy-second Regiment Missouri Enrolled Militia.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 437: for the relief of the State National Bank of Boston Massachusetts.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>437.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the State National Bank of Boston Massachusetts.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State National Bank of Boston, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of, referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claim of the State National Bank of Boston for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in gold, deposited by said bank in the subtreasury of the United States at Boston. Massachusetts, February twenty-eighth,eighteen hundred and sixty-seven be, and hereby is, referred to the Court of Claims for its decision and adjudication upon the merits thereof, as a court of equity and justice, without regard to the statute of limitations, according to the practice of said court.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That said claim may be heard and determined by said Court of Claims on the petition of said bank now pending therein.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That there shall be the right of appeal from the finding and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be heard on pending petition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of appeal.</p></sidenote> judgment of the said Court of Claims to the Supreme Court of the United States, as in other cases.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 438: granting a pension to James Stockton.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>438.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James Stockton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Stockton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of James Stockton, formerly of Company D, Thirty-first Regiment Missouri State Militia, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 439: granting a pension to Richard Dillon.</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Richard Dillon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richard Dillon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Richard Dillon, late a private in Company B. of the One hundred and first Regiment of New York Volunteers.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 440: granting a pension to Jacob Funkhouser</dc:title>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Jacob Funkhouser</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob Funkhouser.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob Funkhouser of the county of Preston, West Virginia, a private soldier of ihe war eighteen hundred and twelve,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 441: granting a pension to Marion D. Egbert.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>441.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Marion D. Egbert.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marion D. Egbert.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Marion D. Egbert, late of Company K, Eighty-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, for pension.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 442: for the relief of Lieutenant Nathaniel Johnson Coffin,</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Lieutenant Nathaniel Johnson Coffin,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lieut. Nathaniel Johnson Coffin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension now granted to Nathaniel Johnson Coffin, late first lieutenant of Company K, Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry in the late war of the rebellion, be, and the same is hereby, increased to twenty dollars per month,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 443: for the relief of Nathaniel Pond, Jr</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Nathaniel Pond, Jr</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nathaniel Pond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennon.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Nathaniel Pond, junior, now of Faribault, Minnesota, formerly a private soldier in Captain James Gray’s company of Vermont militia in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, under the name of Nathaniel Pond, junior, on the pension-rolls, at the rate of eight dollars per month.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 444: for the relief of Sarah E. Webster, administratrix.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Sarah E. Webster, administratrix.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah E. Webster, administratrix of I. A. Verplank.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment to, of income tax unconstitutionally assessed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Sarah E, Webster, of the city of Buffalo, New York, administratrix, and so forth, of Isaac A. Verplank, deceased, late a judge of the superior court of Buffalo, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of money which was assessed as the income tax and was collected from and paid by said Isaac A. Verplank, now deceased, to the Government of the United States, upon his salary as a judge of the superior court of Buffalo, New York, such tax having been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 445: for the relief of certain citizens of Marion County, Tennessee.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of certain citizens of Marion County, Tennessee.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marion County, Tennessee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims of certain citizens referred to Quartermaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the claims of certain citizens of Marion County, Tennessee, for quartermaster’s stores and commissary supplies alleged to have been taken from them by United States troops during the late war, and known as claims filed before the “Jasper board ” so-called, be, and they are hereby, referred to the Quartermaster-General of the United States Army, who shall have lull jurisdiction to examine and consider said claims, and make report thereon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1866, vol. 13, ch. 240, p. 381.</p></sidenote> to Congress as in cases provided for in the second and third sections of the act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and so forth, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 446: for the relief of Elizabeth W. Creighton.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Elizabeth W. Creighton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth W. Creighton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Elizabeth W. Creighton, widow of J. Blakely Creighton, late a rear-admiral, on the pension-roll, and to allow her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 447: for the relief of Mary Royal,</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>447.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mary Royal,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Royal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mary Royal, widow of William Royal, deceased, late a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and conditions of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 448: for the relief of Charles Milk.</dc:title>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>448.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Charles Milk.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles Milk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place on the pension-roll the name of Charles Milk, late a member of Company B, One hundred and fifty-second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 449: for the relief of Grigsby Foster,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 688</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>449.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Grigsby Foster,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grigsby Foster.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place the name of Grigsby Foster, late, a private in Company E, Seventh Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, now a resident of Lucas, Lucas County, Iowa, on the pension-roll, subject to the requirements and limitations of the pension laws,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 450: for the relief of Rose Dougherty,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 688</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>450</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>450.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Rose Dougherty,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rose Dougherty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rose Dougherty, widow of John Dougherty, late of Company B, Thirty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 451: for the relief of John P. Peterson.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 688</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>451</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>451.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John P. Peterson.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John P. Peterson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, under joint resolution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1867, vol. 14, No. 30, p. 569.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to John P. Peterson, late a private of the Capitol police, the sum of two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents, being the twenty per centum additional compensation allowed him under joint resolution giving additional compensation to certain employees in the civil service of the Government at Washington, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 452: for the relief of Doctor Thomas J, Jones</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 688</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>452</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>452.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Doctor Thomas J, Jones</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dr. Thomas J. Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to, for medical services.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Doctor Thomas J. Jones, of Warren County, Kentucky, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred dollars, for medical services rendered the Eleventh Regiment Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, during the months of October, November, and December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 453: for the relief of John F. Chase.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 689</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>453</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/689">689</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>453.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of John F. Chase.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John F. Chase.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of John F. Chase, formerly a member of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment New York State Infantry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 454: for the relief of Charles L. Alden</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 689</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>454</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>454.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Charles L. Alden</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles L. Alden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the name of Charles L. Alden, of Company C, Second Minnesota Infantry, on the pension-roll, at the rate of thirty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 455: for the relief of Clark G. Maine.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 689</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>455</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>455.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Clark G. Maine.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clark G. Maine.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Clark G. Maine, late a private in Battery E, First New York Light Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 456: for the relief of Frederick Hutten.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 689</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>456</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>456.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Frederick Hutten.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick Hutten.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frederick Hutten, formerly of Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana State Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 457: for the relief of Daniel McAlpin</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 689</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>457</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>457.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Daniel McAlpin</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Daniel McAlpin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of charge of desertion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the charge of desertion against Daniel McAlpin, sixteenth United States Infantry, war of eighteen hundred and twelve, be, and it is hereby, removed,</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Section 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to place on the pension-roll, subject to the rules and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Daniel McAlpin, formerly of the Sixteenth United States Infantry, war of eighteen hundred and twelve,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 458: for the relief of Joseph F, Wilson,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 690</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>458</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/690">690</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>458.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Joseph F, Wilson,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph F. Wilson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land warrants to be issued to, in lieu of land lost by judgment of Court.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of the General Land Office under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to issue to Joseph F, Wilson, of Peoria, Illinois, or bis legal representatives or assigns, a number of warrants equal to eighty acres in tracts not less than the subdivisions provided for in the United States land laws, to be located by the said Wilson, or his legal representatives or assigns, on any of the unoccupied and unappropriated public lands of the United States subject to preemption or homestead settlement, in lieu of the west half of the northeast quarter of section nineteen, in township thirty-five north, of range five west, situate in Porter County, Indiana, which said tract of land was entered by and patented to Josiah Smith, of Macon County, Missouri, under and by virtue of the provisions of the acts of Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1872, vol. 17, ch. 338, p. 333.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1873, vol. 17, ch. 266, p. 602.</p></sidenote>approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, relating to additional homesteads, and by the said Josiah Smith, after his said entry, sold and conveyed to the said Wilson, and of the title to and possession of which the said Wilson was divested and dispossessed by the judgment and decree of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Indiana, at the November term, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, thereof, by reason of a prior disposal of or a prior equitable title in and to said tract of land, as the said court held and decided, to or in persons other than the said Josiah Smith; and the said Wilson, or his legal representatives or assigns, after the location of the said warrants <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents allowed.</p></sidenote>on such lands as he or they may select, shall be allowed patents for the lands so located; and the lands taken, selected, and located as authorized and provided for by this act shall be in full satisfaction of any claim, right, or benefit which the said Josiah Smith, or any one claiming under him, may have, or may have had under and by virtue of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be in full satisfaction.</p></sidenote>provisions of the said acts of Congress, as well as in full satisfaction of any claim which the said Wilson as assignee or grantee of the said Josiah Smith, may have, or may have had, against the United States touching said described tract of land.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 459: for the relief of Pardon H. Morey.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 690</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>459</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>459.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Pardon H. Morey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pardon H. Morey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to allow to Pardon H. Morey, of Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, New York, late a private in the Seventh Company, First Battalion New York Sharpshooters, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, a pension for single inguinal hernia, in addition to that now received by him.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 460: for the relief of Mrs Ida P. Belcher.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 690</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>460</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>460.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Mrs Ida P. Belcher.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ida P. Belcher. Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Ida P. Belcher, widow of the late Captain Edwin Belcher, of Company E, Seventy-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws as applicable to-widows of deceased officers and soldiers,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 461: for the relief of Christian Arndt</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>461</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/691">691</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>461.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Christian Arndt</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Christian Arndt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Christian Arndt, late of Company H, Ninth Minnesota Infantry, on the pension-roll, subject to the rules and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 462: for the relief of William Stansberry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 691</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>462</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>462.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William Stansberry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Stansberry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of William Stansberry, late of Company A, Third West Virginia Cavalry, on the pension-roll, subject to the rules and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 463: for the relief of Addison M. Copen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 691</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>463</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>463.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Addison M. Copen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Addison M. Copen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Addison M. Copen, late of Company I, Third United States Dragoons in the Mexican War, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 464: for the relief of William D. Farnsworth.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 691</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>464</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>464.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of William D. Farnsworth.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William D. Farnsworth.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of William D. Farnsworth, dependent father of Edward Farnsworth, late of Company E, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 465: for the relief of Eugene B. Bail and others.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 691</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>465</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>465.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of Eugene B. Bail and others.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eugene B. Rail, and others, sureties.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Eugene B. Rail, James H. Hardy, John M. Gearhart, George W. Hopkins, Lloyd Frizell, and Archibald N. Smith, sureties upon the official bond of David L. Gregg, given as security for the faithful performance by said Gregg of his duties as receiver of public moneys at. Carson City, Nevada, and dated June seventeenth, eighteen bundled and sixty five, be, and the said sureties and their personal representatives are hereby, upon the payment to the United States of the sum of one thousand dollars, released and discharged<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Released from bond on payment of $1,000.</p></sidenote> of and from all mid every obligation and liability whatsoever on account of said bond, or any breach thereof.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 466: granting a pension to John M. Milton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 692</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>466</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/692">692</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>466.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John M. Milton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John M. Milton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John M. Milton, dependent father of Charles A. Milton, late a private in Company B, Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, and at the time of bis death a medical cadet, and pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 467: for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Captain John G. Tod, of the Texas navy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 692</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>467</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>467.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the legal representatives of the late Captain John G. Tod, of the Texas navy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capt. John G. Tod.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to legal representatives.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal representatives of the late John G. Tod, of Texas, the sum of twelve <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Captain in U. S. Navy, under act</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1857, vol. 11, ch. 111, p. 248.</p></sidenote>thousand five hundred dollars, the amount provided for a captain waiting orders in the United States Navy for the term of five years, in conformity with the provisions of section twelve of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, known as the act entitled -‘An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight,” which section reads as follows: That the surviving officers of the Republic, of Texas, who were duly commissioned as such at the time of annexation, shall be entitled to the pay of officers of the like grade, when waiting orders, in the Navy of the United States, for five years from the time of said annexation; and a sum sufficient to make the payment is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment in full</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by any of said officers shall be a full relinquishment and renunciation of all claims on bis part to any further compensation on this behalf from the United States Government to any position in the Navy of the United States;” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>and a sum sufficient to make said payment is hereby appropriated.</proviso></content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 468: granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Randall, widow of Captain Fernando Randall.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 692</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>468</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>468.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Randall, widow of Captain Fernando Randall.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizaheth A. Randall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Randall, widow of Captain Fernando Randall, late captain of Company G, Seventh Regiment of Vermont Veteran Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 469: for the relief of the heirs of the late Langley B. Culley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 692</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>469</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>469.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the relief of the heirs of the late Langley B. Culley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Langley B. Culley, naval constmetor, deceased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to the heirs of the late Langley B. Culley, a naval constructor in the Navy of the United States, the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/693">693</page> sum of two thousand three hundred dollars, out of any money in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paymenttoheirs of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in payment for all services now due the heirs of said Culley from the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 470: for the benefit of the legal representatives of A. J. Guthrie, deceased.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 693</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>470.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">for the benefit of the legal representatives of A. J. Guthrie, deceased.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. J. Guthrie, deceased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to legal representatives.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of A. J. Guthrie, deceased, of Louisville, Kentucky, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sum of three hundred and two dollars and twenty cents, being for services rendered and money advanced in taking care of property of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 471: granting a pension to Esther Hudson, mother of William H. Hudson, deceased, late of Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Company E, One hundred and Ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 693</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>471</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>471.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Esther Hudson, mother of William H. Hudson, deceased, late of Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Company E, One hundred and Ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Esther Hudson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Esther Hudson, mother of William H. Hudson, deceased, late a private in Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and afterward a sergeant of Company E, One hundred and Ninety-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, on the pension-roll at the rate of eight dollars per month, and to pay her, or cause to be paid her, a pension.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 472: granting a pension to James M. Pike.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 693</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>472</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>472.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to James M. Pike.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James M. Pike.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James M. Pike, late second corporal of Company C, Fifth Regiment Vermont Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 473: graining a pension to Mrs Lucretia G. Ripley,</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>473.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">graining a pension to Mrs Lucretia G. Ripley,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lucretia G. Ripley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lucretia G. Ripley, widow of Edward F. Ripley, deceased, who enlisted as a private in Company H, Eighteenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 474: granting a pension to Mary A. Grennon.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>474</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/694">694</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>474.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary A. Grennon.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary A. Grennon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Mary A. Grennon, widow of William H. Grennon, late of Company M, Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act, subject to all other provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 475: granting a pension to Joseph Raible,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 694</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>475</docNumber>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>475.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Joseph Raible,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph Raible.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Joseph Raible of Indiana, who lost an arm above the elbow, during the war, while firing a salute, at the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, under the direction of the quartermaster general of Indiana; and that the said Secretary be, and he is hereby, directed to pay him at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of all other pensions now paid him.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 476: granting a pension to Abraham Cover.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 694</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>476</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>476.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Abraham Cover.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abraham Cover.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abraham Cover, late first lieutenant of Company M, Sixth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 477: granting a pension to Sarah Tyler.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 694</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>477</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>477.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Tyler.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Tyler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the secretary of the Interior be, and be hereby is, authorized to place the name of Sarah Tyler, dependent mother of William Tyler, deceased, late of Company B, Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on the pension roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 478: granting a pension to David N. Bryan.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 694</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>478</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>478.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to David N. Bryan.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David N. Bryan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David N. Bryan, late a private in Company D, Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 479: granting a pension to Harlan Jackson,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 695</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>479</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/695">695</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>479.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harlan Jackson,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harlan Jackson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harlan Jackson, late of Company L, Sixth Regiment Kansas Militia,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 480: granting a pension to Ellen Edmiston.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 695</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>480</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>480.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Ellen Edmiston.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellen Edmiston.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions anti limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ellen Edmiston, widow of Elias Edmiston, late of Company A, Fifty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 481: granting a pension to Brevet Colonel C A Cilley, of North Carolina.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 695</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>481</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>481.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Brevet Colonel C A Cilley, of North Carolina.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brevet Colonel C. A. Cilley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place the name of C A, Cilley of North Carolina, late a major and assistant adjutant general of United States Volunteers and brevet colonel of United States Volunteers, on the .pension roll, subject to the limitations of the pension laws,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 482: granting a pension to Emma O. Zeigler,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 695</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>482</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>482.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Emma O. Zeigler,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emuia O. Zeigler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Emma O. Zeigler, widow of W A. Zeigler, late Captain of Company, First Regiment West Virginia Infantry Veteran Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 483: granting a pension to Joshua F. Justice.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 695</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>483</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>483.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Joshua F. Justice.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joshua F. Justice.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place the name of Joshua F. Justice, late a private in Company H, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry pension claim numbered three hundred and seventeen thousand three hundred and ninety-five), on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 484: granting a pension to Jesse C. Buck.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 696</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>484</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/696">696</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>484.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Jesse C. Buck.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jesse C. Buck.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jesse C. Buck, late a private in the Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (One hundred and fifty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers).</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 485: granting a pension to Jacob Lafferty.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 696</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>485</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>485.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Jacob Lafferty.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob Lafferty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob Lafferty, a private soldier in the late war of the States.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 486: granting an increase of pension to Augustus Jones,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 696</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>486</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>486.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Augustus Jones,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Augustus Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension now allowed to Augustus Jones, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, be increased from eight dollars per month to the sum of twenty dollars per month, to take effect from and after the passage of this act,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 487: granting a pension to Octavia A, Newhall</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 696</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>487</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>487.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Octavia A, Newhall</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Octavia A. New hall.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary ot the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Octavia A. Newhall, widow of Everett Newhall, late a private in the Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, Company F.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 488: granting a pension to Henry Milkey.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 696</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>488</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>488.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Milkey.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Milkey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Milkey, late a private in Company I, One hundred and eighty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 489: granting a pension to Sarah Parry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 697</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>489</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/697">697</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>489.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sarah Parry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarah Parry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Parry, widow of Thomas Parry, late a private in Company F, Thirtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 490: granting a pension to Anna Beck.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 697</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>490</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>490.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Anna Beck.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anna Beck.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to-place the name of Anna Beck, widow of August Beck, late of Company F, Seventh New York Volunteers, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 491: granting an increase of pension to Jonathan C. Harrison.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 697</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>491</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>491.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to Jonathan C. Harrison.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jonathan C. Harrison.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increnaed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, the name of Jonathan C. Harrison, late a private in Company B, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 492: granting a pension to Christian Bauman.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 697</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>492</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>492.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Christian Bauman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Christian Bauman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Christian Bauman, late a private in Company A, Fifty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 493: granting a pension to Edward Wilcox.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 697</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>493</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>493.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Edward Wilcox.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward Wilcox.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension.roll the name of Edward Wilcox, an imbecile son of Leonard Wilcox, late of Company A, Twenty-first Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay his legally appointed conservator, for bis use and benefit, a pensiou of eighteen dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 494: granting a pension to W. H. H. Coleman.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 698</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>494</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/698">698</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>494.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to W. H. H. Coleman.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. H. H. Colewan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed and authorized to place on the pension-roll, the name of W. H. H. Coleman, late a private of Company B, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, subject to the pro visions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 495: granting a pension to Patrick Murphy.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 698</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>495</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>495.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Patrick Murphy.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patrick Murphy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roil, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Patrick Murphy,late a private in the Second Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 496: granting a pontoon to Elizabeth Kaler.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 698</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>496</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>496.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pontoon to Elizabeth Kaler.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth Kaler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the mime of Elizabeth Kaler, foster-mother of George W, Kaler, late a private in Company E, Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and that the rate of her pension be the same as if she had been the mother of the deceased soldier,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 497: granting a pension to William H. Kinman,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 698</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>497</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>497.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to William H. Kinman,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Kinman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Kinman, formerly of Company F, Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 498: granting an increase of pension to John O. Gardner,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 698</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>498</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>498.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting an increase of pension to John O. Gardner,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John O. Gardner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension in creased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of John O. Gardner, formerly of Company A, Ninth Maine Volunteers to twenty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 499: to inereaae the pension of Jane D. Brom.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 699</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>499</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/699">699</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>499.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to inereaae the pension of Jane D. Brom.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Juno D. Brent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, directed to increase the pension of Jane. 1). Brent, widow of Thomas L. Brent, late captain of Company, Fourth Regiment Artillery of the Regular Army of the United States, to a rating of fifty dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 500: granting a pension to Judson Bostwick.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 699</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>500</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>500.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Judson Bostwick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judson Bostwick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Judson Bostwick, of Arcade, New York, late of Company F, Fifth Regiment New York, Cavalry Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 501: granting a pension to John Sparr.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 699</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>501</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>501.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to John Sparr.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Sparr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Sparr, of Batavia, New York, late of Company C, Third Regiment New York Cavalry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 502: granting a pension to Sylvester Greenough,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 699</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>502</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>502.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sylvester Greenough,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sylvester Greenough.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, the name of Sylvester Greenough, a soldier of the Mexican war, Black Hawk war, and Florida war, and late a. private in Company E, Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry (Gray Beard Regiment), at the rate of twelve dollars per month.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 503: granting a pension to Sebert Toney,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 699</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>503</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>503.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Sebert Toney,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sebert Toney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sebert Toney, late a private in Company B, Thirty-seventh Iowa Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 504: granting a pension to Alexander Weide</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 700</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>504</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/700">700</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>504.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Alexander Weide</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexander Weide.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Alexander Weide, late captain of Company C, Third West Virginia Cavalry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 505: granting a pension to Richard W. Barnes.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 700</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>505</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>505.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Richard W. Barnes.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richard W. Barnes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Richard W. Barnes, late a private in Company A, Eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, on the pension roll, and pay him a pension of thirty dollars per month in lieu of the pension now paid him.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 506: granting a pension to Amos McDowell.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 700</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>506</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>506.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Amos McDowell.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amos McDowell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to place on the pension-roll, the name of Amos McDowell, late a member of the Forty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and grant him a pension from the passage of this act, subject to the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 507: granting a pension to Harry H. G. Kislingbury, Walter F. Kislingbury, Wheeler Schofield Kislingbury, and Douglas E. L. Kislingbury respectively children of the late Frederick F. Kislingbury a Lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 700</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>507</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>507.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Harry H. G. Kislingbury, Walter F. Kislingbury, Wheeler Schofield Kislingbury, and Douglas E. L. Kislingbury respectively children of the late Frederick F. Kislingbury a Lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harry H. G., Walter, Wheeler Schofield, and Donglas E. L. Kislingbury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, the names of Harry H. G. Kislingbury, Walter Frederick Kislingbury, Wheeler Schofield Kislingbury, and Douglas E. L. Kislingbury, all minor children of the late Lieutenant Frederick F. Kislingbury, Eleventh United States Infantry, and to pay to each of said children a pension at the rate of ten dollars per month, and until said children severally attain the age of twenty-one years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value=" "><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take immediate effect.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 508: restoring John Snyder to the pension roll.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 700</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>508</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>508.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">restoring John Snyder to the pension roll.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Snyder.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/701">701</page> pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Snyder, formerly of Company T, One hundred and twenty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 509: granting a pension to L W. Pitts,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 701</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>509</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>509.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to L W. Pitts,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">L. W. Pitts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of L W. Pitts, late of Company B, Third Regiment Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 510: granting a pension to Captain Vincent Phelps.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 701</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>510</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>510.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Captain Vincent Phelps.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capt. Vincent Phelps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name Vincent Phelps, late a captain and assistant quartermaster in the United States Army.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 511: granting a pension to Rosanna Riley.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 701</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>511</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>511.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Rosanna Riley.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rosanna Riley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Rosanna Riley on the pension-roll and pay her a pension of eighteen dollars a month.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">That this act shall take effect upon its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 512: granting a pension to Margaret Flaherty,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 701</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>512</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>512.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Margaret Flaherty,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Margaret Flaherty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month the name of Margaret Flaherty, dependent stepmother of Bartlett Flaherty, late a private in Company F, Third Maine Volunteers,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 513: granting a pension to Thomas M. McChesney.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 701</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>513</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>513.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Thomas M. McChesney.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas M. McChesney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Thomas M McChesney, of he township of Cranbury, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, shall be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners, subject to the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/702">702</page> provisions and limitations of the pension laws, as though he had been regularly mustered into the service as an enlisted man in Company M Ninth New Jersey Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 514: granting a pension to Matilda Cody</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 702</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>514</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>514.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Matilda Cody</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Matilda Cody.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Matilda Cody widow of John Cody late of Company L, Fourteenth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry,</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 515: granting a pension to Henry Bierderbick.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 702</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>515</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>515.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Henry Bierderbick.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry Bierderbick.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Bierderbick, late a hospital steward in the United States Army, and one of the survivors of the late Greely expedition to Lady Franklin Bay.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 516: granting it pension to Amanda Allen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 702</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>516</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>516.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting it pension to Amanda Allen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amanda Allen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same as che. 517 and 518 <i>post</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary’ of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Amanda Allen, mother of Charles F. Allen, late of Company B, One hundred and fifty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
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<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 517: granting a pension to Amanda Allen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 702</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>517</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>517.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Amanda Allen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amanda Allen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same as ch. 516 <i>ante</i>, and ch. 518 <i>post</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Amanda Allen, mother of Charles F. Allen, late of Company B, One hundred and fifty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
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</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 518: granting a pension to Amnnda Allen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 702</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>518</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>518.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Amnnda Allen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amanda Allen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Same as ch. 516 and 517 <i>ante</i>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/703">703</page> name of Amanda Allen, mother of Charles F. Allen, late of Company B, One hundred and fifty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 519: granting a pension to Joseph Sansom.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 703</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>519</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>519.—</docNumber></p>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Joseph Sansom.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph Sansom.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed toplace the name of Joseph Sansom, late of Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 520: to increase the pension of Ferdinand Hercher.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 703</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>520</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>520.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to increase the pension of Ferdinand Hercher.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ferdinand Hercher.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension increased.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the pension of Ferdinand Hercher, late a hospital steward in the United States Army, be, and the same is hereby, increased to twenty-four dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now allowed him.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 521: granting a pension co Catharine Helton.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 703</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>521</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>521.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension co Catharine Helton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catharine Helton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine Helton, dependent mother of Calvin Helton, late of Company I, Twenty-fourth Kentucky Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 522: granting a pension to Lina J. Stearns.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 703</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>522</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>522.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Lina J. Stearns.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lina J. Stearns.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lina J. Stearns, widow of Oliver F. Stearns, late a private in Company F, Sixteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 523: granting a pension to Albert Harper.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 703</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>523</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>523.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Albert Harper.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Harper.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/704">704</page> laws, the name of Albert Harper, late of Company G, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 524: granting a pension to David Sears.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 704</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>524</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>524.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to David Sears.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David Sears.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of David Sears, late a private in Company D, Eighty-first New York Volunteers, on the pension-roll of the United States, under the rules and regulations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 525: to restore to the pension-roll the name of Rachael A. Queen.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 704</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>525</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>525.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to restore to the pension-roll the name of Rachael A. Queen.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rachael A. Queen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension restored.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed to restore to the pension-roll the name of Rachael A Queen, dependent sister of Jonathan Queen, late of Company F, Fifth California Volunteers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 526: granting a pension to Mrs Lucy Parr.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 704</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>526</docNumber>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2026-02-28</processedDate>
<congress>48</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>private</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>526.—</docNumber></p>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs Lucy Parr.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lucy Parr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed toplace the name of Lucy Parr, widow of Samuel B. Parr, late of Company I, Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
</action>
</main>
</pLaw>
</component>
<component>
<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 527: granting a pension to Addie L. Moore.</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 704</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>527</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>527.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Addie L. Moore.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Addie L. Moore.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll of the United States the name of Addie L. Moore, widow of Camillus A. Moore, late a private in Company E, Seventy-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension-laws, to take effect from and after the passage of this act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 528: to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Murdaugh of Virginia</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 704</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>528.—</docNumber></p>
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<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Murdaugh of Virginia</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of each House concurring therein)</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. H . Murdaugh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of political disablities.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States be and the same are hereby, removed from W. H. Murdaugh of Virginia.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 529: granting n pension to Chancy G. Darrah,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 705</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>529</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/705">705</page>
<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>529.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting n pension to Chancy G. Darrah,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chancy G. Darrah.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior lie, and be is hereby, directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Chancy G. Darrah, late of Company E, Sixteenth Regiment New York Volunteers,</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 530: granting a pension to Mrs F. M. Norton.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>530</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>530.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mrs F. M. Norton.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. M. Norton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs F. M. Norton, widow of James H. Norton, deceased, late a private in Company G, Eighty-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 531: to grant a pension to James Dye,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 705</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>531</docNumber>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>531.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">to grant a pension to James Dye,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Dye.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Dye, late an assistant surgeon in the service of the United States, of the Twenty-first Regiment of Missouri Volunteers,</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 532: granting a pension to Mary J. Dickson,</dc:title>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 705</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>532</docNumber>
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<p class="bold"><dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type> <docNumber>532.—</docNumber></p>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">An Act </docTitle><officialTitle class="inline">granting a pension to Mary J. Dickson,</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary J. Dickson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mary J Dickson dependent sister of Sylvester R Dickson, late a private in Company A, Eighty Third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of eight dollars per month,</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<page />
<coverText class="centered bold">RESOLUTIONS.</coverText>
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<dc:title>No. 13: authorizing the loan of certain flags and bunting to the committee on inauguration ceremonies.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<citableAs>23 Stat. 707</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/707" renderingPosition="bottom">(707)</page>
<docNumber>[No. 13.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the loan of certain flags and bunting to the committee on inauguration ceremonies.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-28">February 28, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of flags, etc., to committee on inauguration ceremonies.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the committee on inauguration ceremonies the flags and bunting in the Government depots, for use in decorating the city of Washington on the fourth day of March next: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the said committee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Committee to indemnity Departments against loss, etc.</p></sidenote> shall indemnify the Departments against any loss or damage resulting from the loan of said flags and bunting, except such damage as is necessarily incident to such use.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 23: authorizing the collector of the port at New York to deliver, free of duty, a silver cup won by Sergeant A. B. Van Heusen, as a member of the American Rifle Team, at Wimbledon, in July eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>23</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1885-03-03</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 23.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the collector of the port at New York to deliver, free of duty, a silver cup won by Sergeant A. B. Van Heusen, as a member of the American Rifle Team, at Wimbledon, in July eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sergeant A. B; Van Heusen, silver cup to be delivered to, by collector of port at New York.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the collector at the port of New York be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Sergeant A. B. Van Heusen, of the Twelfth Regiment National Guard of the State of New York, free of duty, the silver cup won by said Sergeant A. B. Van Heusen in the international rifle match in July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as a member of the American Rifle Team.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 3rd, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<resolution>
<meta>
<dc:title>No. 24: authorizing the Secretary of War to loan twelve hospital tents and outfits, to the American Society of the Red Cross, for use in New Orleans.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>24</docNumber>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 707</citableAs>
<dc:date>1885-02-28</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 24.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle class="inline">Joint resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="inline">authorizing the Secretary of War to loan twelve hospital tents and outfits, to the American Society of the Red Cross, for use in New Orleans.</officialTitle><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-03">March 3, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of tents, etc., to American Association of the Red Cross.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Security to be given.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to loan to the American Association of the Red Cross, (for use by their branch in New Orleans, at the World’s Exposition ground.) twelve hospital tents and outfits, <i>Provided</i> satisfactory security is given for the safe keeping and return of the same.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, March 3d, 1885.</actionDescription>
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<coverTitle class="centered">TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS<br /><inline class="smallCaps">concluded by the</inline><br />UNITED STATES OF AMERICA<br /><inline class="smallCaps">with</inline><br />FOREIGN NATIONS.</coverTitle>
<coverText class="centered">TREATIES, CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS.</coverText>
</preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/709" renderingPosition="bottom">(709)</page>
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<preface>
<coverText class="centered">TREATIES, CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENT.</coverText>
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<dc:date>June 5, 1881</dc:date>
<dc:date>June 17, 1881</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
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<preface>
<note role="centerRunningHead"></note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the United States of America and the Kingdom of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">June 5—17, 1881.</p></sidenote> Roumanian defining the rights, immunities and privileges of Consular officers. Concluded, June</i> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
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<mn>5</mn>
<mn>17</mn>
</mfrac></math>, 1881; <i>ratification advised by the Senate April</i> 3, 1882; <i>ratified by the President April</i> 6, 1882; <i>ratified by the King of Roumania March</i> 4, 1883; <i>ratifications exchanged at Bucarest June</i> 13, 1883; <i>proclaimed July</i> 9, 1883;</editorialNote>
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<authority class="smallCaps centered">By the President of the United States of America</authority>
<docTitle class="smallCaps centered">a proclamation.</docTitle>
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<block>
<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a Consular Convention between the United States and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote>Roumania was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the city of Bucarest, on the seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, which Convention is word for word as follows:
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<heading class="centered">[<i>The following is the English version</i>.]</heading>
<subheading class="smallCaps centered">convention between the united states of america and his majesty the kino of roumania, defining the rights, immunities and privileges of consular officers.</subheading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Roumania,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> being mutually desirous of defining the rights, privileges and immunities of consular officers in the two countries, deem it expedient to conclude a consular convention for that purpose, and have accordingly named as their plenipotentiaries:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The United States of America, Eugene Schuyler, their Chargé d’Affaires and Consul-General; His Majesty the King of Roumania, Mr. D. Bratiano, President of His Council of Ministers, His Minister of Foreign Affairs, etc., etc., who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>Each of the high contracting parties agrees to receive from the other,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reception of consuls, &amp;c.</p></sidenote> consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents, in all its ports, cities and places, except those where it may not be convenient to recognize such officers. This reservation, however, shall not apply to one of the high contracting parties without also applying to every other power.
</content>
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<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>The consuls general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges, exemptions, and immunities, reciprocal enjoyment of, by consuls, &amp;c.</p></sidenote> each of the two high contracting parties shall enjoy reciprocally in the States of the other, all the privileges, exemptions and immunities that are enjoyed by officers of the same rank and quality of the most favored nation. The said officers, before being admitted to the<page identifier="/us/stat/23/711" renderingPosition="bottom">(711)</page>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/712">712</page> exercise, of their functions and the enjoyment of the immunities thereto pertaining, shall present their commissions in the forms established in their respective countries. The government of each of the two high contracting powers shall furnish them the necessary exequatur free of charge, and, on the exhibition of this instrument they shall be permitted to enjoy the rights, privileges and immunities granted by this convention.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents, citizens<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption of consuls, &amp;c., from arrest; taxes.</p></sidenote> of the State by which they are appointed, shall be exempt from preliminary arrest except in the case of offences which the local legislation qualifies as crimes and punishes as such: they shall be exempt from military billetings, from service in the regular army or navy, in the militia, or in the national guard; they shall likewise be exempt from all direct taxes, national, state or municipal, imposed upon persons, either in the nature of capitation tax or in respect to their property, unless such taxes become due on account of the possession of real estate, or for interest on capital invested in the country where the said officers exercise their functions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">This exemption shall not, however, apply to consuls general, consuls,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemptions not to apply in certain cases.</p></sidenote> vice-consuls, or consular agents engaged in any profession, business or trade, but the said officers shall in such case be subject to the payment of the same taxes that would be paid by any other foreigner under the like circumstances.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is understood that the respective consuls, if they are merchants, shall be entirely submitted, as far as concerns preliminary arrest for commercial acts, to the legislation of the country in which they exercise their functions.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">When a court of one of the two countries shall desire to receive the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony of consuls, how to be taken.</p></sidenote> judicial declaration or deposition of a consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent, who is a citizen of the State which appointed him, and who is engaged in no commercial business, it shall request him, in writing, to appear before it, and in case of his inability to do so, it shall request him to give his testimony in writing, or shall visit his residence or office to obtain it orally.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It shall be the duty of such officer to comply with this request with as little delay as possible.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all criminal cases, contemplated by the sixth article of the amendments<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony in criminal cases.</p></sidenote> to the Constitution of the United States, whereby the right is secured to persons charged with crimes to obtain witnesses in their favor, the appearance in court of said consular officer shall be demanded, with all possible regard to the consular dignity and to the duties of his office. A similar treatment shall also be extended to the consuls of the United States in Roumania in the like cases.</p></content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents may place<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signs and flags.</p></sidenote> over the outer door of their offices the arms of their nation, with this inscription: Consulate-General, or Consulate, or Vice-Consulate or Consular Agency of the United States, or of Roumania.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">They may also raise the flag of their country on their offices, except in the capital of the country when there is a legation there. They may, in like manner, raise the flag of their country over the boat employed by them in the port for the exercise of their functions.</p></content>
</article>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/713">713</page>
<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>The consular offices shall at all times be inviolable. The local authorities<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular offices inviolable.</p></sidenote> shall not, under any pretext, invade them. In no ease shall they examine or seize the papers there deposited. In no case shall those offices be used as places of asylum. When a consular officer is engaged in other business, the papers relating to the consulate shall be kept separate.</content>
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<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
<content>In the event of the death, incapacity or absence of consuls-general,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Death, absence, or incapacity of officers.</p></sidenote> consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents, their chancellors or secretaries, whose official character may have previously been made known to the Department of State at Washington, or to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Roumania, may temporarily exercise their functions, and while thus acting they shall enjoy all the rights, prerogatives and immunities granted to the incumbents.
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<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VIII.</inline></num>
<content>Consuls-general and consuls may, so far as the laws of their country <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vice-consuls and consular agents, appointment of.</p></sidenote>allow, with the approbation of their respective governments, appoint vice-consuls and consular agents in the cities, ports and places within their consular jurisdiction. These agents may be selected from among citizens of the United States. Roumanians or citizens of other countries. They shall be furnished with a regular commission, and shall enjoy the privileges stipulated for consular officers in this convention, subject to the exceptions specified in Articles III. and IV.
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<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
<content>Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to address administrative and judicial authorities.</p></sidenote> the right to address the administrative and judicial authorities, whether in the United States, of the Union, the States or the municipalities, or in Roumania, of the State, the district or the commune, throughout the whole extent of their consular jurisdiction, in order to complain of any infraction of the treaties and conventions between the United States and Roumania, and for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of their countrymen. If the complaint should not be satisfactorily redressed, the consular officers aforesaid, in the absence of a diplomatic agent of their country, may apply directly to the government of the country where they exercise their functions.
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<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article X.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents may take<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposition of captains, crews, and passengers of vessels.</p></sidenote> at. their offices, at their private residence, at the residence of the parties, or on board ship, the depositions of the captains and crews of vessels of their own country, of passengers on board of them, and of any other citizen of their nation. They may also receive at their offices, conform-ably to the laws and regulations of their country, all contracts between the citizens of their country and the citizens or other inhabitants of the country where they reside, and even all contracts between the latter, provided they relate to property situated or to business to be transacted in the territory of the nation to which the said consular officer may belong.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Such papers and official documents of every kind, whether in the original, in copies or in translation, duly authenticated and legalized by the consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents, and sealed with their official seal, shall be received as legal documents in courts of justice throughout the United States and Roumania.</p></content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/714">714</page>
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<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XI.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The respective consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal order of merchant vessels; adjustment of differences.</p></sidenote> agents shall have exclusive charge of the internal order of the merchant vessels of their nation, and shall alone take cognizance of all differences which may arise, either at sea or in port, between the captains, officers and crews, without exception, particularly in reference to the adjustment of wages and the execution of contracts. The local authorities shall not interfere except when the disorder that has arisen is of such a nature as to disturb tranquillity and public order on shore, or in the port, or when a person of the country or not belonging to the crew shall be concerned therein.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all other cases, the aforesaid authorities shall confine themselves<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrest and imprisonment of crew, etc.</p></sidenote> to lending aid to the consuls and vice-consuls or consular agents, if they are requested by them to do so, in causing the arrest and imprisonment of any person whose name is inscribed on the crew-list, whenever, for any cause, the said officers shall think proper.</p></content>
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<num value="XII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XII.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">The respective consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deserters from vessels, arrest of.</p></sidenote> agents may cause to be arrested the officers, sailors and all other persons making part of the crews, in any manner whatever, of ships of war, or merchant vessels of their nation, who may be guilty, or be accused, of having deserted said ships and vessels, for the purpose of sending them on board or back to their country. To this end they shall address the competent local authorities of the respective countries, in writing, and shall make to them a written request for the deserters, supporting it by the exhibition of the register of the vessel and list of the crew, or by other official documents, to show that the persons claimed belong to the said ship’s company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Upon such request thus supported, the delivery to them of the deserters<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrest and extradition of deserters from vessels.</p></sidenote> cannot be refused, unless it should be duly proved that they were citizens of the country where their extradition is demanded at the time of their being inscribed on the crew-list. All the necessary aid and protection shall be furnished for the pursuit, seizure and arrest of the deserters, who shall even be put and kept in the prisons of the country, at the request and expense of the consular officers, until there may be an opportunity for sending them away. If, however, such an opportunity should not present itself within the space of three months, counting from the day of the arrest, the deserters shall be set at liberty, nor shall they again be arrested for the same cause.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If the deserter has committed any misdemeanor, and the court having the right to take cognizance of the offence shall claim and exercise it, the delivery of the deserter shall be deferred until the decision of the court has been pronounced and executed.</p></content>
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<num value="XIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIII.</inline></num>
<content>In the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the owners,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages at sea, settlement of.</p></sidenote> freighters and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by the vessels of the two countries, whether they enter port voluntarily or are forced by stress of weather, shall be settled by the consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents of the respective countries. If, however, any inhabitant of the country, or citizen or subject of a third power, shall be interested in the matter, and the parties cannot agree, the competent local authorities shall decide.
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<num value="XIV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIV.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">All proceedings relative to the salvage of vessels of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salvage of wrecked vessels.</p></sidenote> wrecked upon the coasts of Roumania, and of Roumanian vessels wrecked
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/715">715</page> upon the coasts of the United States, shall be directed by the consuls-general, consuls and vice-consuls of the two countries respectively, and until their arrival, by the respective consular agents, wherever an agency exists. In the places and ports where an agency does not exist, the local authorities, until the arrival of the consul in whose district the wreck may have occurred, and who shall be immediately informed of the occurrence, shall take all necessary measures for the protection of persons and the preservation of wrecked property.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The local authorities shall not otherwise interfere than for the maintenance of order, the. protection of the interests of the salvors if these do not belong to the crews that have been wrecked, and to carry into effect the arrangements made for the entry and exportation of the merchandise saved.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is understood that such merchandise is not to be subjected to any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custom-house charges on merchandise of wrecked vessels.</p></sidenote> custom house charges, unless it be intended for consumption in the country where the wreck may have taken place.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The intervention of the local authorities in these different eases shall occasion no expense of any kind, except such as may be caused by the operations of salvage and the preservation of the goods saved, together with such as would be incurred under similar circumstances by vessels of the nation.</p></content>
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<num value="XV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XV.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">In case of the death of any citizen of the United States in Roumania,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Death of citizens.</p></sidenote> or of any Roumanian in the United States, without having any known heirs or testamentary executor by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall give information of the circumstance to the consuls or consular agents of the nation to which the deceased belongs, in order that the necessary’ information may be immediately forwarded to parties interested.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minor heirs and creditors of citizens dying abroad.</p></sidenote> the right to appear, personally or by delegate, in all proceedings on behalf of the absent or minor heirs or creditors, until they are duly represented.</p></content>
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<num value="XVI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XVI.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The present convention shall remain in force for the space of ten years,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> counting from the day of the exchange of the ratifications, which shall be made in conformity with the respective constitutions of the two countries and exchanged at Bucarest as soon as possible.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In case neither party gives notice, twelve months before the expiration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Renewal.</p></sidenote> of the said period of ten years, of its intention not to renew this convention, it shall remain in force one year longer, and so on from year to year, until the expiration of a year from the day on which one of the parties shall have given such notice.</p></content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention in duplicate, and have hereunto affixed their seals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at Bucarest the 5–17 day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps">Eugene Schuyler</inline>. [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.]</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps">D. Bratiano</inline>. [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.]</p>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the city of Bucarest on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three:</recital>
</preamble>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that I. Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/716">716</page>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof, I have hereunto set. my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secretary of State.</i></p>
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<dc:date>May 6, 1882</dc:date>
<dc:type>Protocol</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 717</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/717">717</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">PROTOCOL—SPAIN. May 6, 1882.</note>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Protocol of a conference between the Honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Excellency Francisco Barca, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Spain, held at the Department of State in Washington on the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.</i></heading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mr. Frelinghuysen handed to Mr. Barca the following paper entitled “Article IX”, and said that it embodied the results of several preliminary conferences between himself and Mr. Barca relating to the prolongation of the Spanish American Claims Commission until the first day of January next:</p>
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<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It being impossible for the Commission. in consequence of the death of the Arbitrator and of the Advocate on the part of the United States, to examine and decide within one year from the twelfth of May, 1881 each and every claim which has been presented, it is agreed that the term aforesaid be extended to the first of January, 1883. for the sole purpose of permitting the Commission to examine and decide the claims actually pending.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And it is further agreed to this end:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">1st. That no evidence in any case shall be received after the fifteenth day of June next.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">2nd. That no printed or written brief or argument before the Arbitrators shall be filed on behalf of any claimant after the fifteenth day of July, 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">3rd. That no printed or written brief or argument shall be filed in reply on behalf of Spain after the fifteenth day of September, 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">4th. That no oral arguments
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/718@eng">718</page> shall be heard by the Arbitrators after the first day of November, 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">5th. That no arguments either written or oral shall be made before the Umpire except on his written request addressed to the Commission, specifying the time within which he will bear or receive said arguments.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">6th. That the Arbitrators may establish in accordance with the preceding stipulations convenient rules for the better and more rapid despatch of the business of the Commission, and any disagreement which may arise between them as to those rules or their interpretation, shall be decided by the Umpire.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Decisions in every pending case shall be given by both Arbitrators before the fifteenth day of December next: jointly if they agree, separately when they disagree.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">All cases in which on that day the two Arbitrators shall not have agreed, or in which neither Arbitrator shall have rendered a decision, shall go to the Umpire.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">All cases in which the American arbitrator shall have failed to give a decision shall be rejected or allowed, as the case may be, in the form determined by the decision of the Arbitrator of Spain if the Spanish Arbitrator shall have given a decision: and <i>vice-versa</i> all cases in which the Spanish Arbitrator shall have failed to give a decision shall be allowed or rejected, as the case may be, in the form determined by the decision of the American Arbitrator if the American Arbitrator shall have given a decision: it being the purpose of both parties to have the work of the Arbitrators finished before December 15, 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Umpire is requested to render decisions before January 1, 1883, in all cases submitted to him in order that the work of the Commission may cease on that day. But if the Umpire fails to comply with this request, decisions rendered by him after that day shall be respected by both parties, notwithstanding that the Commission
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/719@eng">719</page> shall be deemed to be terminated and dissolved after the 1st day of January 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mr. Barca observed that the Article as reduced embodied correctly the understanding between himself and Mr. Frelinghuysen.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof we have interchangeably signed this protocol.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>.</p>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Protocolo de una conferencia entre el<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1882-05-06">May 6, 1882</date>.</p></sidenote> Honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, y el Exilio. Señor Don Francisco Barca, En viado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de S. M. el Rey de España, celebrada en el Departamento de Estado en Washington á seis de Mayo de mil ochocien-tos ochenta y dos.</i></heading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mr. Frelinghuysen entregó al Señor Barca el siguiente docu-mento titulado “Artículo IX”, y dijo que en él se hallaba compren-dido el resultado de varias conver-saciones preliminares que habían mediado entre él y el Señor Barca, respecto de la proroga de la Comi-sión de Arbitrage hispano-americana, hasta el 1° de Enero de 1883.</p>
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<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo IX.</inline></num>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Siendo imposible que la Comisión, á<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prolongation of the Spanish Claims Commission.</p></sidenote> consecuencia del fallecimiento del Árbitro y del Abogado por parte de. los Estados Unidos, examine y decida, en un Año, á contar desde el 12 de Mayo de 1881, todas y cada una de las reclamaciones que han sido presentadas; se conviene en que el término citado se prorogue hasta el 1” de Enero do 1883 con el solo objeto de que la Comisión pueda examinar y decidir las reclama-ciones que actualmente se hallan pendientes; y, con este fin, se con-viene además en que:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">1°. No se recibirá prueba alguna<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evidence.</p></sidenote> en ningún caso, después del 15 de Junio próximo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">2°. Ningún argumento ó alegato, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arguments.</p></sidenote>impreso ó escrito, dirigido á los Árbitros, será registrado por parte de reclamante alguno, después del 15 de Julio de 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">3°. No podrá ser registrado, como contestación por parte de España, ningun alegato ó argumento, escrito ó impreso, después del 15 de Setiem-bre de 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">4°. Ningún argumento verbal
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/718@spa">718</page> será oido por los Árbitros después del 1° de Noviembre de 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">5°. No se hará ningún argu-mento verbal como por escrito, ante el Tercero en discordia, excepto á petición escrita del mismo, dirigida á la Comisión, especifi-cando el tiempo dentro del cual oirá ó recibirá dichos argumentos.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">6°. Los Arbitros pueden<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings of arbitrators.</p></sidenote> esta-blecer, de acuerdo con las estipu-laciones precedentes, reglas conve-nientes para el mejor y mas rápido despacho de los negocios de la Comisión; y cualquier desacuerdo que entre ellos se suscite sobre estas reglas ó su interpretación, será decidido por el Tercero en discordia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Las decisiones en todos los casos <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decisions.</p></sidenote>pendientes serán dadas por los dos Árbitros antes del 15 de Diciem-bre próximo: juntamente, si se hallan de acuerdo, y por separado, si hay desacuerdo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Todos los casos en los<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Umpire.</p></sidenote> cuales, en el día citado, no haya acuerdo entre los arbitros, asi como todos aquellos en que ninguno de los Árbitios haya dado una decisión, pasarán, el mismo día 15 de Diciembre, al Tercero en discordia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Todos los casos en los<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure of Arbitrator to decide</p></sidenote> cuales el Árbitro ámericano no haya dado decisión, serán rechazados ó ad-mitidos, según sea el caso, en la forma determinada por la decisión del Árbitro de España, si éste hubiese dado una decisión; y <i>vice versa,</i> todos los casos en los cuales el Árbitro por España no bata dado decisión, serán admitidos órechazados, según sea al caso, en la forma determinada por la de-cisión del Árbitro de los Estados Unidos, si este hubiese dado una decisión: siendo el propósito de ambas partes el de que los trabajos de los Árbitros hayan terminado antes del 15 de Diciembre de 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">El Tercero en discordia es rogado<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Umpire may render decisions after term of commission.</p></sidenote> para que en todos los casos que se le sometan, dé sus decisiones antes del 1° de Enero de 1883, á fin de que los trabajos de la Comisión cesen ese dia; pero si el Tercero en discordia dejara de cumplir este ruego, las decisiones que dé después del dia citado serán respeta-das por ambas partes, no obstante
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/719@spa">719</page> tenerse por terminada y disuelta la Comisión desde el 1° de Enero de 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">El Señor Barca observó que este artículo, tal como se halla redac-tado, conten ia correctamente todo lo convenido entre él y Mr. Fre-linghuysen.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">En testimonio de lo cual hemos firmado este protocolo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fran</inline><sup>co</sup> <inline class="smallCaps">Barca</inline>.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is agreed by the Honorable F. T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote> State, and Don Francisco Barca, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain, that the 6th clause of the protocol of May 6, 1882, shall be changed by the insertion of the words, “the 27th day of December”, instead of the words, “the 15th day of December”, where the latter occur.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen.</inline></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Francisco Barca</inline>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Washington</inline>, <i>December</i> 14, 1882.</p>
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<dc:date>May 22, 1882</dc:date>
<dc:type>Treaty</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 720</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/720">720</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">TREATY—COREA. May 22, 1882.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Treaty of peace, amity, commerce and navigation between the United States<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1882-05-22">May 22, 1882</date>.</p></sidenote> of America and the Kingdom of Corea or Chosen. Concluded at Yin-Chuen May</i> 22, 1882; <i>ratification advised by the-Senate January</i> 9, 1883: <i>ratified by the President February</i> 13, 1883; <i>ratifications exchanged at Séoul, May</i> 19, 1883; <i>proclaimed June 4,</i> 1883;</editorialNote>
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<authority class="smallCaps centered">By the President of the United States of America</authority>
<docTitle class="smallCaps centered">a proclamation.</docTitle>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a treaty of peace and amity and commerce and navigation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Corea or Chosen was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Yin-Chuen on the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the original of which treaty being in the English and Chinese languages is word for word as follows:
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<heading class="centered">[<i>The following is the English version.</i>]</heading>
<subheading class="smallCaps centered">treaty between the united states of america and the kingdom of chosen.</subheading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The United States of America and the Kingdom of Chosen, being<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> sincerely desirous of establishing permanent relations of amity and friendship between their respective peoples, have to this end appointed—that is to say, the President of the United States, R. W. Shufeldt, Commodore, U. S. Navy, as his Commissioner Plenipotentiary; and His Majesty, the King of Chosen, Shin Chen, President of the Royal Cabinet; Chin-Hong-Chi, Member of the Royal Cabinet, as his Commissioners Plenipotentiary, who, having reciprocally examined their respective full powers, which have been found to be in due form, have agreed upon the several following articles:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the President<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> of the United States and the King of Chosen and the citizens and subjects of their respective Governments.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If other Powers deal unjustly or oppressively with either Government,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arbitration.</p></sidenote> the other will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrangement, thus showing their friendly feelings.</p></content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">After the conclusion of this Treaty of amity and commerce, the high<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diplomatic representatives and consular officers.</p></sidenote> contracting powers may each appoint diplomatic representatives to reside at the Court of the other, and may each appoint consular representatives at the ports of the other, which are open to foreign commerce, at their own convenience.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">These officials shall have relations with the corresponding local <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accord of rights and privileges of most favored nations.</p></sidenote>authorities of equal rank upon a basis of mutual equality. The diplomatic and consular representatives of the two Governments shall receive mutually all the privileges, rights and immunities, without dis-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/721">721</page> crimination, which are accorded to the same classes of representatives from the most favored nation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Consuls shall exercise their functions only on receipt of an exequatur<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prohibition from trading, &amp;c.</p></sidenote> from the Government to which they are accredited. Consular authorities shall be <i>bona fide</i> officials. No merchants shall be permitted to exercise the duties of the office, nor shall consular officers be allowed to engage in trade. At ports to which no consular representatives have been appointed, the consuls of other powers may be invited to act, provided, that no merchant shall be allowed to assume consular junctions, or the provisions of this treaty may, in such case, be enforced by the local authorities.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If consular representatives of the United States in Chosen conduct their business in an improper manner, their exequaturs may be revoked, subject to the approval, previously obtained, of the diplomatic representative of the United States.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Whenever United States vessels, either because of stress of weather,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of United States vessels in distress.</p></sidenote> or by want of fuel or provisions, cannot reach the nearest open port in Chosen, they may enter any port or harbor, either to take refuge therein, or to get supplies of wood, coal and other necessaries, or to make repairs, the expenses incurred thereby being defrayed by the ship’s master. In such event the officers and people of the locality shall display their sympathy by rendering full assistance, and their liberality by furnishing the necessities required.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If a United States vessel carries on a clandestine trade at a port not open to foreign commerce, such vessel, with her cargo, shall be seized and co nil seated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If a United States vessel be wrecked on the coast of Chosen, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrecks.</p></sidenote> local authorities, on being informed of the occurrence, shall immediately render assistance to the crew, provide for their present necessities, and take the measures necessary for the salvage of the ship and the preservation of her cargo. They shall also bring the matter to the knowledge of the nearest consular representative of the United States, in order that steps may be taken to send the crew home and to save the ship and cargo. The necessary expenses shall be defrayed either by the ship’s master or by the United States.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">All citizens of the United States of America in Chosen, peaceably<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of citizens.</p></sidenote> attending to their own affairs, shall receive and enjoy for themselves and everything appertaining to them, the protection oi the local authorities of the Government of Chosen, who shall defend them from all insult and injury of any sort. If their dwellings or property be threatened or attacked by mobs, incendiaries, or other violent or lawless persons, the local officers, on requisition of the consul, shall immediately despatch a military force to disperse the rioters, apprehend the guilty individuals, and punish them with the utmost rigor of the law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Subjects of Chosen, guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment of criminals.</p></sidenote> United States, shall be punished by the authorities of Chosen, according to the laws of Chosen; and citizens of the United States, either on shore or in any merchant-vessel, who may insult, trouble or wound the persons, or injure the property of the people of Chosen, shall be arrested and punished only by the consul or other public functionary of the United States, thereto authorized, according to the laws of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">When controversies arise in the Kingdom of Chosen between citizens<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Controversies.</p></sidenote> of the United States and subjects of His Majesty, which need to be examined and decided by the public officers of the two nations, it is agreed between the two governments of the United States and Chosen, that such cases shall be tried by the proper official as the nationality of the
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/722">722</page> defendant, according to the laws of that nation. The properly authorized official of the plaintiff’s nationality shall be freely permitted to attend the trial, and shall be treated with the courtesy due to his position. He shall be granted all proper facilities for watching the proceedings in the interests of justice. If he so desires, be shall have the right to present, to examine and to cross-examine witnesses. If he is dissatisfied with the proceedings, he shall be permitted to protest against them in detail.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is however mutually agreed and understood between the high<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of criminal procedure.</p></sidenote> contracting powers, that whenever the King of Chosen shall have so far modified and reformed the statutes and judicial procedure of his kingdom that, in the judgment of the United States, they conform to the laws and course of justice in the United States, the right of ex-territorial jurisdiction over United States citizens in Chosen shall be abandoned, and thereafter United States citizens, when within the limits of the Kingdom of Chosen, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the native authorities.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Merchants and merchant vessels of Chosen visiting the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merchants and merchant vessels.</p></sidenote> for purposes of traffic, shall pay duties and tonnage-dues and all fees according to the Customs-Regulations of the United States, but no higher or other rates of duties and tonnage dues shall be exacted of them, than are levied upon citizens of the United States or upon citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Merchants and merchant vessels of the United States visiting Chosen for purposes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> of traffic, shall pay duties upon all merchandise imported and exported. The authority to levy duties is of right vested in the government of Chosen. The tariff of duties upon exports and imports, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smuggling.</p></sidenote>together with the Customs-Regulations for the prevention of smuggling and other irregularities, will be fixed by the authorities of Chosen and communicated to the proper officials of the United States, to be by the latter notified to their citizens and duly observed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is however agreed in the first instance as a general measure, that<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate of tariff.</p></sidenote> the tariff upon such imports as are articles of daily use shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of ten per centum; that the tariff upon such imports as are luxuries, as for instance foreign wines, foreign tobacco, clocks and watches, shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of thirty per centum, and that, native produce exported shall pay a duty not to exceed five per centum ad valorem. And it is further agreed that the duty upon foreign imports shall be paid once for all at the port of entry, and that no other dues, duties, fees, taxes or charges of any sort shall be levied upon such imports either in the interior of Chosen or at the ports.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States merchant-vessels entering the ports of Chosen shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonnage duties on United States vessels.</p></sidenote> pay tonnage-dues at the rate of five mace per ton, payable once in three months on each vessel, according to the Chinese calendar.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Subjects of Chosen who may visit the United States shall be permitted<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of citizens.</p></sidenote> to reside and to rent premises, purchase land, or to construct residences or warehouses in all parts of the country. They shall be freely permitted to pursue their various callings and avocations, and to traffic in all merchandise, raw and manufactured, that is not declared contraband by law. Citizens of the United States who may resort to the ports of Chosen which are open to foreign commerce, shall be permitted to reside at such open ports within the limits of the concessions and to lease buildings or land, or to construct residences or warehouses therein. They shall be freely permitted to pursue their various callings and avo-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/723">723</page>cations within the limits of the port, and to traffic in all merchandise, raw and manufactured, that is not declared contraband by law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">No coercion or intimidation in the acquisition of land or buildings shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of property.</p></sidenote> be permitted, and the land rent as fixed by the authorities of Chosen shall be paid. And it is expressly agreed that land so acquired in the open ports of Chosen still remains an integral part of the Kingdom, and that all rights of jurisdiction over persons and property within such areas remain vested in the authorities of Chosen, except in so far as such rights have been expressly relinquished by this treaty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">American citizens are not permitted either to transport foreign imports<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trading.</p></sidenote> to the interior for sale, or to proceed thither to purchase native produce. Nor are they permitted to transport native produce from one open port to another open port.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Violations of this rule will subject such merchandise to confiscation, and the merchant offending will be handed over to the consular authorities to be dealt with.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
<content>The Governments of the United States and of Chosen mutually agree<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opium traffic.</p></sidenote> and undertake that subjects of Chosen shall not be permitted to import opium into any of the ports of the United States, and citizens of the United States shall not be permitted to import opium into any of the open ports of Chosen, to transport it from one open port to another open port, or to traffic in it. in Chosen. This absolute prohibition which extends to vessels owned by the citizens or subjects of either power, to foreign vessels employed by them, and to vessels owned by the citizens or subjects of either Power and employed by other persons for the transportation of opium, shall be enforced by appropriate legislation on the part of the United States and of Chosen, and offenders against it shall be severely punished.
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<article>
<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VIII.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Whenever the Government of Chosen shall have reason to apprehend<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scarcity of food.</p></sidenote> a scarcity of food within the limits of the Kingdom, His Majesty may by decree temporarily prohibit the export of all breadstuff’s, and such decree shall be binding on all citizens of the United States in Chosen upon due notice having been given them by the authorities of Chosen through the proper officers of the United States; but it is to be understood that the exportation of rice and breadstuff’s of every description is prohibited from the open port of Yin-Chuen.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chosen having of old prohibited the exportation of red ginseng, if<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ginseng, export of.</p></sidenote> citizens of the United States clandestinely purchase it for export, it shall be confiscated and the offenders punished.</p></content>
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<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
<content>The purchase of cannon, small arms, swords, gunpowder, shot and all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Munitions of war.</p></sidenote>munitions of war is permitted only to officials of the Government of Chosen, and they may be imported by citizens of the United States only under a written permit from the authorities of Chosen. If these articles are clandestinely imported, they shall be confiscated and the offending party shall be punished.
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<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article X.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">The officers and people of either nation residing in the other, shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of native help.</p></sidenote> have the right to employ natives for all kinds of lawful work.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Should, however, subjects of Chosen, guilty of violation of the Jaws<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Concealment of criminals.</p></sidenote> of the Kingdom, or against whom any action has been brought, conceal themselves in the residences or warehouses of United States citizens,
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/724">724</page> or on board United States merchant-vessels, the consular authorities of the United States, on being notified of the fact by the local authorities, will either permit the latter to despatch constables to make the arrests, or the persons will be arrested by the consular authorities and handed over to the local constables.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Officials or citizens of the United States shall not harbor such persons.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XI.</inline></num>
<content>Students of either nationality, who may proceed to the country of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection and good will to students.</p></sidenote> the other, in order to study the language, literature, laws or arts, shall be given all possible protection and assistance in evidence of cordial good will.
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<article>
<num value="XII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XII.</inline></num>
<content>This being the first treaty negotiated by Chosen, and hence being <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplemental stipulations.</p></sidenote>general and incomplete in its provisions, shall in the first instance be put into operation in all things stipulated herein. As to stipulations not contained herein, after an interval of live years, when the officers and people of the two Powers shall have become more familiar with each other’s language, a further negotiation of commercial provisions and regulations in detail, in conformity with international law, and without unequal discriminations on either part shall be had.
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<article>
<num value="XIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIII.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">This Treaty and future official correspondence between the two contracting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese language.</p></sidenote>Governments shall be made, on the part of Chosen, in the Chinese language.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The United States shall either use the Chinese language, or, if English be used, it shall be accompanied with a Chinese version in order to avoid misunderstanding.</p></content>
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<article>
<num value="XIV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Aricle XIV.</inline></num>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The high contracting powers hereby agree that, should at any time<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Most highly favored nation, privileges extended to</p></sidenote> the King of Chosen grant to any nation or to the merchants or citizens of any nation, any right, privilege or favor, connected either with navigation, commerce, political or other intercourse, which is not conferred by this Treaty, such right, privilege and favor shall freely inure to the benefit of the United States, its public officers, merchants and citizens, provided always, that whenever such right, privilege or favor is accompanied by any condition, or equivalent concession granted by the other nation interested, the United States, its officers and people shall only be entitled to the benefit of such right, privilege or favor upon complying with the conditions or concessions connected therewith.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In faith whereof the respective Commissioners Plenipotentiary have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> signed and sealed the foregoing at Yin-Chuen in English and Chinese, being three originals of each text of even tenor and date, the ratifications of which shall be exchanged at Yin-Chuen within one year from the date of its execution, and immediately thereafter this Treaty shall be in all its provisions publicly proclaimed and made known by both Governments in their respective countries, in order that it may be obeyed by their citizens and subjects respectively.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chosen, May the 22nd, A. D. 1882.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] R. W. <inline class="smallCaps">Shufeldt</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><i>Commodore, U. S. N., Envoy of the U. S. to Chosen.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.]</p>
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<mtext style="font-size:8pt" class="italic">Shin Chen,</mtext>
<mtext style="font-size:8pt" class="italic">Chin Hong Chi,</mtext>
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</math> <p class="rightAlign"> [<i>In Chinese</i>.]</p>
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</recital>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/725">725</page>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> resolution of the ninth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring,) did advise and consent to the ratification of said Treaty subject to the condition following, viz:
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Resolved, that it is the understanding of the Senate in agreeing to the foregoing resolution, that the clause, “Nor are they permitted to transport, native produce from one open port to another open port,” in Article VI. of said treaty, is not intended to prohibit and does not prohibit American ships from goingfrom one open port to another open port in Corea or Chosen to receive Corean cargo for exportation, or to discharge foreign cargo.</p>
</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, said treaty, has been duly ratified on both parts, subject to said condition, and the respective ratifications thereof exchanged.</recital>
</preamble>
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<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three and [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secretary of State.</i></p>
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<dc:date>June 1, 1882</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 726</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/726">726</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">DECLARATION—ITALY. June 1, 1882.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Declaration between the United States of America and the Kingdom of<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1882-06-01">June 1, 1882</date>.</p></sidenote> Italy, for the reciprocal protection of marks of manufacture and trade, concluded June</i> 1, 1882; <i>ratification advised by the Senate February</i> 25, 1884; <i>proclaimed March</i> 19, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<authority class="smallCaps centered">By the President of the United States of America</authority>
<docTitle class="smallCaps centered">a proclamation.</docTitle>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a declaration between the United States and Italy for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> reciprocal protection of marks of manufacture and trade in the two countries was concluded and signed by their Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the first day of June, 1882, the original of which declaration is word for word as follows:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Government of the United States of America and the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy, wishing to provide for the reciprocal protection of the marks of manufacture and trade, have agreed as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The citizens of each of the high contracting parties shall enjoy, in the dominions and possessions of the other the same rights as belong to native citizens, or as are now granted or may hereafter be granted to the subjects or citizens of the most favored nation, in everything relating to property in trademarks and trade-labels.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is understood that any person who desires to obtain the aforesaid protection must fulfil the formalities required by the laws of the respective countries.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof the undersigned, having been duly authorized to this effect, have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done in duplicate original at Washington, this first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.</p>
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<heading class="centered">dichiarazione.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Il Governo degli Stati Uniti di<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> America, ed il Governo di Sua Maestà il Re d’ Italia, volendo provvedere alla reciproca protezione dei marchi di fabbrica e di commercio, hanno convenuto di quanta segue:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I cittadini di ciascuna dclle alte <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trademarks, protection of, and privileges of obtaining, extended to citizens of either country.</p></sidenote>parti contraenti godranuo, nei dominii e possessi dell’ ultra, degli stessi diritti dei nazionali, o di quelli che sono attualmente accordati ovvero clie potrebbero essere ail’ avvenire accordati ai sudditi o cittadini délia na^ione più favorita, per tutto cib che concerne la propriété dei marchi di fabbrica e di coinmercjo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rimane inteso che chiunque vorrà ottenere la sudetta protezione dovrà adempire aile formalité volute dalle leggi nei rispettivi paesi.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In fede di che i sottoscritti, debitamente<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote> a cio autorizzati, hanno firmato la présente dichiarazione, e vi hanno apposto il sigillo delle loro armi.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fatto in doppio originale a Washington addl primo giugno mille otto cento ottanta due.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>. [seal.]</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fava</inline>. [seal.]</p>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the said declaration has been duly ratified:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote></recital>
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<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, have caused the said declaration to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and part thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/727">727</page>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this 19th day of March, [seal] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secretary of State</i>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<i>Note</i>.—Inasmuch as the act of Congress, entitled “An act relating to the registration of trademarks”, approved August 5, 1882, gives the right of trademark registry to subjects of any foreign country which by law admits the like right for citizens of the United States, this Declaration is held to be an establishment of the fact that such reciprocal privilege exists, and is therefore effective from June 1, 1882, the date of its signature.]</p>
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<dc:date>February 8, 1883</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 728</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/728">728</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—FRANCE. February 8, 1883.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1883-02-08">February 8, 1883</date>.</p></sidenote> for the further extension of the term of the Claims Commission established under the Convention of January</i> 15, 1880. <i>Concluded February</i> 8, 1883; <i>ratification advised by the Senate, with an amendment, February</i> 21, 1883; <i>ratified by the President of the United States April</i> 3, 1883; <i>ratified by the President of the French Republic, June </i>—, 1883; <i>ratifications exchanged at Washington </i>June 25, 1883; <i>proclaimed June</i> 25, 1883.</editorialNote>
</preface>
<main>
<authority class="smallCaps centered">By the President of the United States of America</authority>
<docTitle class="smallCaps centered">a proclamation.</docTitle>
<content>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, a Convention for the extension of the term of the French<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> and American Claims Commission to April 1, 1884, was concluded between the United States of America and the French Republic and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, which Convention as amended by the Senate of the United States, is word tor word as follows:
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<heading class="centered"><i>Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic for the extension of the term of the French and American Claims Commission to April</i> 1, 1884</heading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic, being persuaded that the labors of the Commission for the settlement of the claims of citizens of either country against the Government of the other, which was organized under the Convention between the two Governments signed at Washington the 15th day of January, 1880, and which was extended to July 1, 1883, by the supplementary convention of July 10, 1882, cannot be concluded by July 1, 1883, have deemed it expedient to conclude another supplementary convention extending the term of duration of said Commission for a further period, and have named as their respective plenipotentiaries to that end, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President of the United States, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United Stares, and the President of the French Republic, Théodore Justin Dominique Roustan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/729@eng">729</page>tentiary of France at Washington, Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, etc., etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The term of two years fixed by the second paragraph of Article VIII. of the Convention between the United States and the French Republic, concluded January 15, 1880, within which the Commissioners appointed thereunder shall be bound to examine and decide upon every claim presented to them which was extended to July 1, 1883, by the supplementary convention of July 19, 1882, is hereby extended to the first day of April, A.D. 1884.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nothing in this agreement contained shall extend or alter the terms fixed in the first paragraph of said Article VIII. for the presentation of claims, but the same shall remain as therein fixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If the proceedings of the Commission shall be interrupted by the death, incapacity, retirement or cessation of the functions of any one of the Commissioners, then the period for which the term of the Commission is hereby extended shall not be held to include the time during which such interruption may actually exist.</p>
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<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">No testimony or evidence either in support, of or in answer to any claim shall be presented to, or received by the Commission after the first day of July, 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged at Washington at as early a day as may be practicable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention in the English and French languages, in duplicate, and have hereunto affixed their respective seals.</p></content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/730@eng">730</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the City of Washington the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.</p>
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<heading class="centered"><i>Convention entre les États-Unis d’Amérique<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> et la République Fran-çaise pour prolonger le terme de la durée de la Commission des Ré-el am a tians Fr an co Américainés, jusqu’au 1er Avril</i> 1884.</heading>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Le Gouvernement des États-Unis d’Amérique <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote>et le Gouvernement de la République Française, ayant ac-quis la conviction que les travaux de la Commission pour le règlement des réclamations des citoyens de chacun des deux pays contre le Gouvernement de l’autre, qui a été instituée par la Convention entre les deux Gouvernements signée à Washington le 15 Janvier 1880, laquelle a été prolongée, jusqu’au 1<sup>er</sup> Juillet 1883, en vertu de la Convention supplémentaire du 19 Juillet 1882, ne peuvent être ter-minés le 1<sup>er</sup> Juillet 1883, ont résolu de conclure une autre Convention supplémentaire pour prolonger le terme de la durée de la dite Commission jusqu’à une époque ultéri-eure, et ont nommé à cet effet pour leurs plénipotentiaires, savoir:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Le Président des États-Unis, Mr. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secré-taire d’État des États Unis, et le Président de la République Fran-çaise, Mr. Théodore-Justin-Dominique Roustan, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/729@fre">729</page> de France à Washington, Comman-deur de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, etc., etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lesquels, après s’être communi-qué leurs pleins pouvoirs trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont con-venus des articles suivants:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Le terme de deux ans fixé par le <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Further extension of the French and American Claims Commission.</p></sidenote>deuxième paragraphe de l’Article VIII. de la Convention entre les États-Unis et la République Fran-çaise, conclue le 15 Janvier, 1880, dans lequel les Commissaires nom-més plus bas sont astreints à examiner et à juger toutes réclama-tions à eux présentées, lequel a été prolongé jnsq’au 1<sup>er</sup> Juillet 1883, en vertu de la Convention supplé-mentaire du 19 Juillet 1882, est prolongé par le présent acte jusqu’au premier Avril 1884.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cette disposition ne peut avoir aucun effet pour étendre ou modifier les délais fixés dans le premier paragraphe du dit Article VIII. pour la présentation des réclama-tions, ces délais devant demeurer tels qu’ils ont été fixés.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Si les opérations de la Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Death, incapacity or cessation of functions, &amp;c., of Commissioners.</p></sidenote>sont interrompues par la mort, l’incapacité de siéger, le départ on la cessation de fonctions de l’un des Commissaires, dans ce cas le terme jusqu’auquel la durée de la Commission a été prolongée par la présente Convention sera calculé dé-falcation faite du temps pendant lequel la cause de l’interruption aura subsisté.</p>
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<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>Aucun témoignage ni aucune<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evidence and testimony to be presented prior to July 2, 1883.</p></sidenote> preuve à l’appui ou en réponse à une réclamation quelconque ne seront présentés à la Commission ou reçus par elle après le premier Juillet 1883.
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">La présente Convention sera rati-fiée <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratifications.</p></sidenote>et les ratifications échangées à Washington dans le plus court délai possible.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">En foi de quoi, les Plénipoten-tiaires <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote>respectifs ont signé la pré-sente Convention en langues Fran-çaise et Anglaise, en duplicata, et l’ont revêtue de leurs sceaux res-pectifs.</p></content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/730@fre">730</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fait à la ville de Washington ce huitième jour de Février de Fan de grâce mil huit cent quatre vingt-trois.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>. [seal.]</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Th. Roustan</inline>. [seal.]</p>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three:</recital>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secretary of State.</i></p>
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<heading class="centered"><i>DECLARATION AS TO AMENDMENTS IN ARTICLE I.</i></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<i>The Secretary of State to the French Minister</i>.]</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Department of State</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Washington</inline>, <i>February</i> 24, 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Sir</inline>: I have the honor to inform you that the Senate of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate amendments.</p></sidenote> States has consented to the ratification of the convention concluded on the 8th instant, for extending the term of the French and American Claims Commission, with the following amendment, viz:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Article 1, paragraph 3. After the word ‘death’ at the end of line 2, insert the word ‘or’, and in lines 3 and 4 strike out the words ‘retirement or cessation of the functions’.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Requesting you to do me the favor of advising me at your earliest convenience as to the views of your Government in regard to the proposed amendments,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I beg you to accept, Sir, a renewed assurance of my highest consideration.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mr. <inline class="smallCaps">Theodore Roustan</inline>, <i>&amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c.</i></p>
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<heading class="centered">[<i>The French Minister to the Secretary of State.</i>]</heading>
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<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Légation de France aux Etats-Unis</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Washington</inline>, <i>le</i> 27 <i>Février</i> 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Monsieur le <inline class="smallCaps">Secrétaire d’État</inline>:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J’ai reçu la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 24 de ce mois en m’annonçant que le Sénat avait consenti à la ratification de la Convention conclue le 8 Février pour prolonger le terme de la Commission des réclamations Franco-Américaines, sous la réserve de la modification suivante:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Article 1, paragraphe 3, après le mot ‘mort’ insérer le mot ‘on’ et supprimer dans les lignes suivantes les mots ‘départ ou cessation de fonctions.’”</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/731">731</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Je m’empresse de vous informer qu’eu vertu des pleins pouvoirs que j’ai reçus de mon Gouvernement pour la conclusion de la Convention dont il s’agit, et dans le but de ne pas retarder la ratification en présence de la prochaine prorogation du Sénat, j’adhère à la modification qui a été proposée et j’en informe mon Gouvernement.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Secrétaire d’État, les assurances de ma très-haute considération.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Th. Roustan</inline>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Honorable <inline class="smallCaps">Frederick T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secrétaire d’État des États-Unis, Washington, D. C.</i></p>
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<p class="centered">[Translation.]</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Legation of France</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Washington</inline>, <i>February</i> 27, 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Mr. Secretary of State</inline>: I have received the letter which you<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acceptance of Senate amendments.</p></sidenote> did me the honor to write me on the 24th instant, informing me that the Senate had consented to the ratification of the Convention concluded on the 8th of February, for the purpose of extending the term of the French and American Claims Commission, with the following amendment:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Mr. Secretary of State</inline>: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to write me on the “Art. 1, paragraph 3. After the word ‘death’ at the end of line 2, insert the word ‘or’, and in lines 3 and 4 strike out the words ‘retirement or cessation of the functions’.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Mr. Secretary of State</inline>: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to write me on the I hasten to inform you that, in virtue of the full powers which I have received from my Government for the conclusion of the Convention in question and in order not to delay the ratification, in view of the speedy adjournment of the Senate, I adhere to the proposed amendment, and shall so inform my Government.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Be pleased to accept, &amp;c.</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Th. Roustan</inline>.</p>
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<heading class="centered">[<i>Ratification by the President of the French Republic.</i>]</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ayant vu et examiné les<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification of Senate amendments by President of French Republic.</p></sidenote> dites Convention et Déclaration, nous les avons approuvées et approuvons en vertu des dispositions de la Loi votée par le Sénat et par la Chambre des Députés; Déclarons qu’elles sont acceptées, ratifiées et confirmées et Promettons qu’elles seront inviolablement observées.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">En loi de quoi, nous avons donné les présentes, revêtues du Sceau de la République.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A Paris, le—Juin 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] JULES GRÉVY.</p>
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<p class="centered">[Translation.]</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Having seen and examined the aforesaid Convention and Declaration, we have approved them and do approve them in virtue of the provisions of the law passed by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies; we declare that they are accepted, ratified and confirmed, and promise that they shall be inviolably observed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, we have issued these presents, bearing the seal of the Republic.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Paris, June —, 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] JULES GRÉVY.</p>
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<dc:date>June 2, 1883</dc:date>
<dc:type>Agreement</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 732</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/732">732</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">AGREEMENT—SPAIN. June 2, 1883.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocol of an agreement concluded between the acting Secretary of State<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1883-06-02">June 2, 1883</date>.</p></sidenote> and the Spanish minister in reference to the termination of the American and Spanish Claims Commission, signed at Washington, June</i> 2, 1883.</editorialNote>
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<heading class="centered"><i>Protocol of an agreement concluded between Mr. John Davis, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and Don Francisco Barca, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Spain, signed the 2nd day of June,</i> 1883.</heading>
<chapeau>The undersigned, in view of the Spanish-American Commission of arbitration having concluded its labors on the 31st of December last in conformity with the provisions of the protocol of the 6th of May 1882, after having conferred on the subject, and being sufficiently empowered thereto by their respective governments, have agreed upon the following:</chapeau>
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<num value="1"><i>First:</i> </num>
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<p class="inline">The Department of State of the United States will preserve in its archives the originals of the judgments pronounced by the Commission of Arbitration, giving a duly certified copy of each one of said judgments to the Legation of Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The books, reports and other documents of the dissolved Commission shall be divided between the Department of State and the Legation of His Majesty the King of Spain.</p>
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<num value="2"><i>Second:</i> </num>
<content>On the 30th day of the present month of June, Mr. Eus-tace Collett, late Secretary of the said Commission, and who at the present time is charged with the arrangement and division of its papers, shall complete his labors, delivering to each of the respective governments the documents, books and papers referred to in the preceding paragraph first.</content>
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<num value="3"><i>Third:</i> </num>
<content>The Governments of the United States of America and of His Majesty the King of Spain, recognizing the zeal, uprightness and impartiality with which Count
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/733@eng">733</page> Lewenhaupt has given his services daring nearly three years as Umpire, hereby agree that the Government of ?His Majesty the King of Spain shall pay to Count Lewenhaupt the salary or compensation to which he is entitled according to the 6th article of the agreement of February 12, 1871, and that the Government of the United States will give to him a suitable present, both of these, the salary as well as the present, to be given in the name of the two contracting parties.</content>
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<num value="4"><i>Fourth:</i> </num>
<content>The Government of the United States and that of His Catholic Majesty, desiring at the same time to present a testimonial of their thanks to Baron Carl Le-derer, Mr. A. Bartholdi and Baron A. Blanc, for the zeal, impartiality and uprightness with which they in turn filled in past years the same delicate office of Umpire, hereby agree to offer to each of the three gentlemen mentioned a present consisting of a work of silver or of art, the cost of which shall be defrayed in equal moieties by the two governments.</content>
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<num value="5"><i>Fifth:</i> </num>
<content>The payment of salary due to Count Lewenhaupt and the presents which are to be made to him as well as to his predecessors shall not prejudice in any manner the question touching the payment of the expenses of the dissolved Spanish and American Commission of Arbitration, or any other question pending between the two countries.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, the undersigned have signed and sealed the present Protocol in the city of Washington, this 2nd day of June, A. D. 1883.</p>
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<heading class="centered"><i>Protocolo de un Convenio celebrado<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> entre Mr. John Davis,’ Secretario Interino de Estado de los Estados Unidos, y Don Francisco Barca, Enviado Extraordinario y Minis-tro Plenipotenciario de S. M. el Bey de España, firmado en</i> 2 <i>de Junio de</i> 1883.</heading>
<chapeau>Los Infrascritos, en vista de haber<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> terminado sus trabajos en 31 de Diciembre último la Comisión de Arbitraje Hispano-Americana, conforme á las prescripciones del protocolo de 6 de Mayo de 1882, después de conferenciar sobre el asunto y con poder bastante de sus res-pectivos Gobiernos, han convenido en lo siguiente:</chapeau>
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<num value="1">1° </num>
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<p class="inline">El Departamento de Estado<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Originals of judgments.</p></sidenote> de los Estados Unidos conservará en sus Archivos los originales de las sentencias dictadas por la Co-misión de Arbitraje, dando copia de cada una de ellas, debidamente autorizada, á la Legación de Es-paña.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Los libros, informes y demas do-cumentos<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Final disposition of books, records, &amp;c., of the Commission.</p></sidenote> de la disuelta Comisión se dividirán entre el Departamento de Estado y la Legación de S. M. el Rey de España.</p>
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<num value="2">2° </num>
<content>El dia 30 del presente mes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eustace Collett.</p></sidenote>de. Junio, Mr. Eustace Collett, Se-cretario que filé de la expresada Comisión y que en la actualidad se ocupa, del arreglo y distribución de papeles, dará, por terminados sus trabajos, entregando á cada uno de los respectivos Gobiernos los documentos, libros y papeles á que se hace referencia en el anterior párrafo.</content>
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<num value="3">3° </num>
<content>Los Gobiernos de los Estados<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Count Lewenhaupt.</p></sidenote> Unidos de América y de S. M. el Rey de España, reconocidos al celo, rectitud é imparcialidad con que el Señor Conde de Lewenhaupt
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/733@spa">733</page> ha prestado sus servicios durante cerca de tres años, como Tercero en discordia, acuerdan que el Go-bierno de S. M. el Rey de España satisfaga al Señor Conde de Lewenhaupt los sueldos ó <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>compensa-ción á que tiene derecho según el Artículo 6<sup>o</sup> del Convenio de 12 de Febrero de 1871; y que el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos le haga un obsequio conveniente, debiéndole ser entregados, tanto los sueldos como el obsequio, en nombre de las dos Partes contratantes.</content>
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<num value=" ">4° </num>
<content>El Gobierno de los Estados <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baron Carl Lederer, Mr. A. Bartholdi and Baron A. Blanc.</p></sidenote>Unidos y el de S. M. Católica, de-seando al propio tiempo dedicar un recuerdo de agradecimiento á los SS. Baron Carlos Lederer, A. Bartholdi y Baron A. Blanc, por el celo, imparcialidad y rectitud con q<sub>u</sub>e á su vez desempeñaron eu años atrás el mismo delicado cargo de Terceros en discordia, convienen en hacerles á cada uno de los tres expresados Señores un obsequio consistente en un objeto de plata ó de arte, cuyo coste será pagado por mitad por los dos Gobiernos.</content>
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<num value="5">5° </num>
<content>El pago de los sueldos ó compensación <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recognition of services and payment.</p></sidenote>al Señor Conde de Lewenhaupt, y los obsequios que, tanto á éste como á sus predecesores, se les hagan, no prejuzgarán en nada la cuestión respecto del pago de los gastos de la disuelta Comisión de Arbitraje Hispano-Americana, ni ninguna otra cuestión pendiente entre los dos países.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">En testimonio de lo cual, los In-frascritos <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote>hemos firmado y sellado el presente Protocolo en la ciudad de Washington el dia 2 de Junio, A. D. de 1883.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">John Davis</inline>. [seal.]</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fran</inline><sup>co</sup> <inline class="smallCaps">Barca</inline>. [seal.]</p>
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<dc:date>June 29, 1883</dc:date>
<dc:type>Agreement</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 734</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/734">734</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">MEMORANDUM OF AN AGREEMENT—MEXICO. June 29, 1883.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Memorandum of an agreement between P. H. Morgan, Envoy Extraordinary<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1883-06-29">June 29, 1883</date>.</p></sidenote> and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and José Fernandez, Offcial Mayor of the Department for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, for the prolongation of agreement signed at Washington July</i> 20, 1882. <i>Signed and exchanged at the city of Mexico June</i> 29, 1883.</editorialNote>
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<heading class="centered"><i>Memorandum of an agreement entered into in behalf of their respective Governments, by Philip H. Morgan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, and José Fernandez, Oficial Mayor of the Department for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, and in charge thereof, for the prolongation of the Agreement entered into between their respective Governments by Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Matias Romero, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Mexico, at Washington, on the twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the Protocol thereto attached, signed by the same parties in their aforesaid respective capacities, of the twenty-first September, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which provides for the reciprocal crossing, in the unpopulated or desert parts of the international boundary line, by the regular federal troops of the respective Governments, in pursuit of savage hostile Indians.</i></heading>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Only Article.</inline></num>
<content>It is agreed, that the Agreement entered into between the United States of America, therein represented by Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, their Secretary of State, and the Mexican Republic, therein represented by Matias Romero, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, at Washington, on the twenty-ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the Protocol thereto, signed by the same parties as
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/735@eng">735</page> above named and in their respective capacities as aforesaid, on the twenty-first day of September eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which provides for the reciprocal crossing, in the unpopulated or desert parts of the international boundary line, by the regular federal troops of the respective Governments, in pursuit of savage hostile Indians, which said Agreement, as well as the Protocol thereto, expires on the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be and the same is hereby prorogued, in all of its parts, conditions and stipulations, for one year from the eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-three: That is to say, until the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In faith of which we have interchangeably’ signed this Memorandum, at the city of Mexico this twenty-eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">P. H. Morgan</inline>, [seal.]</p>
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<heading class="centered"><i>Memorandum de un convenio cele-brado<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> en nombre de sus respectivos Gobiernos, por Don José Fernandez, Oficial Mayor, Encargado de-despacho de la Secretaria de Rela-ciones Exteriores de la República Mexicana, y el Seriar Philip H. Morgan, Enriado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos de América, para la próroga del Convenio ajustado por Don Matías Romero, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Pleni-potenciario de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, y el Señor Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América, cada uno en representa-ción de su respectiro Gobierno, en la ciudad de Washington, el día veintinueve de Julio de mil ocho-cientos ochenta y dos, y del Proto-colo adicional, firmado por los mis-mos funcionarios, con igual repre-sentación, el veintiuno de Setiembre de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, en los cuales se estipula el paso reciproco de las tropas regulares federales de ambos Gobiernos, en persecución de indios salvajes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope of agreement.</p></sidenote>hostiles, por las partes despobladas y desiertas de la línea divisoria, internacional.</i></heading>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo Único.</inline></num>
<content>Queda convenido que el Convenio<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement of right of pursuit of Indians continued one year.</p></sidenote> celebrado en la ciudad de Washington el dia veintinueve de Julio de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, entre los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, repre-sentados por Don Matías Romero, en su calidad de Enviado Extraor-dinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario, y los Estados Unidos de América, representados por el Señor Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretario de Estado de los mismos, y el protocolo adicional de dicho Convenio,<page identifier="/us/stat/23/735@spa">735</page> firmado por los funcionarios men-cionados el dia veintiuno de Setiem-bre de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, en los cuales se estipula el paso recíproco de las tropas regu-lares federales de los respectivos Gobiernos, en persecución de indios salvajes hostiles, por las partes despobladas y desiertas de la línea divisoria internacional, cuyo Con-venio y Protocolo cesan de estar vigentes el diez y ocho de Agosto de mil ochocientos ochenta y tres, se prologan en todas sus partes, condiciones y estipulaciones por el término de un año contado desde el diez y ocho de Agosto de mil ochocientos ochenta y tres; esto es, hasta el diez y ocho de Agosto de mil ochocientos ochenta y cuatro.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">En testimonio de lo cual hemos firmado y cangeádonos recíproca-mente este Memorándum en la ciudad de México, hoy veintiocho de Junio de mil ochocientos ochenta y tres.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">José Fernandez</inline>, [seal.]</p>
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<dc:date>September 11, 1883</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 736</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/736">736</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—HAWAII—MONEY-ORDERS. September 11, 1883.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the Post-Office Department of the Kingdom of Hawaii<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1883-09-11">September 11, 1883</date>.</p></sidenote> and the Post-Office Department of the United States of America, concerning the exchange of money-orders.</i></editorialNote>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Government of his Majesty the King of Hawaii and the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> of the Republic of the United States of America, being desirous of facilitating the exchange of sums of money between the two countries by making use of postal money-orders, the undersigned, H. A. P. Carter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Hawaii, in the name of his Government, and by virtue of the powers which he has formally presented to this effect, and W. Q. Gresham, Postmaster General of the United States of America, in virtue of the powers vested in him by law, have agreed upon the following convention.</p>
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<p class="inline">There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> countries.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The maximum of each order is fixed at fifty dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money orders.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fractions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">No money-order shall include a fractional part of a cent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The amount of each order, whether issued in the United States or in the Kingdom of Hawaii, must be expressed in letters as well as in figures.</p></content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 2.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The Hawaiian Post-Office Department shall have power to fix the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission.</p></sidenote> value of commission on all money-orders issued in the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the Post-Office Department of the United States shall have the same power in regard to all money-orders issued in the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Each Department shall communicate to the other its tariff of charges,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tariff of charges.</p></sidenote> or rates of commission, which shall be established under this Convention, and these rates shall, in all cases, be payable in advance by the remitters, and shall not be repayable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is understood, moreover, that each Department is authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suspension of exchanges.</p></sidenote> suspend, temporarily, the exchange of money-orders in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstance should give rise to abuses, or, cause detriment to the postal revenue.</p></content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 3.</inline></num>
<content>Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of Commission.</p></sidenote>within its jurisdiction, but shall pay to the other country three-fourths of one per cent, on the amount of such orders.
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 4.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The service of the postal money-order system between the two countries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service.</p></sidenote> shall be performed exclusively by the agency of offices of exchange. On the part of the United States the office of exchange shall be San Francisco, California, and on the part of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Honolulu.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Orders shall be drawn only on the authorized money-order offices of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orders.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists.</p></sidenote> the respective countries; and each Postal Administration shall furnish to the other a list of such offices, and shall, from time to time, notify
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/737">737</page> any addition to, or change in such list. Every order and advice must contain the name of the office and of the country of destination, and if relating to an order payable in the United States, the name of the State in which such office is situated; if relating to an order payable in the Hawaiian Kingdom, the name of the island.</p></content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 5.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">No money-order shall be issued unless the applicant furnish the name and address of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and his own name and address; or, the name of the firm or company who are the remitters or payees, together with the addresses of each.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The money-orders, issued in either country, shall be forwarded by the remitters to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forwarding orders.</p></sidenote> the payees, at their own expense.</p></content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 6.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The advices of all money-orders issued upon the Hawaiian Kingdom <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advices.</p></sidenote>by the post-offices in the United States shall be sent to the office of Exchange at San Francisco, where they shall be examined, and, if found correct, impressed with the dated stamp of that office; and transmitted, by the next direct mail, to the exchange office at Honolulu, accompanied by a list, in duplicate, drawn upon the model of Form ‘A.’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “A.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The advices, on their arrival in Honolulu, shall be compared with the entries in the list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In like manner the advices of money-orders, drawn on the United States by postmasters in the Hawaiian Kingdom, shall be sent to the exchange office at Honolulu, where they shall be examined, and, if found correct, impressed with the dated stamp of that office, and transmitted by the next direct mail, to the exchange office at San Francisco, accompanied by a list, in duplicate, drawn upon the model of form ‘B.’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “ B.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The advices, on their receipt at San Francisco, shall be compared with the entries in the list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The advices of orders issued in the United States in the month of March, which may arrive at the office of exchange at San Francisco in the earlier days of the following month, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of March, and in like manner, the advices of orders issued in the Hawaiian Kingdom in the month of June, which may arrive at the exchange office at Honolulu in the earlier »lays of the following month, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of June.</p></content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 7.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">The lists, despatched from each office of exchange, shall be numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be numbered consecutively.</p></sidenote> consecutively, commencing with No. 1, at the beginning of the month of July in each year; and the entries in these lists shall also have consecutive numbers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of each list despatched a duplicate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate sets.</p></sidenote> shall be sent, which duplicate, after being verified by the receiving office of exchange, shall be returned to the despatching office of exchange.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Each office of exchange shall promptly communicate to the other the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Errors.</p></sidenote>correction of any simple error, which it may discover in the verification of the lists. When the lists shall show irregularities, which the receiving exchange office shall not be able to rectify, that office shall apply for a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irregularities.</p></sidenote>n explanation to the despatching exchange office, and such explanation shall be afforded without delay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Should any list fail to be received in due course, the despatching<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure of lists.</p></sidenote> exchange office, on receiving information to that effect, shall transmit, without delay, a duplicate of the list, duly certified as such.</p></content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 8.</inline></num>
<content>Duplicate orders shall only be issued by the Postal Administration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate orders.</p></sidenote> of the country, on which the original orders were drawn, and in conformity with the regulations established, or to be established in that country.
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<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 9.</inline></num>
<content>The orders, issued by each country on the other, shall be subject, as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of orders.</p></sidenote> regards payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of inland orders of the country, on which they were drawn.
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The paid orders shall remain in the possession of the country of payment.</p></content>
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<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 10.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">Repayment of orders to remitters shall not be made until an authorization<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment to remitters.</p></sidenote> for such repayment shall first have been obtained by the country of issue from the country where such orders are payable, and the amounts of the repaid orders shall be duly credited to the former country in the quarterly account. (Article 12.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It is’ the province of each Postal Administration to determine the manner in which repayment to the remitter is to be made.</p></content>
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<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 11.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months from the month<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Void orders.</p></sidenote> of issue, shall become void, and the sums received shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Hawaiian Post-Office Department shall, therefore, enter to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly accounts.</p></sidenote> credit of the United States, in the quarterly account, all money-orders entered in the lists received from the United States, which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. (Article 12.)</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the other hand the Post-Office Department of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly statement of void orders.</p></sidenote> shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the Hawaiian Post-Office Department, for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders, included in the lists despatched from the latter office, which under this article becomes void.</p>
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<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 12.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">At the close of each quarter an account shall be prepared at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts.</p></sidenote>the Hawaiian Post Department, showing in detail the totals of the lists, containing the particulars of orders issued in either country during the quarter, and the balance resulting from such transactions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three copies of this account shall be transmitted to the Post-Office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of balances.</p></sidenote> Department of the United States, at Washington, and the balance, after proper verification, shall, if due by the Post-Office Department of Hawaii, be paid at San Francisco, but, if due by the Post-Office Department of the United States, it shall be paid at Honolulu.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If pending the settlement of an account, one of the two Postal Administrations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment on account pending settlement.</p></sidenote> shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, the indebted Administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other. This account <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forms.</p></sidenote>shall be in accordance with the forms ‘C,’ ‘D,’ ‘E’ and ‘F,’ annexed to this Convention.</p></content>
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<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 13.</inline></num>
<content>In the exchange of money-orders between the two countries, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equivalent value of a dollar in U. S. money.</p></sidenote> dollar in Hawaiian money shall be taken as the equivalent of one dollar in United States money. This standard in either country shall be gold value.</content>
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<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 14.</inline></num>
<content>The United States Postal Administration undertakes to serve as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange with, foreign countries.</p></sidenote> intermediary for the exchange of postal orders from the Hawaiian Kingdom to be paid in any European country with which that Administration maintains an exchange of postal orders, and with which the Postal Administration of the Hawaiian Kingdom does not have such exchange, as well as for the exchange of orders from any such European country destined for payment in the Hawaiian Kingdom, provided the European country interested consent to an arrangement of this nature.
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<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 15.</inline></num>
<content>The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional rules.</p></sidenote> adopt any additional rules, (if not repugnant to the foregoing,) for the greater security against fraud, or, for the better working of the system generally.
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">All such additional rules, however, must be promptly communicated to the Post-Office Department of the other country.</p></content>
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<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 16.</inline></num>
<content>This present Convention shall take effect on the first day of January, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement and duration,</p></sidenote>1884, and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terminate it.
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<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 17.</inline></num>
<content>The ratifications of the present Convention shall be exchanged prior to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of ratifications.</p></sidenote> first day of December, 1883.</content>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Executed in duplicate and signed at Washington the eleventh day of September, 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] <inline class="smallCaps">H. A. P. Carter</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><i>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote>Hawaii to the United States.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] <inline class="smallCaps">Walter Q. Gresham</inline>,</p>
<p class="rightAlign"><i>Postmaster General of the United States.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Convention, and in testimony thereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Secretary of State.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Washington</inline>, <i>September 13th,</i> 1883.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Convention, and in testimony thereof, I have caused the seal of the Hawaiian Kingdom to be hereto affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] KALAKAUA REX.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the King:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Walter M. Gibson</inline>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Minister of Foreign Affairs and Premier.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Honolulu</inline>, <i>October 13th,</i> 1883.</p>
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<dc:date>January 2, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Agreement</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 748</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/748">748</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">AGREEMENT—ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. <inline class="smallCaps">January</inline> 2, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Agreement between the United States and the Argentine Republic for Increasing<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-01-02">January 2, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> the Limits of Weight and the Dimensions of Packets of Patterns of Merchandise exchanged through the Post between the two Countries.
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Post-Office Department of<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> the United States and the Postal Administration of the Argentine Republic, desiring to facilitate the postal relations between the two countries, and in exercise of the power given to them under Article 15 of the Convention of the Universal Postal Union, concluded in Paris on the 1st of June 1878, the undersigned duly authorized by their respective Governments,</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Have agreed as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The limits of weight and the <sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of packets, &amp;c., of merchandise through the mails.</p></sidenote> dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged through the Post between the United States on the one part and the Argentine Republic on the other part, may be increased by the Postal Administration of the country of origin beyond those which have been fixed by Article. 5 of the International Convention of 1st June 1878, under the express reservation that such limits shall not exceed the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The present Agreement shall take effect on the first day of February 1881, and shall be terminable at any time on a notice by either office of one year.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof the undersigned have executed the present Agreement.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate at Washington the 2nd day of January 1884.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">L’Office Général des’ Postes des États-Unis, et l’Administration des Postes de la République Argentine, désirant faciliter les relations postales entre les deux pays, et usant de la faculté qui leur est laissée par l’Article 15 de la Convention de l’Union Postale Universelle,conclue à Paris le 1<sup>er</sup> Juin 1878, les sous-signés, dûment autorisés à cet effet par leurs Gouvernements respectifs,</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Sont convenus de ce qui suit:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les limites de poids et de dimensions des paquets d’échantillons de marchandises échangés parla voie de la poste entre les Etats-Unis d’une part et la République /Argentine d’autre part, peuvent être portées par l’Administration des Postes du pays d’origine au delà de celles qui ont été fixées par l’Article 5 de la Convention Internationale du 1<sup>er</sup> Juin 1878, sous la réserve expresse que ces limites ne dépasseront pas, savoir:</p>
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<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom" leaders="yes">Pour le poids</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom">350 grammes</td>
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<td style="text-align:left" leaders="yes">Pour les dimensious.</td>
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<mtext style="font-size:8pt">30 centimètres on longueur.</mtext>
<mtext style="font-size:8pt">20 centimètres en largeur.
10 centimètres en épaisseur.</mtext>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Le présent arrangement sera exécutoire à partir du 1 <sup>er</sup> Février, 1884, et se terminera moyennant un avertissement donné une année à l’avance par l’un ou l’autre office.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">En foi de quoi les soussignés ont exécuté le présent arrangement.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Fait ou double expédition à Washington le 2 Janvier, 1884.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name>Walter Q. Gresham,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Postmaster General of the United States</i>.</role></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name>Luis L. Dominguez,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Ministro de la Repuldica Argentina</i>.</role></signature>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/749">749</page>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Agreement, and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed hereto.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name>John Davis,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Acting Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
<signature><signatureDate><inline class="smallCaps">Washington</inline>, <i>January</i> 3<i>d</i>, 1884.</signatureDate></signature>
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<dc:date>February 13, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Agreement</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 750</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/750">750</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">AGREEMENT—SPAIN. <inline class="smallCaps">February</inline> 13, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Agreement between the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Madrid and the Minister of State of Spain, for the reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties in the ports of the United States and in Cuba and Porto Rico. Executed and signed at Madrid February</i> 13, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">As the commercial agreement for<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> the improvement of the mercantile relations bet ween the United States of America and the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, signed in this capital on the second day of January of the present year, embraces, besides the stipulations which the Government of His Catholic Majesty may, in virtue of legal authorization, put into execution at once, others which require the examination and approbation of the legislative power, which on account of special circumstances is unable to deliberate upon them in proper time to put them in execution on the first day of March next, as agreed upon;<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> the Government of the United States of America and the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain, and in their name John W. Foster, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of said Republic in Madrid, and His Excellency José Elduayen, Marques del Pazo <sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope of agreement.</p></sidenote>de la Merced, Minister of State, duly authorized, have decided to modify the Commercial Agreement of the second of January last, and have agreed upon the following articles:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>In virtue of the authorization<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suppression of the differential flag duty extended to products from the United States.</p></sidenote> given to the Spanish Government by article 3 of the law of the 20th of July, 1882, the duties of the third column of the customs tariffs of Cuba and Porto Rico, which implies the suppression of the differential flag duty, will be applied to the products of, and articles proceeding from the United States of America.</content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/751@eng">751</page>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>The Government of the United States will remove the extra duty of ten <i>per cent, ad valorem</i> which it has imposed on the products of, and articles proceeding from, Cuba and Porto Rico under the Spanish flag.</content>
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<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>The customs-houses of the United States of America will furnish to the respective Spanish consuls, whenever they may request them, certificates of the cargoes of sugar and tobacco brought in vessels proceeding from both the Spanish Antilles, stating the quantities of said articles received.</content>
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<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>The preceding stipulations shall go into effect both in the United States of America and the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico on the first day of March, 1884; and to this effect the Government of the United States of America and that of Spain will at once issue the proper orders.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Executed in duplicate in Madrid on this 13th February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">John W. Foster</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Government of His Catholic Majesty will submit in due time to the deliberations of the Córtes, the suppression of the tonnage fees on merchandise at present paid on the cargoes of vessels leaving the ports of the United States for Cuba and Porto Rico, as well as the special duty which is imposed on live fish imported into Cuba under a foreign flag in accordance with the Royal Order of 13th of March, 1882.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Executed in duplicate in Madrid on this 13th February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name>John W. Foster.</name></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Como el acuerdo comercial para mejorar las relaciones mercantiles entre los Estados Unidos de América y las Islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, firmado en esta Corte el dia 2 de Enero del año actual, comprende ademas de las estipulaciones que el Gobierno de S. M. Católica puede, en virtud de autorización legal, poner desde luego en ejecución, otras que exigen el exámen y aprobación del Poder legislativo, que por especiales circunstancias no puede deliberar sobre ellas en tiempo hábil para que rijan, según lo convenido, el dia 1° de Marzo próximo, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América y el Gobierno de S. M. el Rey de España, y en su nombre John W. Foster, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de dicha República en Madrid y el Excmo. Sr. Don José Elduayen, Marques del Pazo de la Merced, Ministro de Estado, debidamente autorizados, han resuelto modificar el acuerdo comercial de 2 de Enero último y convenido en los artículos siguientes:</p>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 1°.</inline></num>
<content>En virtud de la autorización otorgada al Gobierno español por el artículo 3° de la ley de veinte de Julio de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, se aplicarán los derechos de la tercera columna de los aranceles de Aduanas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, que implica la supresión del derecho diferencial de bandera, á los productos y procedencias de los Estados Unidos de América.</content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/751@spa">751</page>
<article>
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 2°.</inline></num>
<content>El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ten per cent, ad valorem duty removed from products from Cuba and Porto Rico.</p></sidenote> suprimirá el recargo que tiene establecido de 10 p % <i>ad valorem</i> sobre los productos y procedencias de Cuba y Puerto Rico, en bandera española.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 3°.</inline></num>
<content>Las aduanas de los Estados<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sugar and tobacco from Spanish Antilles.</p></sidenote> Unidos de América facilitarán á los respectivos Cónsules españoles, siempre que estos los reclamen, certificados de los cargamentos de azúcar y tabaco que conduzcan los buques procedentes de ambas Antillas españolas, especificando las cantidades recibidas de dichas mercancías.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 4°.</inline></num>
<content>Las precedentes estipulaciones<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement.</p></sidenote> empezarán á regir tanto en los Estados Unidos de América como en las Islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico el 1° de Marzo de 1884 y para ello el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América y el español expedirán desde luego los oportunos decretos.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Hecho por duplicado en Madrid á trece de Febrero de mil ochocientos ochenta y cuatro.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">J. Elduayen</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
</signatures>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">El Gobierno de S. M. Católica<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suppression of tonnage fees on vessels arriving at Cuba and Porto Rico.</p></sidenote> someterá á su tiempo á la deliberación de las Córtes la supresión de los derechos por tonelada de mercancía que hoy satisfacen los cargamentos de los buques que salen de los puertos de los Estados Unidos para Cuba y Puerto Rico, así como la del derecho especial que se impuso al pescado vivo importado en Cuba en bandera extrangera por la<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty on live fish.</p></sidenote> Real órden de 13 de Marzo de 1882.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Hecho por duplicado en Madrid á trece de Febrero de mil ochocientos ochenta y cuatro.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name>J. Elduayen.</name></signature>
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<note>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">Note</inline>.—<i>The agreement of January</i> 2, 1884, <i>referred to in the preamble to the foregoing, and superseded hereby, is as follows</i>.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Government of the United States of America and the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain, desiring to improve the commercial relations between said States and the Spanish Provinces of Cuba and Porto Rico, John W. Foster,<page identifier="/us/stat/23/752@eng">752</page> Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of said Republic at Madrid, and His Excellency Servando Ruiz Gomez, His Catholic Majesty’s Minister of State, duly authorized by their respective Goverments have agreed upon the following articles:</p>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 1.</inline></num>
<content>In virtue of the authorization given to the Spanish Government by article 3 of the law of the 20th of July, 1882, the duties of the third column of the customs tariffs of Cuba and Porto Rico, which implies the suppression of the differential flag duty, will at ones be applied to the products of, and articles proceeding from, the United States of America.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 2.</inline></num>
<content>In consequence of this agreement the Royal Order of the 13th March, 1882, which imposes a special duty on live fish imported into Cuba under a foreign flag, is void for the United States.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 3.</inline></num>
<content>The Spanish consular officers in the United States will cease to impose or collect tonnage fees on the cargoes of vessels leaving the ports of the United States for Cuba and Porto Rico.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 4.</inline></num>
<content>The Government of the said United States will remove the extra duty of ten per cent, <i>ad valorem</i> which it has imposed on the products and articles proceeding from Cuba and Porto Rico under the Spanish flag.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 5.</inline></num>
<content>Perfect equality of treatment between the said Spanish provinces and the United States is established, thus removing all extra duties or discrimination not general as to other countries having the treatment of the most favored nation.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 6.</inline></num>
<content>The customhouses of the United States will furnish to the respective Spanish consuls, whenever they may request them, certificates of the cargoes of sugar and tobacco brought in vessels proceeding from both the Spanish Antilles, stating the quantities of said articles received.</content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 7.</inline></num>
<content>The preceding stipulations shall go into effect both in the United States and in the provinces of Cuba and Porto Rico on the first day of March, 1884.</content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 8.</inline></num>
<content>Both Governments bind themselves to begin at once negotiations for a complete<page identifier="/us/stat/23/753@eng">753</page> treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the said provinces of Cuba and Porto Rico.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Executed in duplicate at Madrid on this second day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">John W. Foster</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América y el Gobierno de S. M. el Rey de España, deseando mejorar las relaciones comerciales entre dichos Estados y las provincias españolas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, John W. Foster, Enviado Extraor-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/752@spa">752</page> dinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de dicha República en Madrid y el Excmo. Sr, Don Servando Ruiz Gómez, Ministro de Estado, debidamente autorizados por sus respectivos Gobiernos, han convenido en los siguientes artículos:
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 1°.</inline></num>
<content>En virtud do la autorización otorgada al Gobierno español por el artículo 3° de la Ley de 20 de Julio de 1862, se aplicarán destlo luego los derechos de la tercera columna de los aranceles de aduanas de Cuba y Puerto Rico, que implica la supre-sión del derecho diferencial de bandera, á los productos y procedencias de los Estados Unidos de América.</content>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 2°.</inline></num>
<content>Como consecuencia de este acuerdo queda sin efecto, para los Estados Unidos, la Real órden de 13 de Marzo de 1882 que impuso un derecho especial al pescado vivo importado en Cuba en bandera extrangera.</content>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 3°.</inline></num>
<content>Los funcionarios españoles consulares en los Estados Unidos dejarán de imponer ó cobrar los derechos por tonelada de mercancía sobre los cargamentos de los buques que salgan de los puertos de loe Estados Unidos para Cuba y Puerto Rico.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 4°.</inline></num>
<content>El Gobierno de dichos Estados Unidos suprimirá el recargo que tiene establecido de diez por ciento <i>ad valorem</i> sobro loe productos y procedencias de Cuba y Puerto Rico en bandera española.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 5°.</inline></num>
<content>Se establece la perfecta igualdad de trato entre las indicadas provincias españolas y los Estados Unidos, desapareciendo cualquier recargo ó diferencia no general á los demas países que tengan el trato de la nación mas favorecida.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 6°.</inline></num>
<content>Las Aduanas de los Estados Unidos facilitarán á los respectivos cónsules españoles, siempre que estos los reclamen, certificados de los cargamentos de azúcar y tabaco que conduzcan los buques procedentes de ambas Antillas españolas, especificando las cantidades recibidas de dichas mercancías.</content>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 7°.</inline></num>
<content>Las precedentes estipulaciones empezarán á regir, tanto en los Estados Unidos de América como en las provincias de Cuba y Puerto Rico, el primero de Marzo de 1884.</content>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artículo 8°.</inline></num>
<content>Ambos Gobiernos se obligan á dar principio desde luego á un tratado completo<page identifier="/us/stat/23/753@spa">753</page> de comercio y navegación entre los Estados Unidos de América y las indicadas provincias de Cuba y Puerto Rico.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Hecho por duplicado en Madrid el día dos de Enero de mil ochocientos ochenta y cuatro.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Servando Ruíz Gómez</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<dc:date>March 26, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:date>May 28, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 754</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/754">754</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—QUEENSLAND. <inline class="smallCaps">March</inline> 26, <inline class="smallCaps">May</inline> 28, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the Post-Office Department of the United States of<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-03-26">March 26, 1884</date>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-05-28">May 28, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> America and the Post and Telegraph Department of the Colony of Queensland, Australia, concerning the exchange of money-orders.</i></editorialNote>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Post-Office Department of the United States of America and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties</p></sidenote> Post and Telegraph Department of the Colony of Queensland, Australia, being desirous of establishing a system of exchange of Money-Orders between the two countries, the undersigned, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed upon the following Articles:</p>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 1.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money orders.</p></sidenote> countries. The maximum of each order is fixed at £10 sterling, when issued in Queensland, and when issued in the United States, at the equivalent in sterling money, of $50 in the money of the latter country, converted at the rate fixed by Article 13 of the present Convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">No money-order shall include the fractional part of a penny or of a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fractions.</p></sidenote> cent.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The amount of each order whether issued in the United States or in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote> Queensland must be expressed in letters in British money and the equivalent in the money of the United States must also be shown in figures.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 2.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Queensland Post-Office shall have power to fix the rates of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission.</p></sidenote> commission on all money orders issued in Queensland and the Post-Office Department of the United States shall have the same power in regard to all money-orders issued in the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each office shall communicate to the other its tariff of charges, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rates.</p></sidenote> rates of commission which shall be established under this convention, and these rates shall, in all cases, be payable in advance by the remitters, and shall not be repayable.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It is understood, moreover, that each office is authorized to suspend,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suspension exchanges.</p></sidenote> temporarily, the exchange of money-orders, in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstance, should give rise to abuses, or cause detriment to the postal revenue.</p>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 3.</inline></num>
<content>Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of commission.</p></sidenote> within its jurisdiction, but shall pay to the other country three-fourths of one per cent on the amount of such orders.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 4.</inline></num>
<content>The service of the postal money-order system between the two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service.</p></sidenote> countries shall be performed, exclusively, by the agency of offices of exchange. On the part of the United States, the office of exchange shall be San Francisco, California, and on the part of Queensland, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orders.</p></sidenote>Brisbane. Orders shall be drawn only on the authorized money-order offices of the respective countries; and each Postal Administration shall furnish to the other, a list of such offices, and shall, from time to time, notify any addition to or change in such list. Every order and advice
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/755">755</page> must contain the name of the office and of the country of destination, and if relating to an order payable in the United States, the name of the State in which such office is situated.</content>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 5.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">No money-order shall be issued unless the applicant furnish the name and address of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and his own name and address; or the name of the firm or company who are the remitters or payees, together with the address of each.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The money-orders issued in either country, shall be forwarded by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forwarding orders.</p></sidenote> remitters to the payees at their own expense.</p>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 6.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of all money orders issued upon Queensland by the post<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advices.</p></sidenote> Offices in the United States shall be sent to the office of exchange at San Francisco, where they shall be impressed with a dated stamp (Form ‘A’) showing the amount to be paid in sterling money, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “A”</p></sidenote> transmitted by the next direct mail, to the exchange office at Brisbane, accompanied by a list, in duplicate, drawn upon the model of Form ‘B.’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form“B.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices on their arrival in Brisbane shall be compared with the entries in the list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In like manner, the advices of money-orders drawn on the United States by postmasters in Queensland shall be sent to the exchange office at Brisbane, shall there be impressed with a dated stamp Form ‘A’ showing the amount to be paid in United States money, and be despatched, accompanied by a list, in duplicate, (Form ‘C’) to the office of exchange at San Francisco by the next direct mail.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices on their receipt at San Francisco shall be compared with the entries in the list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of orders issued in the United States in the month of June which may arrive at the office of exchange at San Francisco, in the earlier’ days of the following month, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of June, and in like manner, the advices of orders issued in Queensland in the month of June which may arrive at the exchange office at Brisbane, in the earlier days of the following mouth, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of June.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each exchange office shall certify its orders to the other in amounts designated in the denominations of the money both of the despatching and receiving country at the rate of conversion established by Article 13 of this Convention. The amounts, so converted, shall be checked at the receiving office of exchange.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each Administration hereby undertakes and agrees to suspend the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary suspension of issue for closing accounts.</p></sidenote> issue of money orders a sufficient length of time before the sailing of each steamer which carries the exchange lists and advices, at those post-offices in its own territory where such suspension may be necessary, in order to prevent the issue of orders which could be despatched by the outgoing mail while the corresponding advices could not be certified by the exchange office in time to be conveyed by that mail.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The exchange lists and the accompanying advices shall invariably<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists and advices, how forwarded.</p></sidenote> be sent by such steamers as carry the mails directly from San Francisco to Brisbane or from Brisbane to San Francisco, as the case may be, and not via London in any event.</p>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 7.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The lists despatched from each office of exchange, shall be numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be numbered consecutively.</p></sidenote> consecutively, commencing with No. 1, at the beginning of the month of July in each year; and the entries in these lists shall also have consecutive numbers.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/756">756</page>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Of each list despatched, a duplicate shall be sent, which duplicate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate lists.</p></sidenote> after being verified by the receiving office of exchange shall be returned to the despatching office of exchange.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each office of exchange shall promptly communicate to the other, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Error.</p></sidenote>the correction of any simple error which it may discover in the verification of the lists.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">When the lists shall shew irregularities which the receiving exchange<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irregularities.</p></sidenote> office shall not be able to rectify, that office shall apply for an explanation to the despatching exchange office, and such explanation shall be afforded without delay.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Should any list fail to be received in due course, the despatching<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure of lists.</p></sidenote> exchange office on receiving information to that efl’ect shall transmit without delay, a duplicate of the list, duly certified as such.</p>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 8.</inline></num>
<content>Duplicate orders shall only be issued by the Postal Administration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate orders.</p></sidenote> of the country on which the original orders were drawn and in conformity with the regulations established, or to be established in that country.</content>
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<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 9.</inline> </num>
<content>The orders issued by each country on the other, shall be subject, as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of orders.</p></sidenote> regards payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of inland orders of the country on which they were drawn. The paid orders shall remain in the possession of the country of payment.</content>
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<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 10.</inline></num>
<content>Repayment of orders to remitters shall not be made until an authorization<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment to remitters.</p></sidenote> for such repayment shall first have been obtained by the country of issue from the country where such orders are pay able, and the amounts of the repaid orders shall be duly credited to the former country in the quarterly account (Article 12). It is the province of each Postal Administration to determine the manner in which repayment to the remitters is to be made.</content>
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<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 11.</inline></num>
<content>Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Void orders.</p></sidenote> the month of issue shall become void and the sums received shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin. The Queensland office shall, therefore, enter to the credit of the United States in the quarterly account, all money-orders entered in the lists received from-the United States, which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. (Article 12.) On the other hand, the Post-Office Department of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly statement of void orders.</p></sidenote> shall, at the close of each month, transmit to the Queensland office for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders included in the lists despatched from the latter office which, under this article become void.</content>
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<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 12.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">At the close of each quarter an account shall be prepared at the General Post-Office of Queensland, showing in detail the totals of the lists <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly accounts.</p></sidenote>containing the particulars of orders issued in either country during the quarter, and the balance resulting from such transactions.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Three copies of this account shall be transmitted to the Post-Office Department of the United States at Washington, and the balance, after proper verification, shall, if due by the Post and Telegraph Department of Queensland, be paid to the General Post-Office at London to the credit of the Post Office Department of the United States on account
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/757">757</page> of the exchange of money-orders between the United States and the<sidenote>Payment of balances.</sidenote> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; if due by the Post-Office Department of the United States, the balance shall likewise be paid to the General Post-Office at London to the credit of the Post Office of Queensland.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">If, pending the settlement of an account, one of the two Postal Administrations<sidenote>Payments on account pending settlement.</sidenote> shall ascertain that it owes the other, a balance exceeding five hundred pounds sterling, the indebted administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">This account shall be in accordance with the forms ‘D,’ ‘E,’ ‘F’ and<sidenote>Forms.</sidenote> and ‘G,’ annexed to this convention.</p>
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<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 13.</inline></num>
<content>Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration,<sidenote>Equivalent value of pound sterling.</sidenote> it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders which shall result from the execution of the present convention, the pound sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars, eighty-seven cents, of the money of the United States.</content>
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<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 14.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to<sidenote>Additional rules.</sidenote> adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for the greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">All such additional rules, however, must be promptly communicated to the post-office of the other country.</p>
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<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 15.</inline></num>
<content>The present convention shall take effect on the first day of July,<sidenote>Commencement and duration.</sidenote> 1884, and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terminate it.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1884, and in Brisbane on the twenty-sixth day of March in the year of our Lord 1884.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Walter Q. Gresham<sidenote>Signatures.</sidenote></inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Postmaster-General of the United States</i>.</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">James F. Garrick</inline>,</name> <role><i>Postmaster-General of Queensland</i>.</role></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Signed by the said James F. Garrick in the presence of</p>
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<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">John McDonnell</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Under Sec’y Post and Telegraph Department.</i></role></signature>
<signature>
<signatureDate><inline class="smallCaps">At Brisbane</inline> on 26th <i>March</i>, 1884.</signatureDate>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Convention, and in testimony thereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President.</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
<signature><signatureDate><inline class="smallCaps">Washington</inline>, <i>June</i> 5, 1884.</signatureDate></signature>
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<dc:date>April 7, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 766</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/766">766</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—BELGIUM. <inline class="smallCaps">April</inline> 7, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the United States of America and Belgium concerning<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-04-07">April 7, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> trade marks. Concluded at Washington April</i> 7, 1884; <i>ratification advised by the Senate June</i> 12, 1884; <i>ratified by the President July 1</i>, 1884; <i>ratified by the King of the Belgians June</i> 6, 1884; <i>ratifications exchanged July 1</i>, 1884; <i>proclaimed July 9</i>, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">By the President of the United States of America.</authority>
<docTitle class="centered smallCaps">a proclamation</docTitle>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> His Majesty the King of the Belgians for securing reciprocal protection for the trademarks and trade-labels of their respective citizens or subjects within the dominions or territories of the other country, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at the city of Washington, on the seventh day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, which Convention is word for word as follows:
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<heading class="indent0 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Convention between the United States<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> of America and Belgium concerning trade marks.</i></heading>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The President of the United<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">trademarks</p></sidenote> States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, being desirous of securing reciprocal protection for the trademarks and trade-labels of their respective citizens or subjects within the dominions or territories of theotber country, have resolved to conclude a convention forthat purpose, and have appointed<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties.</p></sidenote> as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States, Fredericx I. Frelinghuysen, esq., Secretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Théodore de Bounder de Melsbroeck, Commander of His Order of Leopold, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States; who, after reciprocal communication of their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles, to wit:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>Citizens of the United States in<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection in trademarks extended to citizens of either nation.</p></sidenote> Belgium and Belgian citizens in the United States of America shall enjoy, as regards trademarks and trade-labels, the same protection<page identifier="/us/stat/23/767@eng">767</page> as native citizens, without prejudice to any privilege or advantage that is or may hereafter be granted to the citizens of the most favored nation.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline> </num>
<content>In order to secure to their marks the protection provided for by the foregoing article, the citizens of each one of the contracting parties shall be required to fulfil the law and regulations of the other.</content>
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<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline> </num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The present arrangement shall rake effect, on the day of its official publication, and shall remain in force until the expiration of the twelve months following the notice, given by either of the contracting parties, of its desire for the cessation of its effects.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The ratifications of this Convention shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible within one year from this date.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention in duplicate, in the English and French languages, and affixed thereto the seals of their arms.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done at Washington, the 7th day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<heading class="indent0 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>Convention entre les États-Unis d’Amérique et la Belgique con-cernant les marques de fabrique et de commerce.</i></heading>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Le Président des Etats-Unis d’Amérique et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, désirant assurer la protection réciproque des marques de fabrique et de commerce de leurs citoyens ou sujets réciproques, dans les États ou territoires de l’autre pays, ont résolu de conclure une Convention à cet effet, et ont nom-mé pour leurs plénipotentiaires: le Président des États-Unis, Frederick T. Frelinghnysen, Seciétaire d’État des États-Unis d’Amérique; et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, Théodore de Bounder de Mets broeck, Commandeur de Son Ordre de Léopold, Envoyé Extraordinaire de Sa Majesté et Ministre Pléni-potentiaire aux Étais-Unis; qui, après communication réciproque de leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des articles suivants, savoir:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>Les citoyens des États-Unis d’Amérique en Belgique et les cito-yens belgesnux États Unis d’Amé-rique jouiront, eu ce qui concerne les marques de fabrique et de coin-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/767@fre">767</page> merce, de la même protection que les nationaux, sans préjudice de tous les privilèges ou avantages qui sont ou qui seraient accordés ultérieurement aux citoyens de la nation la plus favorisée.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline> </num>
<content>Pour assurer à leurs marques la<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote> protection consacrée par l’article précédent, les citoyens de l’une des parties contractantes devront rem-plir les formalités prescrites par la loi et les règlements de l’autre.</content>
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<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline> </num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Le présent arrangement aura<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement and duration.</p></sidenote> force de loi, dans chacun des deux pays, à partir du jour de sa publication officielle, et restera en vigueur jusqu’à, l’expiration des 12 mois qui suivront la dénonciation faite par l’une ou par l’autre des parties contractantes.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les ratifications de cette Convention seront échangées à Wash ington aussitôt que possible dans le courant d’une année à partir de cette date.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé cette Convention en duplicata, dans les langues anglaise et française, et y ont apposé les sceaux de leurs armes.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Fait à Washington, ce 7° jour d’Avril, en l’an de grâce mil huit cent quatre-vingt-quatre.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Th’re de Bounder de Melsbroeck</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four;</recital>
</preamble>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] eight hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independence of the United Spates of America the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State</i>.</role></signature>
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<dc:date>April 9, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:date>June 9, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 768</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/768">768</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. <inline class="smallCaps">April</inline> 9, 1884, <inline class="smallCaps">June</inline> 9, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the Governor of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-04-09">April 9, 1884</date>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-06-09">June 9, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> and the President of the United States of America concerning the exchange of Money Orders</i>.</editorialNote>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the President<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> of the United States of America being desirous of establishing a system of exchange of Money-Orders between the two countries have agreed on behalf of their respective Governments to the following Articles.</p>
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<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 1.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> countries.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The maximum of each order is fixed at Ten pounds, sterling, when<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money-orders.</p></sidenote> issued in the Cape Colony, and when issued in the United States at the equivalent in sterling money of Fifty dollars in the money of the latter country, converted at the rate fixed by article 13 of the present Convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">No money-order shall include the fractional part of a penny, or of a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fractions.</p></sidenote> cent.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The amount of each order whether issued in the United States or in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote> the Cape Colony must be expressed in letters in British money and the equivalent in the money of the United States must also be shown in figures.</p>
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<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 2.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Cape Colony Post-Office Department shall have power to fix the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission.</p></sidenote> rates of commission on all money-orders issued in the Cape Colony, and the Post-Office Department of the United States shall have the same power in regard to all money-orders issued in the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each office shall communicate to the other its tariff of charges or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tariff of charges.</p></sidenote> rates of commission, which shall be established under this Convention, and these rates shall, in all cases, be payable in advance by the remitters and shall not be repayable.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It is understood, moreover, that each office is authorized to suspend<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suspension of exchanges.</p></sidenote> temporarily the exchange of money-orders, in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstances, should give rise to abuses or cause detriment to the Postal Revenue.</p>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 3.</inline></num>
<content>Each country shall keep the commission charged on all money-orders<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of commission.</p></sidenote> issued within the jurisdiction, but pay to the other country three-fourths of one per cent on the amount of such orders.</content>
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<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 4.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The service of the postal money-order system between the two countries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service.</p></sidenote> shall be performed exclusively by the agency of offices of exchange. On the part of the United States the office of exchange shall be New York, N. Y. and on the part of the Cape Colony, Cape Town.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Orders shall be drawn only on the authorized money-order offices of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orders.</p></sidenote> the respective countries; and each Postal administration shall furnish
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/769">769</page> to the other a list of such offices, and shall from time to time, notify any addition to, or change in such list. Every order and advice must contain the name of the office, and of the country of destination, and if relating to an order payable in the United States, the name of the State in which such office is situated.</p>
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<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 5.</inline></num>
<content>No money-order shall be issued unless the applicant furnish the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forwarding orders.</p></sidenote> name and address of the person to whom the amount is to be paid and his own name and address; or the name of the firm or company who are the remitters or payees, together with the addresses of each. The money-orders issued in either country shall be forwarded by the remitters to the payees at their own expense.</content>
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<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 6.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of all money-orders issued upon the Cape Colony by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advices.</p></sidenote> post-offices of the United States shall be sent to the office of exchange at New York, where they shall be impressed with a dated stamp (Form<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “A.”</p></sidenote> ‘A’) showing the amount to be paid in sterling money and transmitted by the next mail to the exchange office at Cape Town, accompanied by a list, in duplicate, drawn upon the model of Form ‘B.’<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “B.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">These advices on their arrival in Cape Town shall be compared with the entries in the list and, afterwards, despatched to the paying offices. In like manner the advices of money-orders drawn on the United States by postmasters in the Cape Colony shall be sent to the exchange office at Cape Town, shall there be impressed with a dated stamp (Form ‘A’) showing the, amount to be paid in the United States money and be despatched accompanied by a list in duplicate, (Form ‘U’) to the office of exchange at New York, N. Y., by next mail.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices on their receipt.at New York shall be compared with the entries in t he list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of orders issued in the United States in the mouth of June which may arrive at the office of exchange at New York in the earlier days of the following month shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of June, and in like manner, the advices of orders issued in the Cape Colony in the month of June which may arrive at the exchange office at Cape Town in the earlier days of the following month shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the mouth of June.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each exchange office shall certify its orders to the other in amounts designated in the denominations of the money both of the despatching and receiving country at the rate of conversion established by Article 13 of this Convention. The amounts so converted shall be checked at the receiving office of exchange.</p>
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<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 7.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The lists despatched from each office of exchange shall be numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be numbered consecutively.</p></sidenote> consecutively, commencing with number 1 at the beginning of the month of July in each year; and the entries in these lists shall, also, have consecutive numbers.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Of each list despatched a duplicate shall be sent, which duplicate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate sets.</p></sidenote> after being verified by the receiving office of exchange shall be returned to the despatching office of exchange.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each office of exchange shall promptly communicate to the other the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Errors.</p></sidenote> correction of any simple error which it may discover in the verification of the lists.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">When the lists shall show irregularities which the receiving office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irregularities.</p></sidenote> of exchange shall not be able to rectify, that office shall apply for an explanation to the despatching exchange office, and such explanation
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/770">770</page> shall be afforded without delay. Should any list fail to be received in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure of lists.</p></sidenote> due course, the despatching exchange office, on receiving information to that effect shall transmit without delay, a duplicate of the list duly certified as such.</p>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 8.</inline></num>
<content>Duplicate orders shall only be issued by the Postal Administration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate orders.</p></sidenote> of the country on which the original orders were drawn, and in conformity with the regulations established, or to be established, in that country.</content>
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<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 9.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The orders issued by each country on the other shall be subject as regards<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of orders.</p></sidenote> payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of inland orders of the country on which they were drawn.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The paid orders shall remain in the possession of the country of payment.</p>
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<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 10.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Repayment of orders to remitters shall not be made until an authorization<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment to remitters.</p></sidenote> for such repayment shall have been obtained by the country of issue from the country where such orders are payable, and the amounts of the repaid orders shall he duly credited to the former country in the quarterly account. (Article 12.)</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It is the province of each Postal Administration to determine the manner in which repayment to the remitters is to be made.</p>
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<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 11.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Void orders.</p></sidenote> from the mouth of issue shall become void, and the sums received shall accrue to, and be at the disposal of, the country of origin.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Cape Colony office shall therefore enter to the credit of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly accounts.</p></sidenote> States in the quarterly account, all money orders entered in the list received from the United States which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. (Article 12.)</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">On the other hand, the Post-Office Department of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly statement of void orders.</p></sidenote> shall, at the close of each mouth, transmit to the Cape Colony office for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders included in the lists despatched from the latter office which under this article become void.</p>
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<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 12.</inline> </num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">At the close of each quarter an account shall be prepared at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts.</p></sidenote> General Post-Office, Cape Town, showing in detail the totals of the lists containing the particulars of orders issued in either country during the quarter and the balance resulting from such transactions.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Three copies of this account shall be transmitted to the Post-Office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of balances.</p></sidenote> Department of the United States at Washington, and the balance after proper verification shall, if due by the Post-Office Department of the Cape Colony be paid to the General Post Office at London to the credit of the Post-Office Department of the United States on account of the exchange of money-orders between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and if due by the Post-Office Department of the United States shall likewise be paid to the General Post-Office at London to the credit of the Post-Office Department of the Cape Colony.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Provided always that in the event of the balances of the money-order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjustment of balances, etc.</p></sidenote> transactions between the United Kingdom and the Cape Colony, and between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, respectively, being at any time against the United Kingdom, any balance
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/771">771</page> there may be in connection with the exchange of money-orders under the terms of this convention between the Cape Colony and the United States shall be adjusted through the Agent-General of the Cape Colony in London.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">If pending the settlement of an account one of the two Postal Administrations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments on account pending settlement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forms.</p></sidenote> shall ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding five hundred pounds (£500) sterling, the indebted administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other. This account shall be in accordance with the forms ‘D’, ‘ E’, ‘F’ and ‘G’, annexed to this convention.</p>
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<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 13.</inline></num>
<content>Until the two Postal Administrations shall consent to an alteration,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equivalent value of pound sterling.</p></sidenote> it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders which shall result from the execution of the present Convention, the pound sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars, eighty-seven cents of the money of the United States.</content>
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<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 14.</inline></num>
<content>The Postal Administration in each country shall be authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional rules.</p></sidenote> adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for the greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally. All such additional rules, however, must be promptly communicated to the Post-Office of the other country.</content>
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<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 15.</inline></num>
<content>This present Convention shall take effect on the first day of July 1884<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement and duration.</p></sidenote> and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terminate it.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Given under my band and the Public Seal of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope at Cape Town on the ninth day of April, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Hercules Robinson</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Governor</i>.</role></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the ninth day of June,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote> in the year of our Lord, 1884.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Walter Q Gresham</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Postmaster General of the United States</i>.</role></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing convention, and in testimony thereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State</i>.</role></signature>
<signature><signatureDate>Washington, <i>June 10th</i>, 1884.</signatureDate></signature>
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<dc:date>April 22, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 781</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/781">781</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">DECLARATION—CONGO. <inline class="smallCaps">April</inline> 22, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Declaration by the International Association of the Congo.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-04-22">April 22, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote></i></editorialNote>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The International Association of the Congo, hereby declares that by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble and scope.</p></sidenote> treaties with the legitimate sovereigns in the basins of the Congo and of the. Niadi-Kialun, and in adjacent territories upon the Atlantic, there has been ceded to it territory for the use and benefit of free States established under the care and supervision of the said Association in the said basins and adjacent territories, to which cession the said free States of right succeed.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That the said International Association has adopted for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flag.</p></sidenote> itself and for the said free States, as their standard, the flag of the International African Association, being a blue flag with a golden star in the centre.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That the said Association and the said States have resolved to levy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> no customhouse duties upon goods or articles of merchandise imported into their territories or brought by the route which has been constructed around the Congo cataracts; this t hey have done with a view of enabling commerce to penetrate into Equatorial Africa.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That they guarantee to foreigners settling in their territories the right<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of foreign settlers.</p></sidenote> to purchase, sell or lease, lands and buildings situated therein, to establish commercial houses and to there carry on trade upon the sole condition that they shall obey the laws. They pledge themselves, moreover, never to grant to the citizens of one nation any advantages without immediately extending the same to the citizens of all other nations, and to do all in their power to prevent the slave-trade.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slave-trade.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, Henry S. Sanford, duly empowered therefor, by the said Association, acting for itself and for the said Free States, has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, this 22d day of April, 1884, in the city of Washington.</p>
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<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">H. S. Sanford</inline></name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State, duly empowered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recognition.</p></sidenote> therefor by the President of the United States of America, and pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, heretofore given, acknowledges the receipt of the foregoing notification from the International Association of the Congo, and declares that, in harmony with the traditional policy of the United States, which enjoins a proper regard for the commercial interests of their citizens while, at the same time, avoiding interference with controversies between other powers as well as alliances with foreign nations, the Government of the United States announces its sympathy with and approval of, the humane and benevolent purposes of the International Association of the Congo, administering, as it does, the interests of the Free States there established, and will order the officers of the United States, both on land and sea. to recognize the flag of the International African Association, as the flag of a friendly Government.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, he has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, this 22d day of April, A. D., 1884, in the city of Washington.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<dc:date>May 14, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Agreement</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 782</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/782">782</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">AGREEMENT—SIAM. <inline class="smallCaps">May</inline> 14, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Agreement between the United States of America and Siam for the regulation<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-05-14">May 14, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> of the liquor traffic in Siam. Concluded at Washington May</i> 14, 1884; <i>ratification advised by the Senate June</i> 28, 1884; <i>ratified by the President June</i> 30, 1884; <i>ratified by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Siam at Washington June</i> 30, 1884; <i>ratifications exchanged at Washington June</i> 30, 1884; <i>proclaimed July</i> 5, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">By the President of the United States of America</authority>
<docTitle class="centered smallCaps">a proclamation.</docTitle>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas an Agreement for regulating the traffic in spirituous liquors<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> was concluded between the Governments of the United States of America and Siam, and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Washington on the fourteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, the original of which Agreement is word for word as follows:
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scope.</p></sidenote> AMERICA AND SIAM FOE REGULATING THE TRAFFIC IN SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS</i>.</heading>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Government of the United States of America and the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> of His Majesty the King of Siam, being desirous of making satisfactory arrangements for the regulation of the traffic in spirituous liquors in Siam, the undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have agreed as follows:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Spirits of all kinds not exceeding in alcoholic strength those<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of alcoholic spirits.</p></sidenote> permitted to be manufactured by the Siamese Government, in Siam may be imported and sold by citizens of the United States on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon spirits manufactured in Siam; and spirits exceeding in alcoholic strength spirits manufactured in Siam as aforesaid may be imported and sold upon payment of such duty, and of a proportionate additional duty for the excess of alcoholic strength above the Siamese Government standard.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Beer and wines may be imported and sold by citizens of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beer and wine.</p></sidenote> States on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty.</p></sidenote>laws upon similar articles manufactured in Siam, but the duty on imported beer and wines shall in no case exceed 10 <i>per cent, ad valorem</i>.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The said duty on imported spirits, beer and wines shall be in substitution of, and not in addition to, the import duty of 3 <i>per cent</i>, leviable under the existing treaties; and no further duty, tax or imposition whatever shall be imposed on imported spirits, beer and wines.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The scale of excise duty to be levied upon spirits, beer and wines manufactured in Siam shall be communicated by the Siamese Government to the Minister Resident and Consul-General of the United States at Bangkok, and no change in the excise duties shall affect citizens of the United States until after the expiration of six months from the date at which such notice shall have been communicated by the Siamese Government to the representative of the United States at Bangkok.</p>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<content>The testing of spirits imported into the kingdom of Siam by citizens<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Test of spirits.</p></sidenote> of the United States shall be carried out by an expert designated by
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/783">783</page> the Siamese authorities and by an expert designated by the Consul of the United States; in ease of difference the parties shall designate a third person, who shall act as umpire, whose decision shall be final.</content>
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<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Siamese Government may stop the importation by citizens of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spirits deleterious to health.</p></sidenote> the United States into Siam of any spirits which, on examination, shall be proved to be deleterious to the public health; and they may give notice to the importers, consignees, or holders thereof to export the same within three months from the date of such notice, and if this is not done the Siamese Government may seize the said spirits and may destroy them, provided always that in all such cases the Siamese Government shall be bound to refund any duty which may have been already paid thereon.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The testing of spirits imported by citizens of the United States, and which may be alleged to be deleterious, shall be carried out in the manner provided by Article II.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Siamese Government engages to take all necessary measures to prohibit and prevent the sale of spirits manufactured in Siam which may be deleterious to the public health.</p>
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<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>Any citizen of the United States who desires to retail spirituous<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">License.</p></sidenote> liquors, beer or wines in Siam, must take out a special license for that purpose from the Siamese Government, which shall be granted upon just and reasonable conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments.</content>
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<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Citizens of the United States shall at all times enjoy the same rights<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Most favored nations, privileges of, extended.</p></sidenote> and privileges in regard to the importation and sale of spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors in Siam as the subjects of the most favored nation; and spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors coming from the United States shall enjoy the same privileges in all respects as similar articles coming from any other country the most favored in this respect.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It is therefore clearly understood that citizens of the United States are not bound to conform to the provisions of the present agreement to any greater extent than the subjects of other nations are so bound.</p>
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<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Subject to the provisions of Article V., the present Agreement shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> come into operation on a date to be fixed by mutual consent between the two Governments, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six mouths’ notice given by either party to determine the same.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The existing treaty engagements between the United States and Siam shall continue in full force until the present Agreement comes into operation and after that date, except in so far as they are modified hereby.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Should the present Agreement be terminated, the treaty engagements between the United States and Siam shall revive, and remain as they existed previously to the signature hereof.</p>
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<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In this agreement the words “citizen of the United States” shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definitions.</p></sidenote> include any naturalized citizen of the United States, and the words “Consul-General of the United States” shall include any consular officer of the United States in Siam.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The present agreement shall be ratified, and its ratifications shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> exchanged as soon as possible.</p>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/784">784</page>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the same in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done at Washington, the fourteenth day of May, 1884, corresponding to the fifth day of the waning moon of the. month of Visagamas, of the year Wank, sixth Decade 1246 of the Siamese astronomical era.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Narès Varariddhi</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In the name of His Majesty Chulalonkorn I., King of Siam, and by His Royal Command and authority, I, Krom Mun Narès Varariddhi, His Majesty’s duly empowered Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, hereby ratify and confirm the within Agreement and every part thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done at Washington this thirtieth day of June, 1884, being the eighth day of the waxing moon of the month Asalhamas of the year Wauk, sixth Decade 1246 of the Siamese astronomical era.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Narès Varariddhi</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the said agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the thirtieth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four:</recital>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this 5th of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and of the [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State</i>.</role></signature>
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<dc:date>May 24, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Protocol</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 785</citableAs>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/785">785</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">PROTOCOL AND AGREEMENT—HAYTI. <inline class="smallCaps">May</inline> 24, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocol of an agreement between the Secretary of State of the United<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-05-24">May 24, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> States and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hayti, for submission to an arbitrator of the claims of Antonio Pelletier and A.H. Lazare, against Hayti; signed May</i> 24, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocol of an Agreement for the submission to an arbitrator of the claims known as the Pelletier and Lazare claims against Hayti.</i></heading>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, the Government of the United States of America has presented to the Government of Hayti, the claims of Antonio Pelletier anti A. II. Lazare for indemnity tor acts against person and property alleged to have been done by Haytien authorities; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, the Government of Hayti has persistently denied its liability in the premises; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, the Honorable William Strong, formerly one of the Justices of the Supreme.Court of the United States of America, inspires both the contracting parties with full confidence in his learning, ability and impartiality: therefore
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The undersigned, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States, and Stephen Preston, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hayti, duly empowered thereto by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the stipulations contained in the following articles.</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>The said claims of Antonio Pelletier and A. H. Lazare against the Republic of Hayti shall be referred to the said Honorable William Strong, as sole Arbitrator thereof, in conformity with the conditions hereinafter laid down.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<chapeau>The following facts as to these two claims are admitted by the Government of Hayti.</chapeau>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/786@eng">786</page>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">as to antonio pelletier:</heading>
<content>That Pelletier was master of the bark “William ”, which vessel entered Fort Liberté about the date claimed (31st of March 1861); that the master and crew were arrested and tried on a charge of piracy and attempt at slave trading; that Pelletier, the master, was sentenced to be shot and the mate and other members of the crew to various terms of imprisonment; that the Supreme Court of Hayti reversed the judgment as to Pelletier, and sent the case to the Court at Cape Haytien, where he was retried, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment; and that the vessel, with her tackle, was sold, and the proceeds divided between the Haytien Government and the party who, claiming to have suffered by her acts, proceeded against the vessel in a Haytian tribunal.</content>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">as to a. h. lazare:</heading>
<content>That Lazare entered into a written contract with the Haytian Government, September 23, 1874, for the establishment of a National Bank at Port-au-Prince, with branches,—the capital being fixed first at $3,000,000, and afterwards reduced to $1,500,000 of which capital the Government was to furnish one-third part and Lazare two-thirds; that the Bank was to be opened in one year from the date of the contract, and an extension of forty-five days on this time was granted on Lazare’s request; and that on the day when the Bank was to be opened the Haytian Government, alleging that Lazare had not fulfilled his part of the engagement, declared, in accordance with the stipulations of Article 24 of the agreement, the contract null and void, and forfeited on his, Lazare’s, part.</content>
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<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps">Article III. </inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The said Arbitrator shall receive and examine all papers and evidence relating to said claims, which<page identifier="/us/stat/23/787@eng">787</page> may be presented to him on behalf of either Government.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">If, in presence of such papers and evidence so laid before him, the said Arbitrator shall request further evidence, whether documentary, or by testimony given under oath before him or before any person duly commissioned to that end, the two Governments, or either of them, engage to procure and furnish such further evidence by all means within their power, and all pertinent papers on file with either Government shall be accessible to the said Arbitrator.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Both Governments may be represented before said Arbitrator by Counsel, who may submit briefs, and may also be heard orally if so desired by the Arbitrator.</p>
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<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the said arbitrator shall subscribe to the following declaration:
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">“I do solemnly declare that I will decide impartially the claims of Antonio Pelletier and A. H. Lazare preferred on behalf of the Government of the United States against the Government of the Republic of Hayti; and that all the questions laid before me by either Government in reference to said claims shall be decided by me according to the rides of International Law existing at the time of the transactions complained of.”</p>
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<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>The said Arbitrator shall render his decision, separately, in each of the aforesaid cases, within one year from the date of this agreement.</content>
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<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>The High Contracting parties will pay equally the expenses of the Arbitration hereby provided; and they agree to accept the decision of said Arbitrator in each of said<page identifier="/us/stat/23/788@eng">788</page> cases, as final and binding, and to give to such decision full effect and force, in good faith, and without unnecessary delay or any reservation or evasion whatsoever.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals this twenty-eighth day of May, 1884.</p>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocole des Conventions faites en vue de soumettre à un arbitre les réclamations connues sous le nom des réclamations Pelletier et La-zare contre Haiti.</i></heading>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Attendu que le Gouvernement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> des États-Unis d’Amérique a présenté au Gouvernement d’Haïti les réclamations d’Antonio Pelletier et d’A. H. Lazare, afin d’obtenir des indemnités pour actes contre la personne et la propriété qui auraient été commis par des autori-tés haïtiennes; et</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Attendu que le Gouvernement d’Haïti a constamment nié sa responsabilité dans la matière; et</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Attenduque l’honorable William Strong, autrefois juge à la Cour Suprême des États-Unis d’Amérique, inspire aux deux parties contractantes entière confiance dans sa science, son habileté et son impar-tialité: En conséquence,
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les soussignés, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> Secrétaire d’État des États-Unis, et Stephen Preston, Envoyé extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire de la République d’Haïti, ayant reçu les pouvoirs nécessaires deleurs Gouvernements respectifs, ont arrêté les Conventions contenues dans les articles suivants:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>Les dites réclamations d’Antonio<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reference of claims.</p></sidenote> Pelletier et d’A. H. Lazare contre la République d’Haïti seront référées à l’honorable William Strong, dont il vient d’être parlé, comme seul arbitre en la matière, sous les conditions ci-après exprimées.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<chapeau>Les faits suivants sont admis par<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Facta admitted.</p></sidenote> le Gouvernement d’Haïti en ce qui regarde ces deux réclamations.</chapeau>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/786@fre">786</page>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">quant à antonio pelletier.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Autonio Pelletier.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>Que Pelletier était Capitaine de la barque “William ”, lequel navire entra dans le port de Fort Liberté à peu près à la date énoncée (le 31 Mars, 1861); que le Capitaine et l’équipage furent arrêtés et jugés comme accusés de piraterie et de tentative de traite des noirs; que Pelletier, le capitaine, futcondamné à être fusillé, et que le second et les autres gens de l’équipage furent condamnés à diverses peines d’emprisonnement; que la Cour Suprême d’Haïti (Tribunal de Cassation) mit à néant le jugement contre Pelletier, et renvoya l’affaire à la cour de Cap Haïtien on Pelletier fut jugé de nouveau et condamné à cinq ans d’emprisonnement; et que le navire, avec ses agrès, fut vendu, et les pi oduits divisés entre le Gouvernement haïtien et les personnes qui, prétendant avoir été les victimes de ses actes, avaient procédé contre le vaisseau devant un Tribunal haïtien.</content>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">quant à a. h. lazare.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. H. Lazare.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>Que Lazare fit un contrat écrit avec le Gouvernement haïtien le 23 Septembre 1874, à l’effet d’éta-blir une Banque N atiouale au Port-au-Prinee, avec des succursales,—le capital étant fixé d’abord à $3,000,000 et ultérieurement réduit à $1,500,000; le Gouvernement de-vait en fournir un tiers et Lazare deux tiers; que la Banque devait être ouverte dans un au, à partir de la date du contrat,—qu’une prolongation dequarantecinq jours fut accordée à la demande de Lazare, et que le jour où la Banque devait être ouverte, le Gouvernement haïtien, alléguant que Lazare u’avait pas exécuté les obligations qui résultaient de son contrat, déclara, aux termes des stipulations de l’article 24 de la Convention, le contrat nui et non avenu, et Lazare de son côté, déchu de ses droits.</content>
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<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Le dit arbitre recevra et prendra<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of arbitrator.</p></sidenote> en considération tous les documents et preuves relatifs aux dites récla-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/787@fre">787</page> mations qui pourront lui être présentés au nom de l’un des deux Gouvernements.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Si, en présence de ces dits documents et preuves ainsi soumis, le dit arbitre demande que des preuves additionnelles écrites ou testimoniales, soient produites devant lui ou devant toute personne dûment nommée à cet effet, les deux Gouvernements ou l’un d’eux s’engagent à procurer et à fournir par tous les moyens en leur pouvoir ces preuves additionnelles; et tous les documents pertinents dans les archives de l’un des deux Gouvernements seront accessibles au dit arbitre.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les deux Gouvernements auront<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counsel.</p></sidenote> le droit de se faire représenter devant le dit arbitre par des Conseils qui pourront présenter des mémoires (“briefs ”) et qui pourront être aussi entendus oralement, si l’arbitre le désire.</p>
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<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>Avant d’entrer dans l’exercice de ses fonctions, le dit arbitre signera la déclaration suivante:
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">“Je déclare solennellement que<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath of arbitrator.</p></sidenote> je déciderai avec impartialité les réclamations d’Antonio Pelletier et d’A. H. Lazare présentées au nom du Gouvernement des Etats-Unis contre le Gouvernement de la République d’Haïti; et. que toutes les questions qui me seront référées par l’un des deux Gouvernements au sujet des dites réclamations seront décidées par moi d’après les principes du droit international en vigueur à l’époque des évènements qui font le sujet des réclamations.”</p>
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<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>Le dit arbitre devra rendre sa<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decision.</p></sidenote> décision séparément dans chacune des affaires susdites, dans un an à partir de la date de cette Convention.</content>
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<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>Les Hautes Parties contractantes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of arbitration.</p></sidenote> payeront en parts égales les dépenses de l’arbitrage qui est ici convenu; et elles s’engagent à accepter la décision du dit arbitre dans
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/788@fre">788</page> chacun des dits cas comme finale et obligatoire, et à donner à cette décision plein effet et vigueur, de bonne foi, sans délais qui ne seraient pas justifiables et sans réserve et sans évasion quelle qu’elle soit.</content>
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</recital>
</preamble>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">En foi de quoi, les soussignés ont signé la présente et y ont apposé leurs sceaux le vingt-huitième jour de Mai, 1884.</p>
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<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk T. Frelinghuysen</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Stephen Preston</inline>.</name> <notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation></signature>
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<dc:date>May 25, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:date>June 6, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 789</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/789">789</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">DECLARATION—RUSSIA. <inline class="smallCaps">May</inline> 25,⁄June 6, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Declaration by and between the United States of America and the Empire of Russia, concerning the admeasurement of vessels in their respective ports. Signed</i> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>May 25,</mtext><mtext>June 6,</mtext></mfrac></math> 1884.</editorialNote>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">Declaration.</heading>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The English method for the admeasurement of vessels (the Moorsom system) being now in force not only in the United States of America, but also in the Empire of Russia and the Grand Duchy of Finland, t be undersigned, having been duly authorized by their Governments, hereby declare:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">That American vessels admeasured according to the aforesaid method, shall be admitted into the ports of Russia and Finland, and likewise that Russian and Finnish vessels admeasured according to the same system, shall be admitted into the ports of the United States, without being subjected, for the payment of navigation dues, to any new admeasurement whatever.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">These navigation dues shall be computed according to the net tonnage.</p>
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<num value="A">A. </num>
<content>Russian certificates of admeasurement issued since <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mn>December 20, 1879</mn><mn>January 1, 1880</mn></mfrac></math>, and Finnish certificates of admeasurement issued since May 31, 1877, shall be recognized in the United States of America without any formality as regards the net tonnage of <i>sailing or steam</i> vessels.</content>
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<num value="B">B. </num>
<content>In like manner American certificates of admeasurement shall be recognized in Russia and Finland without any formality as regards the tonnage of A merican <i>sailing</i> vessels. American certificates of admeasurement, issued since <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>July 24</mtext><mtext>August 5</mtext></mfrac></math>1882, shall be recognized in Russia and Finland without any formality as regards the net tonnage of American <i>steam</i> vessels. As the American admeasurement regulations which were in force previously to that date make no deduction for the space occupied by the machinery and its appurtenances, certifi-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/790@eng">790</page>cates of admeasurement of American vessels issued before the act of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>July 24</mtext><mtext>August 5,</mtext></mfrac></math> 1882, took effect, shall be recognized in Russian and Finnish ports without such vessels’ being subjected to readmeasurement, but on condition that the navigation dues shall be computed according to the gross tonnage stated in the certificate of admeasurement. The owners or captains of such vessels shall, nevertheless, if they desire it, have a right to demand a partial readmeasurement according to Russian or Finnish rules, in order thereby to secure a reduction of such dues.</content>
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<num value="C">C. </num>
<content>Inasmuch as the Russian and Finnish regulations are not entirely in conformity with those of the United States of América in respect to the admeasurement of steam vessels, commanders of Russian or Finnish vessels in American ports, and <i>vice versa</i>, shall have the right todemand the partial readmeasurement of the space occupied by the machinery, boilers, etc., according to the system in force in the port in which they are. The. other figures of the certificate of admeasurement shall be taken as the basis of such readmeasurement.</content>
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<num value="D">D. </num>
<content>This readmeasurement, executed<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Readmeasurement.</p></sidenote> in accordance with paragraphs B and C of this article, shall be performed at a rate to be established for this purpose by the local authorities.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The above provisions shall likewise be applicable to vessels propelled by any other mechanical motor.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">This declaration shall take effect<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> on the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>1st day of August,</mtext><mtext>20th day of July,</mtext></mfrac></math> 1884, and shall remain in force until one of the contracting parties shall have made known to the other, six months in advance, its intention to cause its effects to cease.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In testimony whereof the undersigned have affixed their signatures to this declaration, together with the seals of their arms.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate at Washington, this <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>6th day of June,</mtext><mtext>25th day of May</mtext></mfrac></math> 1884.</p>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">Déclaration.</heading>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">La méthode anglaise pour le jaugeage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> des bâtiments (système Moorsom) étant désormais en vigueur tant dans les Etats-Unis de l’Amérique du Nord, que dans l’Empire de Russie et le Grand Duché de Finlande, les soussignés, dûment autoriséspar leurs Gouvernements, déclarent:</p>
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<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Que les navires des États-Unis<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admeasurement of vessels.</p></sidenote> de l’Amérique du Nord jaugés d’après la méthode susmentionnée, seront admis dans les ports russes et finlandais, ainsi que les navires russes et finlandais, dont le jaugeage aura été fait d’après le même système, seron t ad m is dan s les ports des Etats-Unis d’Amérique sans être assujettis pour le paiement des droits de navigation à aucune nouvelle opération de jaugeage.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">
A. Les</p>
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<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="A">A. </num>
<content>Les droits de navigation seront calculés d’après le <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>20 Décembre 1879</mtext><mtext>1, Janvier 1880</mtext></mfrac></math> tonnage net. certificats de jaugeage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificates or admeasurement.</p></sidenote> russes délivrés après le yîSïr et les certificats de jaugeage finlandais délivrés après le 31 Mai 1877, seront reconnus aux Etats-Unis d’Amérique, sans aucune formalité à l’égard du tonnage net des bâtiments <i>à voile</i> ou <i>à vapeur</i>,</content>
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<num value="B">B. </num>
<content>De même les certificats de<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciprocity.</p></sidenote> jaugeage américains seront reconnus en Russie et en Finlande sans aucune formalité à l’égard du tonnage des bâtiments américains A <i>voile</i>. Les certificats de jaugeage américains délivrés depuis le <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>24 Juillet</mtext><mtext>5 Août</mtext></mfrac></math> 1882, seront reconnus en Russie et en Finlande sans aucune formalité à l’égard du tonnage net des bâtiments ani ér icains à <i>vapeur</i>. Les règ 1 emen t s américains de jaugeage anterieurs A cette date, n’admettant aucune déduction pour l’espace occupé par la force motrice et ses annexes, les lettres de jauge des vaisseaux
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/790@fre">790</page> américains délivrés avant la mise en vigueur de la loi du <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mtext>24 Juillet</mtext><mtext>5 Août</mtext></mfrac></math> 1882, seront reconnues dans les ports russes et finlandais sans assujettir ces navires à un remesurage, mais à condition que les droits de navigation seront calculés d’après le tonnage brut, indiqué dans la lettre de jauge. Les propriétaires ou capitaines de ces vaisseaux seront cependant autorisés, s’ils le désirent, afin d’obtenir une diminution dans le pak mentde ces droits, d’exiger un remesurage partiel selon les règles russes ou finlandaises.
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<num value="C">C. </num>
<content>Les règlements russes et Finlandais n’étant pas entièrement conformes à ceux des Etats-Unis d’Amérique en ce qui concerne le mesurage des bâtiments à vapeur, les commandants des bâtiments russes ou finlandais, dans les ports américains et vice-versa, auront le droit de demander le remesurage partiel des différents espaces occupés par les machines, les chaudières etc., d’après le système en vigueur dans le port où ils se trouveront. Pour ce remesurage les autres chiffres du certificat de jaugeage seront pris pour base.</content>
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<num value="D">D. </num>
<content>Ce remesurage, fait conformé-ment aux paragraphes B et C du présent article, se fera à raison d’une taxe fixée à cet effet par les autorités locales.</content>
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<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les prescriptions cidessus sont applicables aussi aux navires mûs par toute autre moteur mécanique.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">La présente Déclaration entrera en vigueur le <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mi>20ème jour de Juillet</mi><mi>1er jour d’août</mi></mfrac></math> 1884, et restera en force tant que. l’une des parties contractantes u’iiura pas fait connaître à l’autre, six mois à l’avance, son intention d’en faire cesser les effets.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Eu foi de quoi les soussignés ont apposé à la présente Déclaration leurs signatures aiusi que le cachet de leurs armes.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Fait, en double à Washington, ce <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mi>25ème jour de Mai</mi><mi>6ème jour de Juin</mi></mfrac></math> 1884.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">C. Struve</inline>.</name></signature>
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<dc:date>July 2, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 791</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/791">791</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—WINDWARD ISLANDS—MONEY-ORDERS. <inline class="smallCaps">July</inline> 2, 1884,</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention between the Post-Office Department of the United States of<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-07-02">July 2, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> America, and the Post-Offices of the several Islands at present constituting the Government-in Chief of the Windward Islands, consisting of the Islands of Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago and St. Lucia, concerning an exchange of Money-Orders.</i></editorialNote>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Post-Office Department of the United States of America, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> the Post-Offices of the several Islands at present constituting the Government-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, consisting of the. islands of Barbadoes. Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago and St. Lucia, being desirous of establishing a system of exchange of money-orders between the several countries, the undersigned duly authorized for that purpose have agreed upon the following articles:</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">There shall be a regular exchange of money-orders between the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of postal money-orders.</p></sidenote> United States and each of the several Windward Islands.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The maximum of each order is fixed at ten pounds sterling when issued in any of the Windward Islands; and when issued in the United States, at fifty dollars in the money of the latter country.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">No money-order shall include a fractional part of a penny, or of a cent.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The amount of each order must be expressed in letters in the money of the country in which payment is to be made, and the equivalent of the money in the issuing country must also be shewn in figures, at the rate of conversion fixed by Article 13 of the present Convention.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The several Post-Offices of the Windward Islands shall, each for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissions.</p></sidenote> Island of which it is Post-Office, have power to fix the rates of commission on all money-orders issued in such Island and the Post-Office Department of the United States shall have the same power in regard to all money-orders issued in the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Post-Office of the United States shall communicate from time to time to the Post-Office of Barbadoes its tariff of charges or rates of commission, which shall be established under this Convention and the Post-Office of Barbadoes shall communicate from time to time to the Post Office of the United States the tariff of charges or rates of commission, which shall be established by the several Windward Islands under this Convention, and these rates shall in all cases be payable in advance by the remitters and shall not be re payable.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It is understood moreover that the Post Office of any of the several<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suspension of issue.</p></sidenote> countries is authorized to suspend temporarily the exchange of money orders, in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstance, should give rise to abuses or cause detriment to the Postal revenue.</p>
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<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 3.</inline></num>
<content>Every country included in this Convention shall keep the commission<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounting for commissions.</p></sidenote> charged on all money-orders issued within its jurisdiction, but shall pay
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/792">792</page> to the country to which such money-orders are sent, three-fourths of one per cent, on the amount of such orders.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The service of the Postal money-order system between the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offices of Exchange.</p></sidenote> States on the one part and the several Windward Islands on the other part, shall be performed exclusively by the Agency of Offices of Exchange. On the part of the United States the Office of Exchange shall be New York, and on the part of the several Windward Islands, the Office of Exchange shall be Bridgetown, Barbadoes.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Orders shall be drawn only on the authorized money-order offices of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money-order offices; orders, &amp;c., on.</p></sidenote> the respective countries included in this Convention, and the Postal Administration of the United States shall furnish to the Post-Office cf Barbadoes a list of such offices in the United States, and shall from time to time notify any addition to, or change in such list, and the Post-Office of Barbadoes shall furnish the Post-Office of the United States with a list of such offices in the several Windward Islands, and shall from time to time notify any addition to, or change in such list.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Every order and advice must contain the name of the Office and of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Address</p></sidenote> the country of destination, and if relating to an order payable in the United States, the name of the State in which such office is situated.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">No money-order shall be issued unless the applicant furnish the name and address of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and his own name and address, or the name of the firm or company who are the remitters or payees together with the addresses of each.</p>
<p class="indent1 fontsize10">The money-orders issued in either country’ shall be forwarded by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expense of remittance.</p></sidenote> remitters to the payees at their own expense.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of all money-orders issued upon any of the Windward<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “A.”</p></sidenote> Islands by the Post-Offices in the United States shall be sent to the Office of Exchange at New York where they shall be examined, and if found correct, impressed with the dated stamp of that office and transmitted by the next mail to the Exchange Office at Bridgetown accompanied by a list in duplicate drawn upon the model of Form “A.”</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices on their arrival at Bridgetown shall be compared with the entries in the list, and afterwards despatched to the paying offices.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In like manner the advices of money-orders drawn on the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form “B.”</p></sidenote> States by Postmasters in any of the Windward Islands shall be sent to the Exchange Office at Bridgetown, shall there be examined and if found correct, impressed with the dated stamp of that office and be despatched accompanied by a list in duplicate [Form “B”] to the Office of Exchange at New York by the next mail.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices on their receipt at New York shall be compared with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advices.</p></sidenote> entries on the list and afterwards despatched to the paying Offices.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The advices of orders issued in the United States in the month of September, which may arrive at the Office of Exchange at New York in the earlier days of the following month, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of September, and in like manner the advices of orders issued in any of the Windward Islands in the month of June which may arrive at the Exchange Office at Bridgetown in the earlier days of the following month, shall be entered on lists supplementary to that of the last day of the month of June.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each Exchange Office shall certify its orders to the other on the lists,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moneys of both countries</p></sidenote> in amounts designated in the denominations of the money both of the despatching and receiving country at the rate of conversion established
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/793">793</page> by Article 13, of this Convention. The amounts so converted shall be checked at the receiving office of exchange.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The lists despatched from each office of exchange shall be numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists.</p></sidenote> consecutively, commencing with No. 1, at the beginning of the month of July in each year; and the entries in these lists shall also have consecutive numbers.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Of each list despatched a duplicate shall be sent, which duplicate after being verified by the receiving office of exchange shall be returned to the despatching office of exchange.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Each office of exchange shall promptly communicate to the other the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Errors.</p></sidenote> correction of any simple error which it may discover in the verification of the lists.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">When the lists shall show irregularities which the receiving exchange<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irregularities.</p></sidenote> office shall not be able to rectify, that office shall apply for an explanation to the despatching exchange office, and such explanation shall be afforded without delay.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Should any list fail to be received in due course, the despatching Exchange<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate lists.</p></sidenote> office, on receiving information to that effect, shall transmit without delay a duplicate of the list, duly certified as such.</p>
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<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 8.</inline></num>
<content>Duplicated orders shall only be issued by the Postal Administration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate orders.</p></sidenote> of the country on which the original orders were drawn, and in conformity with the regulations established or to be established in that country.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The orders issued by the United States on any of the Windward Islands<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations governing payment.</p></sidenote> or by any of the Windward Islands on the United States shall be subject as regards payment to the regulations which govern the payment of money-orders in the country on which they were drawn.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The paid orders shall remain in the possession of the country of payment.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paid orders.</p></sidenote></p>
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<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 10.</inline></num>
<content>Repayment of orders to remitters shall not be made until an authorization<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment of orders.</p></sidenote> for such payment shall first have been obtained by the country of issue from, the country where such orders are payable, and the amounts of the repaid orders shall be duly credited to the former country in the quarterly account (Article 12). It is the province of each Postal Administration to determine the manner in which repayment to remitters is to be made.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Orders which shall not have been paid within twelve calendar months<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orders void, when.</p></sidenote> from the month of issue shall become void, and the sums received shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Bridgetown office shall therefore enter to the credit of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unpaid orders.</p></sidenote> States in the quarterly account all money-orders entered in the lists received from the United States, which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. (Article 12.)</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">On the other hand the Post-Office Department of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly accounts.</p></sidenote> shall at the close of each month transmit to the Bridgetown office for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders in-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/794">794</page>cluded in the lists despatched from the latter office, which under this Article become void.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">At the close of each quarter an account shall be prepared at the Post-Office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounting and payment of balances.</p></sidenote> of Bridgetown showing in detail the totals of the lists containing the particulars of orders issued in the United States on the one part and in the several Windward Islands on the other part, during the quarter, and the balance resulting from such transactions.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Three copies of this account shall be transmitted to the Post-Office Department of the United States at. Washington, and the balance after proper verification shall, if due by the Post-Office Department of the United States be paid at Bridgetown, but if due by the Post Office of Barbadoes, it shall be pai: at New York, and in the money of the country to which the payment is made.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Payments may be made in money or by drafts, or by bills of exchange, on points other than Bridgetown and New York, by mutual agreement, between the Post Office Departments of the United States and Barbadoes.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">If pending the settlement of an account, either the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments on account in advance, where made.</p></sidenote> Post-Office on the one part, or the Post-Office of Barbadoes on the other part, shall ascertain that the one owes the other a balance exceeding five thousand dollars the indebted administration shall promptly remit the approximate amount of such balance to the credit of the other; but nothing herein contained shall prevent such administration from remitting a lesser amount, than five thousand dollars at discretion.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">This account and the letters which accompany such intermediate remittances<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forms.</p></sidenote> shall be in accordance with the forms ‘C,’ ‘D,’ ‘E,’ ‘F,’ and ‘G,’ annexed to this Convention.</p>
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<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 13.</inline></num>
<content>Until the Postal Administrations of the United States and the severa<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equivalent o f the English pound sterling in value.</p></sidenote> Windward Islands shall consent to an alteration it is agreed that in all matters of account relative to money-orders which shall result from the execution of the present Convention, the pound sterling of Great Britain shall be considered as equivalent to four dollars eighty-seven cents of the money of the United States.</content>
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<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 14.</inline></num>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The Postal Administration in every country included in this Convention<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional rules.</p></sidenote> shall be authorized to adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for greater security against fraud, or for the better working of the system generally.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">All such additional rules however must, if adopted by the United States, be promptly communicated to the Post-Office Department of Barbadoes, and if adopted by any of the Windward Islands be promptly communicated to the Post-Office Department of the United States by the Post-Office Department of Barbadoes.</p>
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<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article 15.</inline></num>
<content>This present Convention shall take effect on the first day of October<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and shall continue in force until twelve months after either of the contracting parties shall have notified to the other its intention to terminate it.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate and signed in Washington on the second day of
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/795">795</page> July, in the year of our Lord 1884; and in Bridgetown on the 24th day of April in the year of our Lord 1884.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Walter Q. Gresham</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Postmaster-General of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></i>.</role></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">William Robinson</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands</i>.</role></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Convention and in testimony thereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President.</role></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
<signature><signatureDate>Washington, <i>July 11th,</i> 1884.</signatureDate></signature>
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<dc:date>October 31, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:type>Protocol</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 806</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/23/806">806</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">PROTOCOL—MEXICO <inline class="smallCaps">October</inline> 31, 1884</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocol of an agreement between the United States and Mexico. Renewing<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-10-31">October 31, 1884</date>.</p></sidenote> stipulation in former agreements. Signed and exchanged at the city of Mexico, October</i> 31, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocol of a convention celebrated in<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contractiug parties.</p></sidenote> the name of their respective Governments by Mr. Harry H. Morgan, Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim of the United States of America and Señor José Fernandez, Under Secretary in charge of the Department for Foreign Affairs of the United States of Mexico, for the renewal of the agreement entered into by Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Matias Romero,Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico, each one in representation of their respective Governments, at the city of Washington on the twenty ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and the Protocol thereto attached, signed by the same parties in their aforesaid capacities, of the twenty first of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, which provides for the reciprocal passage in the unpopulated or desirt parts of the international boundary line by the regular federal troops of the respective Governments in pursuit of savage hostile Indians.</i></heading>
<p class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>In the city of Mexico, being present in the reception room of the Department for Foreign Affairs, Señor Don José Fernandez. Under Secretary in charge of the said Department, and Mr. Harry H. Morgan, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States of America, the first manifests that the Executive of the United States of Mexico hating been authorized by the Chamber of Senators of 1he Congress of the Union, under date of the ninth instant, to renew the convention of the twenty-ninth of July, one thousand eight-hundred and eighty-two concerning<page identifier="/us/stat/23/807@eng">807</page> the reciprocal passage of regular federal troops across the frontier in pursuit of hostile Indians he was prepared to sign the following agreement and both contracting parties being satisfied of the full authorization granted to each to treat upon the subject, in the name of their respective Governments, agreed upon the following:</i></p>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">Only Article.</heading>
<content>It is agreed that the Convention entered into in the city of Washington on the twenty-ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two between the United States of America therein, represented by Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the same, and the United States of Mexico, therein represented by Matias Romero, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, which provides for the reciprocal passage, in the unpopulated or desert parts of the international boundary line, by the regular federal troops of the respective Governments, in pursuit of savage hostile Indians, is hereby renewed in all of its parts, conditions and stipulations except in regard to.the time for which the said agreement will remain in force, the time of which has been reduced one year counting from the thirty-first of October eighteen hundred and eighty-four; that is until the thirty-first of October eighteen hundred and eighty-five.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In faith of which we have signed and exchanged reciprocally this Protocol at the city of Mexico, today, the thirty-first of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">H. H. Morgan</inline>.</name></signature>
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<heading class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Protocolo de un convenio celebrado en nombre de sus respectivos Gobiernos por el Señor Harry H. Morgan, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de los Estados Unidos de América y Don José Fernandez, Subsecretario encargado del despacho de Relaciones Exteriores de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, para larenoraeion del convenio a justado por Don Matías Romero, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, y el Señor Frederick T. FreUnghuysen, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América, cada uno en representación de su respectivo Gobierno, en la ciudad de Washington, el dia veintinueve de Julio de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos,y del Protocolo adicional firmado por los mismos funcionarios con igual representación el veintiuno de Setiembre de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, en los cuales se estipula el paso recíproco de las tropas regulares fedcralesde ambos Gobiernos, en persecución de indios salvajes hostiles, por las partes despobladas y desiertas de la línea divisoria internacional.</i></heading>
<p class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><i>En la ciudad de México, estando presentes en el salón de conferencias de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores el Señor Don José Fernandez, Subsecretario encargado del despacho de la misma, y el Señor Harry H. Morgan, Encargado de Negocios ad interim de los Estados Unidos de Norte América, el primero manifestó que, habiendo sido facultado el Ejecutivo de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos por la Cámara de Senadores del Congreso de la Union, con fecha nueve del que cursa, para renovar la convención de veintinueve de Julio de mil ocho-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/807@spa">807</page> cientos ochenta y dos, sobre paso recíproco de tropas regulares federales por la frontera, en persecución de indios hostiles, estaba dispuesto á suscribir la estipulación consiguiente, y hallándose persuadidos los negociadores de la plena autorización concedida á ambos para tratar de este asiento, convinieron en nombre de sus respectivos Gobiernos en el siguiente:</i></p>
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<heading class="smallCaps centered">Artículo único.</heading>
<content>Queda estipulado que el convenio<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Renewal of agreement of July 29, 1882</p>.<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 934.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pursuit of savage hostile Indiana across international boundary line.</p></sidenote> celebrado en la ciudad de Washington el dia veintinueve de Julio de mil ochocientos ochenta y dos, entre los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, representados por Don Matías Romero en su calidad de Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario, y los Estados Unidos de América, representados por el Señor Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretario de Estado de los mismos, y en el cual se estipuló el paso recíproco de las tropas federales regulares de los respectivos Gobiernos, en persecución de indios salvajes hostiles, por las partes despobladas y desiertas de la línea divisoria internacional, se renueva en todas sus partes, condiciones y estipulaciones, excepto en cuanto al tiempo por el cual ha de estar vigente dicho convenio, cuyo término queda reducido á un año contado desde el treinta y uno de Octubre de mil ochocientos ochenta<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> y cuatro; esto es hasta el treinta y uno de Octubre de mil ochocientos ochenta y cinco.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">En testimonio de lo cual hemos firmado y cangéadonos recíprocamente este Protocolo en la ciudad de México, hoy treinta y uno de Octubre de mil ochocientos ochenta y cuatro.</p>
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<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal.]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">José Fernandez</inline>.</name></signature>
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<dc:date>October 29, 1883</dc:date>
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<note role="centerRunningHead">TREATY—GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG. <inline class="smallCaps">October</inline> 29, 1883</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Treaty between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of <sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1883-10-29">October 29, 1883</date>.</p></sidenote>Luxemburg, concerning extradition of criminals, concluded October</i> 29, 1883; <i>ratification advised by the Senate July</i> 4, 1884; <i>ratified by the President July</i> 5, 1884; <i>ratified by the King of the Netherlands February </i>25, 1884; <i>ratifications exchanged at Perlin July</i> 14, 1884; <i>proclaimed August</i> 12, 1884.</editorialNote>
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<authority class="smallCaps centered">by the president of the united states of america</authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a convention for the mutual extradition of criminals was<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> concluded between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the city of Berlin on the twenty-ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, which convention is word for word as follows:
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Treaty of extradition between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The United States of America<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within their respective territories and jurisdictions, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes and offences hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up, have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The President of the United States of America, Mr. A, A. Sargent, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Germany at Berlin; and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Dr. Paul Eyschen, His Director General of the Department of Justice and Charge d’Affaires of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg at Berlin, Chevalier of the 2nd Class of the Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau, Commander of
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/809@eng">809</page>  the Order of the Crown of Oak and of that of the Lion of the Netherlands, etc., etc., etc.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:</p>
<article>
<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>The Government of the United States and the Government of Luxemburg mutually agree to deliver up persons who, having been charged as principals or accessories, with or convicted of any of the crimes and offences specified in the following article, committed within the jurisdiction of one of the contracting parties, shall seek an asylum or be found within the territories of the other. Provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify bis or her apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime had been there committed.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<chapeau>Persons shall be delivered up who shall have been convicted of or be charged, according to the provisions of the convention, with any of the following crimes:</chapeau>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Murder, comprehending the crimes designated in the penal code of Luxemburg by the terms of parricide, assassination, poisoning and infanticide;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The attempt to commit murder;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Rape, or attempt to commit rape, bigamy, abortion;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>Arson:</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5. </num>
<content>Piracy or mutiny on shipboard whenever the crew or part thereof shall have taken possession of the vessel by fraud or by violence against the commander;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">6. </num>
<content>The crime of burglary defined to be the act of breaking and entering by night into the house of another with the intent to commit felony; and the crime of robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another money or goods by<page identifier="/us/stat/23/810@eng">810</page> violence or putting him in fear; and the corresponding crimes punished by the laws of Luxemburg under the description of thefts committed in an inhabited house by night and by breaking in,by climbing or forcibly; and thefts committed with violence or by means of threats;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">7. </num>
<content>The crime of forgery by which<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forgery.</p></sidenote> is understood the utterance of forged papers, and also the counterfeiting of public, sovereign or govern mental acts;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">8. </num>
<content>The fabrication or circulation<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counterfeiting.</p></sidenote> of counterfeit money, either coin or paper, or of counterfeit public bonds, coupons of the public debt, banknotes, obligations, or, in General, anything being a title or instrument of credit; the counterfeiting of seals and dies, impressions, stamps and marks of State and public administrations and the utterance thereof;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">9. </num>
<content>The embezzlement of public<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Embezzlement by public officers or depositaries.</p></sidenote> moneys committed within the jurisdiction of either party by public officers or depositaries;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10">10. </num>
<content>Embezzlement by any person<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Embezzlement by persons hired or salaried.</p></sidenote> or persons hired or salaried to the detriment of their employers, when the crime is subject to punishment by the laws of the place where it was committed;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">11. </num>
<content>Wilful and unlawful destruction<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilful destruction, etc., of railroads, endangering life.</p></sidenote> or obstruction of railroads which endangers human life;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12">12. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Reception of articles obtained<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reception of articles obtained through either of the said crimes.</p></sidenote> by means of one of the crimes or offences provided for by the present convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Extradition may also be granted<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attempt to commit one of the above crimes, if punishable by both parties.</p></sidenote> for the attempt to commit any of the.crimes above enumerated, when such attempt is punishable by the laws of both contracting parties.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">A person surrendered under this<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons surrendered not to be tried or punished nor given up to a third power until allowed a month to leave the country; and allowed a a mouth after punishment or pardon.</p></sidenote> convention shall not be tried or punished in the country to which Iris extradition has been granted, nor given up to a third power for a crime or offence not provided for by the present convention and committed previously to his extradition, until he shall have been al-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/811@eng">811</page> lowed one month to leave the country after having been discharged; and, if he shall have been tried and condemned to punishment, he shall be allowed one month after having suffered his penalty or having been pardoned.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">He may however be tried or punished for any crime or offence provided for by this convention committed previous to his extradition, other than that which gave rise to the extradition, and notice of the purpose to so try him, with specification of the offence charged, shall be given to the Government which surrendered him, which may, if it think proper, require the production of one of the documents mentioned in article VII. of this Convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The consent of that government shall be required for the extradition of the accused to a third country; nevertheless such consent shall not be necessary when the accused shall have asked of his own accord to be tried or to undergo his punishment, or when he shall not have left within the space of time above specified the territory of the country to which he has been surrendered.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The provisions of this convention shall not be applicable to persons guilty of any political crime or of-fence or of one connected with such a crime or offence. A person who has been surrendered on account of one of the common crimes or of-fences mentioned in article II., shall consequently in no case be prosecuted and punished.in the State to which his extradition has been granted on account of a political crime or offence committed by him previously to his extradition or on account of an act connected with such a political crime or offence, unless he has been at liberty to leave the country for one month after having been tried, and, in case of condemnation, for one mouth after having suffered his punishment or having been pardoned.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">An attempt against the life oi the head of a foreign government or against that of any member of his family, when such attempt com-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/812@eng">812</page> prises the act either of murder or assassination or of poisoning, shall not be considered a political offence or an act connected with such an offence.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>Neither of the contracting parties<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Own citizens not to be delivered up.</p></sidenote> shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this convention.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>If the person whose surrender<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surrender of person claimed may be deferred until after trial or punishment for offences in the country of asylum.</p></sidenote> may be claimed pursuant to the stipulations of the present treaty shall have been arrested for the commission of offences in the country where be has sought an asylum, or shall have been convicted thereof, his extradition may be deferred until he shall have been acquitted, or have served the term of imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Requisitions of the surrender of<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requisitions.</p></sidenote> fugitives from justice shall always be made through a diplomatic channel.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">If the person whose extradition<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Papers, etc., to accompany requisition.</p></sidenote> may be asked for shall have been convicted of a crime or offence, a copy of the sentence of the court in which he may have been convicted, authenticated under its seal and attestation of the official character of the judge by the proper executive authority, and of the latter by the minister or consul of the United States or by the Minister or Consul charged with the interests of Luxemburg, respectively, shall accompany the requisition. When, however, the fugitive shall have been merely charged with crime, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant for his arrest in the country where the crime may have been committed, and of the depositions upon which such warrant may have been <sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of warrant, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surrender of fugitives.</p></sidenote>issued, must accompany the requisition as aforesaid. The President of the United States or the proper authority in Luxemburg may then issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive, in order that he may be brought before the proper<page identifier="/us/stat/23/813@eng">813</page> judicial authority for examination. If it should then be decided that, according to the law and the evidence, the extradition is due pursuant to the treaty, the fugitive may be given up according to the forms prescribed in such cases.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VIII.</inline></num>
<content>The expenses of the arrest, detention and transportation of the persons claimed shall be paid by the government in whose name the requisition has been made.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
<content>Extradition shall not be granted in pursuance of the provisions of this convention, if legal proceedings or the enforcement of the penalty for the act committed by the person claimed, has become barred by limitation, according to the laws of the country to which the requisition is addressed.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article X.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">All articles found in the possession of the accused party and obtained through the commission of the act with which he is charged, or that may be used as evidence of the crime for which his extradition is demanded, shall be seized if the competent authority shall so order, and shall be surrendered with his person.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The rights of third parties to the articles so found shall nevertheless be respected.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XI.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">The present convention shall take effect thirty days after the Exchange of ratifications.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It may be terminated by either of the contracting parties, but shall remain in force for six months after notice has been given for its termination.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">It shall be ratified and its ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles both in the English<page identifier="/us/stat/23/814@eng">814</page> and French languages, and they have thereunto affixed their seals.</p>
</content>
</article>
</block>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done, in duplicate, at the City of Berlin, this 29th day of October, A. D. 1883.</p>
<block>
<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">A. A. Sargent</inline>.</name></signature>
</signatures>
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</column>
<column role="rightSide" xml:lang="fr">
<block>
<p class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10">Traité d’extradition entre les Etats-Unis d’Amérique et le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les États-Unis d’Amérique et Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Graud-Due de Luxembourg, ayant jugé opportun, en vue d’une meilleure administration de la justice et pour prévenir les crimes dans leurs territoires et juridictions respectifs, que les individus poursuivis ou condamnés du chef des crimes et délits ci-après énumérés, et qui se seraient soustraits par la fuite aux poursuites de la justice, fussent, dans certaines circonstances, réciproquement extradés ont résolu de conclure une Convention dans ce but, et ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:</p>
<p class="indent1 fontsize10">Le Président des États-Unis d’Amérique, Monsieur A. A. Sargent, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté l’Empereur d’Allemagne à Berlin; et Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Monsieur le D<sup>r</sup> Paul Eyschen, Son Directeur Général de la justice et Chargé d’Affaires pour le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg à Berlin, Chevalier de 2<sup>e </sup>Classe de l’Ordre du Lion d’Or de la Maison de Nassau, Commandeur de l’Ordre delà Couronne de Chêne
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/809@fre">809</page> et de l’Ordre du Lion Néerlandais, etc., etc., etc.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Lesquels, s’étant communiqué réciproquement leurs pleins pouvoirs et les ayant trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des articles suivants, savoir:</p>
<article>
<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<content>Le Gouvernement des États-Unis<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons to be delivered up.</p></sidenote> et le Gouvernement du Luxembourg s’engagent à se remettre réciproquement les personnes qui, poursuivies ou condamnées, comme auteurs ou complices, du chef de l’un des crimes et délits énumérés à l’article suivant, commis dans la juridiction de l’une des parties contractantes, chercheront, un asile ou seront trouvés dans les territoires de l’autre partie. Toutefois,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof of crime.</p></sidenote> l’extradition n’aura lieu que dans le cas où l’existence de l’infraction sera constatée de telle manière que les lois du pays où le fugitif ou la personne poursuivie sera trouvée, justifieraient sa détention et sa mise eu jugement, si le fait y avait été commis.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<chapeau>Serônt livrés, eu vertu des dispositions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crimes for which extradition is tobe made.</p></sidenote> de la présente convention, les individus poursuivis ou con-damnés du chef de l’un des crimes ou délits suivants:</chapeau>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1° </num>
<content>Meurtre, y compris les crimes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Murder.</p></sidenote> qualifiés dans le Code pénal Luxembourgeois de parricide, assassinat, empoisonnement et infanticide;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2° </num>
<content>Tentative de meurtre;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attempted murder.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rape.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bigamy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abortion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piracy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mutiny.</p></sidenote></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3° </num>
<content>Viol, attentat à la pudeur commis avec violence, avortement, bigamie;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4° </num>
<content>Incendie;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5° </num>
<content>Piraterie ou rébellion à bord d’un navire, lorsque l’équipage ou partie de celuici aura pris possession du navire par fraude ou violence envers le Commandant;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">6° </num>
<content>Crime de “burglary”, consistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burglary.</p></sidenote> dans l’action de s’introduire nuitamment et avec effraction ou escalade dans l’habitation d’autrui avec une intention criminelle; crime<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robbery.</p></sidenote> de “robbery”, consistant dans l’enlèvement forcé et criminel, effectué sur la personne d’autrui, d’argent ou
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/810@fre">810</page> d’effets d’une valeur quelconque, à l’aide de violence ou d’intimidation, et les crimes correspondants pré vus et punis par la loi luxembourgeoise, sous la qualification de vols commis dans une maison habitée avec les circonstances de la nuit et de l’escalade ou de l’effraction, et de vols commis avec violences ou menaces;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">7° </num>
<content>Crime de faux, comprenant l’émission de documents falsifiés et la contrefaçon d’actes publics du Gouvernement ou de l’autorité souver ai ne;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">8° </num>
<content>Fabrication ou mise en circulation de fausse monnaie ou de faux papiermonnaie ou defaux titres ou coupons de la dette publique, de faux billets de banque, de fausses obligations, ou, en général, de tout faux titre ou instrument de crédit quelconque, contrefaçon de sceaux, empreintes, timbres on marques de l’Etat et des Administrations publiques et mise en circulation de pièces ainsi marquées;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">9° </num>
<content>Détournement de deniers publics,commis dans la juridiction de l’une ou de l’autre partie par des officiers ou dépositaires publics;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10">10° </num>
<content>Détournement commis par toute personne ou personnes employées ou salariées, au détriment de ceux qui les emploient, lorsque ces crimes entraînent une peine selon les lois du lieu où ils ont été commis;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">11° </num>
<content>Obstruction ou destruction volontaire et illégale de voies ferrées, qui puisse mettre en danger la vie humaine;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12">12° </num>
<content>
<p class="inline">Recèlemeut des objets obtenus à l’aide d’un des crimes ou délits prévus par la présente Convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">L’extradition pourra aussi avoir lieu pour la tentative des faits énumérés cidessus, lorsqu’elle est punissable d’après la législation des deux pays contractants.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">L’individu extradé ne pourra être poursuivi ni puni dans le pays auquel l’extradition a été accordée, ui extradé à un pays tiers pour uu crime ou un délit quelconque non prévu par la présente convention et antérieur à l’extradition, à moins qu’il n’ait eu, dans l’un et l’autre cas, la liberté de quitter de nouveau le
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/811@fre">811</page> pays susdit pendant un mois après avoir été jugé, et en cas de condamnation, après avoir subi sa peine ou après avoir été gracié.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Il pourra cependant être poursuivi<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons may be tried or punished for crimes provided for by this Convention committed previous to extradition, other than that which gave rise to extradition.</p></sidenote> ou puni du chef d’un crime on d’un délit prévu par la convention antérieur à l’extradition, mais antre que celui qui a motivé l’extradition, et avis de cette poursuite, avec spécification du délit mis à sa charge, sera donné au Gouvernement qui a livré l’extradé et qui pourra, s’il le juge convenable, exiger<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice in such case to the surrenduring Government.</p></sidenote> la production de l’un des documents mentionnés dans l’article Vil. de la présente convention.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Le consentement de ce Gouvernement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extradition to a third country;conditions of.</p></sidenote> sera requis pour permettre l’extradition de l’inculpé à un pays tiers. Toutefois, ce consentement ne sera pas nécessaire lorsque l’inculpé aura demandé spontanément à être jugé ou a subir sa peine, ou lorsqu’il n’aura pas quitté, dans le délai fixé plus haut, le territoire du pays auquel il a été livré.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les dispositions du présent traité<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Political crimes and offences excepted.</p></sidenote> ne sont point applicables aux personnes qui se sont rendues coupables de quelque crime eu délit politique ou connexe à un semblable crime ou délit. La personne qui a été extradée à raison do l’un des crimes ou délits communs mentionnés à l’article IL, ne peut, par conséquent, en aucun cas, être poursuivie et punie dans l’État auquel l’extradition a été accordée, à raison d’un crime ou délit politique commis par elle avant l’extradition, ni à raison d’un fait connexe à un semblable crime ou délit politique, à moins qu’elle n’ait eu la liberté de quitter de nouveau le pays pendant un mois après avoir été jugée, et, en cas de condamnation, après avoir subi sa peine ou après avoir été graciée.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Ne sera pas réputé délit politique <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote>ni fait connexe à un semblable délit, l’attentat contre la personne du chef d’un Gouvernement étranger
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/812@fre">812</page> ou contre celle des membres de sa famille, lorsque cet attentat constituera le fait soit de meurtre, soit d’assassinat, soit d’empoisonnement.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<content>Les parties contractantes ne seront point obligées de se livrer leurs propres citoyens ou sujets en vertu des stipulations de la présente convention.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<content>Lorsque la personne dont l’extradition est réclamée aux termes du présent traité aura été arrêtée à raison de faits délictueux dans le pays où elle a cherché un asile ou lorsqu’elle aura été condamnée de ce chef, son extradition pourra être différée jusqu’à son acquittement ou jusqu’à l’expiration de la peine prononcée contre elle.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Les demandes d’extradition seront toujours faites par voie diplomatique.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Lorsque la personne dont l’extradition est réclamée aura été condamnée à raison du crime ou du délit qu’elle a commis, la demande d’extradition sera accompagnée d’une expédition authentique de l’arrêt de la cour ou du jugement du tribunal qui a prononcé la sentence, munie du sceau de cette juridiction. La signature du juge devra être légalisée par l’ageu tcompétent du pouvoir exécutif, dont la signature sera, à son tour, attestée respectivement par le Ministre ou le Consul des États-Unis,ou parle Ministre ou le Consul chargé des intérêts du Luxembourg. Quand le fugitif sera simplement prévenu d’un crime ou délit, la réquisition devra être accompagnée d’une copie authentique du mandat d’arrêt rendu à sa charge dans le pays où le crime aura été commis et des dépositions sur lesquelles ce mandat a été décerné. Le Président des États-Unis ou l’agent compétent du pouvoir exécutif dan s le Luxembourg peut alors requérir l’arres-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/813@fre">813</page> tation du fugitif, afin d’examen devant l’autorité judiciaire compétente. S’il est décidé qu’il y a lieu à extradition, en présence du texte de la loi et des pièces produites, le fugitif peut être livré suivant les formes légales usitées en pareil cas.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VIII.</inline></num>
<content>Les dépenses causées par l’arrestation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> la détention et le transport des individus réclamés seront supportées par le Gouvernement requérant.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
<content>L’extradition n’aura pas lieu conformément<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extradition not granted if cane hatred by limitation under laws of country on which demand is made.</p></sidenote> aux dispositions de la présente convention, si la prescription de l’action ou de la peine est acquise en faveur de l’individu ré-clamé, d’après les lois du pays auquel la demande est adressée.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article X.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Tous objets trouvés en la possession<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles in possession of accused may be seized and surrendered with the person.</p></sidenote> de l’individu réclamé et provenant du fait incriminé ou pouvant servir de preuve au fait pour lequel l’extradition est demandée, seront saisis, si l’autorité compétente en a ainsi ordonné, pour être livrés avec sa personne.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Sont cependant réservés les<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">But rights of third parties respected.</p></sidenote> droits des tiers sur les objets susmentionnés.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XI.</inline></num>
<content>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">La présente convention sera<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">This convention to takeefiect thirty days after Exchange of ratifications.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May be terminated on six months’ notice.</p></sidenote> exécutoire trente jours après l’échange des ratifications.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Elle peut être dénoncée par chacune des parties contractantes; elle demeurera toutefois en vigueur encore six mois après qu’elle aura été, dénoncée.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Elle sera ratifiée et les ratifications<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> en seront échangées aussitôt que possible.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé les articles cidessus dans les langues
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/814@eng">814</page> anglaise et française, et y ont apposé leurs sceaux.</p>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Ainsi fait par duplicata à Berlin, le 29 Octobre 1883.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">[seal]</notation> <name><inline class="smallCaps">Paul Eyschen</inline>.</name></signature>
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</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Berlin on the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty four:</recital>
</preamble>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Chester A. Arthur, President of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done at the City of Washington this 12th of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>December 27, 1884</dc:date>
<dc:date>February 17, 1885</dc:date>
<dc:type>Convention</dc:type>
<citableAs>23 Stat. 815</citableAs>
</meta>
<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/815">815</page>
<note role="centerRunningHead">CONVENTION—SWEDEN. <inline class="smallCaps">December</inline> 27, 1884.</note>
<editorialNote class="indentUp1 firstIndent-1"><i>Convention for an exchange of Money-Orders between the Kingdom<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1884-12-27">December 27, 1884</date>;</p><p class="centered fontsize8"><date date="1885-02-17">February 17, 1885</date>.</p></sidenote> of Sweden and the Republic of the United Slates of America, signed at Stockholm, .Decent! er 27,</i>1884, <i>and at Washington, February</i> 17, 1885.</editorialNote>
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<article>
<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article I.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">exchange of money orders</heading>
<content>Between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of the United Stales of America there shall be a regular exchange of Money-Orders.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article II.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">offices of exchange.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The Money-Order Service between the two countries shall be performed exclusively by means of offices of exchange.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The office of exchange, on the part of the Kingdom of Sweden, shall be Malmo, and, on the part of the Republic of the United States of America, New York, N. Y.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article III.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">maximum amount of orders.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The maximum amount for which a money-order may be drawn in Sweden upon the United States shall be one hundred eighty six (186) Kronor,50 ore; and the maximum amount for which a money-order may be drawn in the United States on Sweden shall be fifty dollars ($50.).</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>This maximum of 186 Kronor, 50 lire, respectively 50 dollars, may, however, be increased to three hundred seventy-three (373) Kronor, respectively, one hundred dollars ($100.) by mutual agreement between the Post Offices of the two countries, provided the Post-Office Department of the United States of America is authorized, by law, to assent to such an increase.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/816@eng">816</page>
<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IV.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">payment in gold coin.</heading>
<content>Payment, in either country, shall<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment; how made.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gold coin or equivalent.</p></sidenote> be made in gold coin or its equivalent in the currency of such country.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article V.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">commission.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The Post-Offices of the respective<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rates of commission.</p></sidenote> countries shall each have power to fix from time to time the rates of commission to be charged on all money-orders they may respectively issue.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The commission, so charged,<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To belong to country of issue.</p></sidenote> to belong to the country of issue; but the Swedish Post-Office shall pay to the Post Office of the United States three-fourths of one <sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Percent, of commission charged, tobe paid.</p></sidenote>per cent, on the amount of money-orders issued in Sweden and advised to the United States, and the Post Office of the United States shall makea like payment on the amount of money-orders issued in the United States and advised to Sweden.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Such payments to be calculated<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calculation of commission.</p></sidenote> on the totals of the lists (A) Exchanged every quarter of a year by the two countries.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">rate of exchange.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The conversion of the money<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate of conversion.</p></sidenote> of the two countries shall be in accordance with the average rate of exchange, which, it is agreed, shall be taken at three Kronor, 73 Ore to the gold dollar.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The two offices are, however,<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New rate to be made by common agreement if necessary.</p></sidenote> authorized to fix by common agreement another rate of conversion, should the course of exchange between the two countries render such a step necessary.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>No account shall be taken of<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No account taken of fractious.</p></sidenote> any fraction of a cent or of 4 Öre.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/817@eng">817</page>
<article>
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">particulars to be observed for a money-order.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>No money-order shall be issued, unless the remitter furnish, in full, the surname, and at least the initial of one christian-name both of the remitter and of the payee; or, the name of. the firm or company who are the remitters or the payees; together with the exact address of the person or firm to whom the money is to be paid; and the address of the remitter.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The Post-Office of the addressee shall be given with the greatest possible accuracy and, for money-orders to Sweden, the government and, for money-orders to the United States, the State and if possible the county, within which the Post-Office of the addressee is situated, shall be specially indicated.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article VIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">duplicate orders.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>In the event of a money order miscarrying or being lost, a duplicate shall be granted by the chief office of the country of payment, on written application being made by the payee.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>On the receipt of a similar application from the payee, instructions shall be given to stop payment of a money-order.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article IX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">alterations in names of payees.</heading>
<content>Corrections of errors in the names of payees shall be effected by the chief office of the country of issue at the request of the remitter.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article X.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">repayment of orders.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Repayment of an order shall not, in any ease, be made, until it has been ascertained from the chief office of the country where such<page identifier="/us/stat/23/818@eng">818</page> order is payable that the order has not been paid.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>At the end of every quarter,<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly reports of repayments per Form B.</p></sidenote> each postal administration shall show, in a list similar to Form B, annexed, the particulars of all orders which it has been authorized to repay to 1he original remitters; and the total amount of such list, which for this purpose shall be transmitted to the accounting Department of the General Post-Office at Stockholm, shall be entered to the credit of such administration in the account mentioned in Article XVII.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">unpaid money-orders.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Money-orders, which shall not<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unpaid orders void in twelve mouths.</p></sidenote> have been paid within twelve calendar months from the month of issue, shall become void. The sums received from such money-orders shall accrue to and be at the disposal of the country of origin.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The Swedish office shall, therefore,<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be credited mutually in quarterly accounts.</p></sidenote> enter in the quarterly account (Article XVII.) to the credit of the United States, all money orders entered in the lists received from the United States,which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>On the other side, the Post-Office Department of the United States shall, at the close of each quarter, transmit to the Swedish office, for entry in the quarterly account, a detailed statement of all orders included in the lists despatched from the Swedish office, which under this Article become void.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">lists of money-orders.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The two Offices of Exchange<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be communicated by every mail.</p></sidenote> shall communicate to each other by every starting Mail the sums received in each of the two countries for payment in the other. They shall use, for this purpose, the <sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form A.</p></sidenote>form of List A, annexed.</content>
</paragraph>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/819@eng">819</page>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Money-orders issued in Sweden towards the end of June, and in the United States towards the end of December, and not reaching the respective offices of exchange until the first days of the following month, shall be entered and communicated to the office of Exchange of the country to which they are sent, on separate lists, supplementary to the ordinary lists, dated the last of the month in which the sums were received.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>A blank list shall be transmitted when there are no receipts to be advised.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">international numbers.</heading>
<content>Every money-order or receipt of money entered upon the lists shall bear a number, to be called the “International number”, commencing each month with No. 1.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIV</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">acknowledgment of lists.</heading>
<subheading class="smallCaps centered">duplicates of lists.</subheading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The receipt of each list shall be acknowledged, on either side, by means of the first subsequent list forwarded in the opposite direction, and the list which shall fail to be received shall be immediately applied for by the office of exchange to which it should have been sent.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The despatching office of Exchange shall, in such case, transmit without delay, to the receiving office of exchange, a duplicate list, duly certified as such.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XV</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">verification of lists.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The lists shall be carefully verified by the office of exchange to which they are sent; and, when they contain simple errors, shall be corrected.</content>
</paragraph>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/820@eng">820</page>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The corrections shall be communicated to the despatching office of exchange in the acknowledgment of the receipt of the list on which the corrections were made.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>When the list shall disclose other irregularities, the receiving office shall require an explanation from the despatching office of Exchange, which shall give such explanation with as little delay as possible.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>In the meantime, the issue of internal money orders, relating to the entries on the list found to be irregular, shall be suspended.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XVI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">internal money-orders to be prepared.</heading>
<content>As soon as the lists shall have<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal Money Orders.</p></sidenote> reached the receiving office of Exchange, that office shall prepare internal money-orders in favor of the payees and for the amounts specified in the lists, and shall forward them to the payees, or, to the paying office in conformity with the arrangements existing in each country for regulating the payment of money-orders.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XVII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">acounts.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<chapeau>The Swedish office shall at<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarterly accounts to be transmitted in duplicate per Form C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Items.</p></sidenote> the close of every quarter prepare an account showing:</chapeau>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The totals of the lists of the quarter which have been exchanged between the two Post-Offices (Article XII.),with addition of the commission mentioned in Article V.;</content>
</level>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>The totals of the lists of money orders which the despatching office has been authorized to repay to the remitter (Article X.);</content>
</level>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>The totals of the money-orders which in the two countries have Hot been paid (arti cle XL);</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/821@eng">821</page>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>The balance which in con fortuity with the account has to be paid by either office.</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Such acount, which shall be in conformity with Form C, annexed, shall be transmitted, in duplicate, by the Swedish office to the Post-Office Department of the United States, which shall return one copy of the account duly accepted.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XVIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">payment of balance.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>When the Swedish office, has to pay to the office of the United States the balance of the account, it shall pay such balance at the same time that it sends the account, which shall be as soon as possible, and at the latest within the close of the quarter, immediately following that which the Account concerns.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>A similar course shall be followed by the Post Office Department of the United States when it returns the duplicate of the account accepted. This return shall be made as soon as possible and at the latest within thirty days after the reception of the accounts.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>The payment of the balance shall be made at Stockholm, when it is to the credit of Sweden; and at Washington, when it is to the credit of the United States; and always in the money of the country to which payment is made, without any deduction for the last mentioned country; and all expenses in the matter shall be at the charge of the debtor Post Office.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>Should on any occasion one of the Post-Offices be creditor of the other for paid money-orders amounting to a total exceeding 20,000 Kronor, the creditor office shall have the right to require a prepayment or provisional liquidation which may amount to three-fourths of the sum of the debt. In such case the payment shall follow immediately.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5. </num>
<content>In the event of the balance of an account not being paid within the time specified in 1 and 2 above, the amount of such balance shall be chargeable with interest from<page identifier="/us/stat/23/822@eng">822</page> the date of the stipulated period until the day of the transmission of the amount due. Such interest shall be computed at the rate of five (5) per cent, per annum, and is to be entered in the accounts next following as a debit against the dilatory administration.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XIX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">additional rules.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>The Postmaster General in<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to adopt additional roles for security, etc.</p></sidenote> each country shall be authorized to adopt any additional rules (if not repugnant to the foregoing) for the greater security against fraud, or, for the better working of the system generally.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>All such additional rules, however, must be communicated to the Postmaster General of the other country.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">power to increase commission, or, to suspend issue of orders.</heading>
<content>Should it appear, at any time,<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of commission or suspension of orders.</p></sidenote> that money-orders are used by mercantile men or other persons in Sweden, or, in the United States, for the transmission of large sums of money, the Swedish office, or, the Post-Office Department of the United States, as the case may be, shall consider the propriety of increasing the commission; and shall have power even for a time wholly to suspend the issue of money-orders.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XXI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Article XXI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">commencement and termination of convention.</heading>
<content>This Convention shall come into<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement and termination.</p></sidenote> operation on the 1st day of April, 1885, and shall be terminable on a notice, by either party, of six calendar months.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Done in duplicate and signed at<sidenote renderingPosition="leftMargin"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of execution.</p></sidenote> Stockholm this 27th day of Decem-<page identifier="/us/stat/23/823@eng">823</page>ber, 1884 and at Washington this 17th day of February, 1885.</p>
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<signatures>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Wilhelm Roos</inline>.</name></signature> <signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Frank Hatton</inline>.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">(Seal.)</notation></signature> <signature><notation class="smallCaps">(Seal.)</notation></signature>
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<article>
<num value="I"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel I.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">utvexling af postanvisningar.</heading>
<content>Mellau konungariket Sverige och<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracting parties.</p></sidenote> republiken Amerikas Förenta Stater skall en regelbunden utvexling af postanvisuingar ega rum.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="II"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel II.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">utvexlingspostanstaxter.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Utvexlingen af postanvisningar<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of postal money orders.</p></sidenote> mellan de bäda länderna skall fönnedlas genom särskildt dertill ntsedd a u tvexlingspostan stal ter.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Postkontoret i Malmö är utsedt<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offices of Exchange.</p></sidenote> till utvexlingspostanstalt for konungariket Sverige och postkontoret i New York, N. Y., är utsedt till utvexlingspostanstalt for republiken Amerikas Förenta Stater.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="III"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel III.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">maximibelopp för postanvisningar.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Det högsta belopp, ph hvilket<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum amount for which order may be drawn.</p></sidenote> en postanvisning kau utställas i Sverige till de Förenta Staterna, utgör etthundra httatiosex (186) kronor 50 öre, och det högsta belopp, ph hvilket en postanvisning kan utställas i de Förenta Staterna till Sverige, utgör iemtio (50) dollars.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Detta maximibelopp 186 kronor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May be increased by mutual agreement.</p></sidenote> 50 öre resp. 50 dollars kan Ilkväl, efter öfverenskorumelse mellan de bäda ländemas Postförvaltningar, höjas till 373 kronor resp. 100 dollars, lörutsatt att Postdepartementet i Amerikas Förenta Stater blifvit lagligen bemyndigadt att ingä pä en sädan höjning.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/816@swe">816</page>
<article>
<num value="IV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel IV.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">utbetalning i guld.</heading>
<content>Utbetalningen skall i hvartdera landet verkställas i guld eller dess motsvarande värde i annat gängbart mynt.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="V"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel V.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">postanvisningsavgift.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>De bädaländerna s Postförvaltningar skola, hvarför sig, ega rätt att fastställa den afgift, som vid olika tider bÖr af afsändare erläggas för postanvisning, som inom vederböraude land utställes.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Donna afgift tillfaller det land, som utstält auvisniiigeu, men det Svenska Postverket skall till Förenta Staternas Postverk betala treijerdedels procent ä sammanlagda beloppet af de postanvisningar, som äro utstäkla i Sverige, for att utbetalas inom de Förenta Staterna, och pä summa sätt skall Förenta Staternas Postverk till det Svenska utgöraenahanda procents utbetalning ä beloppet af postanvisningar, utstäkla i de Förenta Staterna for att utbetalas inom Sverige.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Denna procent beräknas ä totalsummorna i de förteckningar (A), som for hvart qvartal utvexlas mellau de bäda länderna.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel VI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">myntreduktion.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Reduktionen af de bäda läudernas mynt verkställes efter en öfverenskommen medelvexelkurs af tre kronor 73 ore for en dollar i guld.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>De bäda Postförvaltningarna kunna likväl gemensamt öfverenskomma om äfven en annan kurs tör myntförvandlingen, derest vexelknrsen mellan de bäda länderna skulle gifva anledning till vidiagande af en dylik ätgärd.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Bräktal af en cent och belopp af mindre än 4 öre tagas ej i beräkning.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/817@swe">817</page>
<article>
<num value="VII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel VII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">särskilda föreskrifter rörande postanvisningar.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Ingen postanvisning fär utställas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations for issuing orders.</p></sidenote> med mindre afsäudaren angifver hela tillnamnet och ätminstone begynnelsebokstafven tillett af förnamuen säväl ä afsäudaren som ä emottagaren eller namnet pä den firma eller det bolag, som är afsändare eller emottagare, tillika med deu ful Iständiga adressen ä den person eller firma, till hvilken anvisningen skall utbetalas, äfvensom afsändarens adress.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Adressorteii bör uppgifvas sä uoga som möjligt och dervid särskildt utsättas, för postanvisningar till Sverige, det lan ocb, for post-anvisniugar till Förenta Staterna, den stat och om möjligt den krets, inom hvilket eller hvilken adress-orten är belügen.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="VIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel VIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">postanvisningsduplett.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>I händelse en anvisning blif-vitfelsänd<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate orders.</p></sidenote> eller förkommit, skall af utvexlingspostkoutoret i det land, der anvisuingen är betalbar, pä skriftlig anhällan af adressaten, ut ställas en duplettanvisning.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Vid emottagande af m dylik<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stopping payment of original.</p></sidenote> framställuing af adressaten, skall meddelas föreskrift att iiiställaden Ursprungliga auvisningens betaling.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="IX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel IX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">rättelser af felaktigheter rörande<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Correction of error in name of payees.</p></sidenote> adressatens namn</heading>
<content>Rättelser af felaktigheter i afseende ä adressatens namn skola, pä begäran af afsäudaren, verkställas af utvexlingspostkontoreti det land, hvarifrän anvisningen utgätt.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="X"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel X.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">Återbetalning.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Återbetalning af ettauvisningsbelopp<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment of orders.</p></sidenote> eger icke under nägon omständighet rum, med mindre än att frän utvexlingspostkontoret i det
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/818@swe">818</page> land, der anvisningen är betalbar, ingätt underrättelse att anvisnin-gen ej bl if vit in löst.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Vid slutet af hvarje qvartal skall hvardera Postförvaltningen lemiia en detaljerad iorteckning, i eniigbet med bifogifde formulät B, ä alla postanvisningar, sont samma Förvaltning bemyndigats att återbetala till anvisningarnas afsändare, och totalsummorna af dessa förteckuingar, som för sädaut andamäl skola till Generalpoststyrelsens kameralbyrå i Stockholm insändas, krediteras vederboraude Postverk i afräkningen, omnämnd i artikel XVII.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">obeställbara postanvisningar.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Anvisning, som icke infriats inom tolf kalendermänader, den mänad oräknad, under hvilken an-visningen utstälts, upphör att vidare giilla. Beloppet för en sädan postanvisning skall tillgodoföras och förblifva till disposition af afsändniugslandet.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Sveuska Postförvaltningen skall derföre i qvartalsafräkningen (art. XVII) kreditera FÖrenta Staterna for alla de postanvisningar, som, uppförda ä förteckningarna trän FÖrenta Staterna, förblifvit oinlösta vid utgängen af nämnda tidsperiod.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>A andra sidau skall FÖrenta Staternas Postdepartement vid slu-tet af hvarje qvartal till Sveuska Postförvaltningen, för intagande i afräkningen, öfversända en speeiticerad uppgift å alla de postanvisningar, som, uppförda å förteck-ningarna frän Svenska Postverket, blifvit obetalbara enligt bestämmelserna i denna artikel.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">postanvisningsförteckningar.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>De bäda utvexliugspostkontoren skola med hvar afgäeude post meddela hvarandra uppgifter å de belopp, som inom bvartdera af de bäda lämlernu emottagits lill utbetalning i det andra landet. De skola i sädaut ändamäl auviinda. bär bifogade formulär A.</content>
</paragraph>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/819@swe">819</page>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Postanvisningar, som blifvit<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Separate lists.</p></sidenote> atstälda i Sverige mot slutet af juni mänad och i Förenta Staterna mot slutet af december mänad ocb som ej ankomma till vederbörande utvexlingspostkontor förr än de förstadagarne af mänaden derefter, skola uppföras ä samt meddelas emottagande landets utvexlingspostkontor genom särskilda tilläggsförteckningar, som daterasfor sista dagen i den mänad, under hvilken beloppen blifvit emottagna.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blank lists when no receipts.</p></sidenote></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Firmes tor en dag ej nägot anvisningsbelopp att ä förteckningen införa, afsändes för denna dag en vakatförteckning.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">internationelt nummer.</heading>
<content>Hvarje postanvisning likasom<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International numbers.</p></sidenote> hvarje postanvisniugsbelopp, som blifvit i förteckningen iufördt, tor-ses med ett nummer, som fär benämningen af internationelt num-mer och börjar med n:r 1 för hvar mänad.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XIV</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">besvaring.</heading>
<subheading class="smallCaps centered">förteckningsduplett.</subheading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Erkännande af emottagen forteckning<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acknowledgment of lists.</p></sidenote> skail ä ömse sidor meddelas ä den näst derefter i motsatt riktning afsäuda förteckningen; ocb skulle for nägon dag dylik förteckning saknas, anmäles genast förhällandet af det utvexlingspostkontor, som bort erhälla torteckniugen.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>I sädantfall skail afsändande<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate if lists are not received.</p></sidenote> utvexlingspostkontoret utan dröjsmäl till emottagande utvexlings-postkontoret öfversändaen duplettförteckuing,som förses med anteckning om den sammas beskaffenhet af duplett.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XV</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">förteckningarnas granskning</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Förteckningarna skola omsorgsfullt<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be verified and errors corrected.</p></sidenote> granskas af emottagande utvexlingspostkontoret, som eger att rätta dem, ifall de innehälla uppenbara felaktigheter.</content>
</paragraph>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/820@swe">820</page>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Rättelsenia skola meddelas afsandan de utvexl i ngspostkon toret vid besvaringen af den forteckning, hvari rattelsenia blifvit gjorda.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Skulle en fbrteckning forete andra felaktigheter, tillhdr det emottagande utvexliugspostkontoret att begara en forklaring af af saudande utvexliugspostkontoret, som bor afgifva samma forklaring sä fort ske kan.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>Under tiden uppskjutes med aftardandet till orter inom riket af postanvisningar, å hvilka anteckningarna i den felaktiga forteck. ningeu hafva afseende.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XVI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">utställande af inrikes postanvisningar.</heading>
<content>Så snart en postanvisniusforteckning inkommit till emottagande utvexliugspostkontoret, utstailer detta postkontor inrikes postanvisningar till adressarerna for de i forteck n i ngen speci ficerade belopp samt afsander anvisningarna rill adressaternaeller till vederborande utbetalandepostanstalterienlighet med de bestammelser, som inom hvartdera landet galla för utvexling af inrikes postanvisningar.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XVII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">afräkningar.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<chapeau>Vid slutet af hvarje qvartal skall af Sven ska Postverket upp rattas en afrakning. upptagande:</chapeau>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1:o) </num>
<content>siutsummornaaf de sam ma qvartal tillhbrande postanvisningsforteckningar som ut vexlats mellan de biida Postverkeu (art. XII.), med tillagg af den i art V omnamuda provision.</content>
</level>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2:o) </num>
<content>slutsummorna å föi teckningarna ofver postanvisningar, som afsaudande Postver ket bemyndigats att till afsaudare återbetala (art. X.);</content>
</level>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3:o) </num>
<content>totalbeloppeu tor de post-anvisningar, som inom hvartdera landet forblifvit obestallbara (art. XL); och</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/821@eng">821</page>
<level class="indent1 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4:o) </num>
<content>det saldo, som pä grand af afräkningen for det enaeller andra Postverket uppkommit.</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Denna afriikniug, soui skall upprättas i enlighet med här bilagda foi mulär C., skall af Svenska Postverket öfversäiidas i tvä exemplar till Förenta Staternas Postverk, som ätersänder det ena exemplaret, behörigen attesteradt.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XVIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XVIII.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">saldot af en afräkning.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>När Svenska Postverket bar<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlements.</p></sidenote> att till Förenta Staternas Postverk betala afräkningens saldo, skall denna bet alning ega rum samtidigt med öfversändandet af afräkniugeu, som bör ega rum sä fort ske kan och senast iuom utgängen af qvartalet näßt eiter det afräkningen afser.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Euahanda förtarande skall iakttagas af de Förenta Staternas Postverk, när det samma ätersänder det andra exemplaret af afräkningen, försedt med dess attestering. Detta ätersäudande bör verkställas sä fort ske kau och senast inom tretio dagar efter afräkningens emottagande.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content>Betalningen af det uppkommande<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Places for payment of balances.</p></sidenote> saldot skall iullgöras i Stockholm, dä det sanima utfaller till iörmän for Sverige, och i Washington, dä det utfaller till iörmän für Förenta Staterna, samt alltid ega rum i der fordringsegande landets mynt, utan nägot afdrag<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> för sistnämnda land; äliggande alia omkostnaderna härvid det. skuldegande Postverket.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>Skulle vid nägot tillialle det<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creditor office to have right to require prepayment when total amount paid shall exceed 20,000 Kronor.</p></sidenote> ena Postverket finna sig ega fordran tör inlösta postauvisningar af det andra till belopp af mer än 20,000 krouor, är samma Postverk berättigadt att fordra eu afbetalning eller provisorisk saldering iutill tre fjerdedelaraf fordriugsbeloppet. I sädant fall skall liqvid omedelbart följa.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5. </num>
<content>Dersaldot afen afräkning icke<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest when balance is not paid in specified time.</p></sidenote> varder godtgjordt inom utgängen af den tid, som i mom. 1 och 2 här ofvan finnes bestämd, skall för saldots belopp erläggas ränta trän
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/822@swe">822</page> nämnda tid intill den dag liqvid sändes. Denna ränta beriiknas efter fem (5) procent for Sr och päföres i nästpäfoljande afriikning det Postverk, som icke fullgjort betainingen inom den bestämda tiden.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XIX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XIX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">tilläggsbestämmelser.</heading>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Hvartdera landete Generalpostdirektör eger rätiighet att, till större säkerhet mot bedrägerier eller till underlättande atsystemets utförande i allmänhet, faststiilla eu eller annan tilläggsbestämmelse, som dock ej fär stä i strid med ofvan anforda bestämmelser.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content>Alla sädana tilläggsbestämmelser skola omedelbart delgifvas det andra landets General postdirektör.</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XX.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">rättighet att inställa postanvisningsrörelsen.</heading>
<content>Skulle det nägon gäng visa sig att postanvisningaraulitas a f handlande eller andra personer i Sverige eller i de Förenta Staterua for öfversändande af större penniiigesummor, stär det Svenska eller Fö-renta Staternas Postförvaltning, efter omständigheteuia, tritt att beslutahöjandet afposta uvisningsafgiften eller att till och med tör nägon tid iustiilla poshiiivisningsrörelsen.</content>
</article>
<article>
<num value="XXI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">Artikel XXI.</inline></num>
<heading class="smallCaps centered">aftalets trädande i kraft och dess varaktighet.</heading>
<content>Detta aftal skall triida i kraft den 1 april 1885 och uppnöru att gälla sex kalendermänader efter skedd uppsägniug ä nägondera sidan.</content>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">Utfärdadt i tvä exemplar och underskrifvet i Stockholm den 27 da-
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/823@swe">823</page> gen i december 1884 och i Washington den 17 dagen i februari 1885.</p>
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<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Wilhelm Roos</inline>.</name></signature> <signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Frank Hatton</inline>.</name></signature>
<signature><notation class="smallCaps">(Sigill.)</notation></signature> <signature><notation class="smallCaps">(Sigill.)</notation></signature>
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<p class="indent0 fontsize10">I hereby approve the foregoing Convention and in testimony thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.</p>
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<signature><notation>(Seal.)</notation> <name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</name></signature>
<signature><role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fred’k T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name></signature>
<signature><role><i>Secretary of State</i>.</role></signature>
<signature><signatureDate>Washington, <i>February</i> 18th, 1885.</signatureDate></signature>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-09-10">Sept. 10, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas by the eighth section of an act entitled “An act to encourage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> the holding of a World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four”, approved February 10, 1883, it was enacted as follows:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That whenever the President shall be informed by the said board of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans.</p></sidenote> management that provision has been made for suitable buildings, or the erection of the same, for the purposes of said exhibition, the President shall, through the Department of State, make proclamation of the same setting forth the time at which the exhibition will open, and the place at which it will be held, and such board of management shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives of all nations, copies of the same and a copy of this act, together with such regulations as may be adopted by said board of management for publication in their respective countries.”</p>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas the duly constituted Board of Managers of the aforesaid World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition has informed me that provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for the purposes of said exposition;</recital>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duration.</p></sidenote> of America, by authority of and in fulfillment of the requirements of said act approved February 10, 1883, do hereby declare and make known that the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition will be opened on the first Monday in December, 1884, at the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and will there be holden continuously until the thirty-first day of May, 1885.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this tenth day of September, one [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
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<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>October 26, 1883</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 2, 3. 1883.</centerRunningHead>
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<p class="centered">No. 2.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-10-26">Oct. 26, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In furtherance of the custom of this people at the closing of each<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nov. 29, 1883.</p></sidenote> year to engage upon a day set apart for that purpose in a special festival of praise to the Giver of all good, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Day of giving.</p></sidenote>the United States, do hereby designate Thursday, the 29th day of November next, as a day of National Thanksgiving.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The year which is drawing to an end has been replete with evidences of Divine goodness.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The prevalence of health, the fullness of the harvests, the stability of peace and order, the growth of fraternal feeling, the spread of intelligence and learning, the continued enjoyment of civil and religious liberty; all these and countless other blessings, are cause for reverent rejoicing.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I do therefore recommend that on the day above appointed the people rest from their accustomed labors, and, meeting in their several places of worship, express their devout gratitude to God that He hath dealt so bountifully with this nation, and pray that His grace and favor abide with it forever.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>December 21, 1883</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 3.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1883-12-21">Dec. 21, 1883</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas both Houses of Congress did, on the twentieth instant, request<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> the commemoration, on the twenty-third instant, of the one hundredth anniversary of the surrender by George Washington, at Annapolis, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Washington’s surrender of his commission, etc</p></sidenote>of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America; and</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas it is fitting that this memorable act, which not only signalized the termination of the heroic struggle of seven years for independence, but also manifested Washington’s devotion to the great principle that ours is a civic Government of and by the people, should be generally observed throughout the United States:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby recommend that either by appropriate exercises in connection with the religious services of the twenty-third instant, or by such public observances as may be deemed proper, on Monday, the twenty-fourth instant, this signal event in the history of American liberty be commemorated ; and, further, I hereby direct that at twelve o’clock noon on Monday next the national salute be fired from all the forts throughout the country.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 3–5. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/835">835</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done this twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>February 14, 1884</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 4.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-02-14">Feb. 14, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas by a memorandum of an agreement, executed at Madrid on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>the thirteenth day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, by and between the duly authorized agents and representatives of the Government of the United States of America and of the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain, satisfactory evidence has been given to me that, the Government of that country has abolished the discriminating customs duty heretofore imposed upon the products of, and articles proceeding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abolition of discriminating duties.</p></sidenote> from, the United States of America, imported into the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, said abolition to take<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cuba, Porto Rico.</p></sidenote> effect on and after the first day of March next:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section four thousand two hundred and twenty eight of the Revised Statutes, do<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S. 4228, 814.</p></sidenote> hereby declare and proclaim, that on and after the said first day of March next, so long as the products of, and articles proceeding from, the United States, imported into the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, shall be exempt from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciprocity.</p></sidenote>discriminating customs duties, any such duties on the products of, and articles proceeding from, Cuba and Porto Rico under the Spanish flag shall be suspended and discontinued.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>5</docNumber>
<dc:date>July 1, 1884</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 5.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-01">July 1, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas it is alleged that certain persons have within the territory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>and jurisdiction of the United States begun and set on foot preparations for an organized and forcible possession of, and settlement upon, the lands of what is known as the Oklahoma lands, in the Indian Territory, which Territory is designated, recognized and described by the treaties and laws of the United States and by the executive authorities as Indian country, and as such is subject to occupation by Indian tribes only; and</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/836">836</page>
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 5, 6. 1884.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the laws of the United States provide tor the removal of all persons residing or being found in said Indian Territory without express permission of the Interior Department:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, for the purpose of properly protecting the interests<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warning to settlers, etc., Indian territory.</p></sidenote> of the Indian nations and tribes in said Territory, and that settlers may not be induced to go into a country, at great expense to themselves, where they cannot be allowed to remain, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do admonish and warn all such persons so intending or preparing to remove upon said lands or into said Territory against any attempt to so remove or settle upon any of the lands of said Territory; and I do further warn and notify any and all such persons who do so offend, that they will be speedily and immediately removed therefrom by the proper officers of the Interior Department, and if necessary, the aid and assistance of the military forces of the United States will be invoked to remove all such intruders from the said Indian Territory.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>July 19, 1884</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 6.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.</authority><sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-07-19">July 19, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">While quarantine regulations are committed to the several States,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> the General Government has reposed certain powers in the President to be used at his discretion in preventing a threatened epidemic.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Feeling it my duty, I hereby call upon all persons who, under existing systems in the several States, are intrusted with the execution of quarantine regulations, to be diligent and on the alert in order to prevent the introduction of the pestilence <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Epidemic.</p></sidenote>which, we all regret to learn, has made its appearance in some of the countries of Europe between which and the ports of the United States intercourse is direct and frequent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">I further advise that the cities and towns of the United States, whether on the coast or on the lines of interior communication, by sound sanitary regulations and the promotion of cleanliness, be prepared to resist the power of the disease and to mitigate its severity.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And I further direct the consuls of the United States in the ports where the pestilence has made or may make its appearance to exercise vigilance in carrying out the instructions heretofore given and in communicating to the Government of the United States any information of value relating to the progress or treatment of the disease.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the city of Washington, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our [<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] Lord one thousand eight hundred anti eighty-four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>7</docNumber>
<dc:date>November 7, 1884</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 7, 8.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/837">837</page>
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<p class="centered">No. 7.</p>
<longTitle>
<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1884-11-07">November 7, 1884</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The season is nigh when it is the yearly wont of this People to observe<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> a day appointed for that purpose by the President, as an especial occasion for thanksgiving unto God.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now therefore in recognition of this hallowed custom, I, Chester A.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nov. 27, 1884, designated as a day of Thanksgiving.</p></sidenote> Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby designate as such day of general thanksgiving, Thursday the twenty-seventh day of this present November.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And I do recommend that throughout the land, the People ceasing from their accustomed occupations, do then keep holiday at their several homes and their several places of worship, and with heart and voice pay reverent acknowledgement to the Giver of all Good for the countless blessings wherewith He hath visited this nation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the City of Washington this seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">[<inline class="smallCaps">seal</inline>.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">By the President,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</p>
<p class="centered"><i>Secretary of State</i>.</p>
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<docNumber>8</docNumber>
<dc:date>January 31, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 8.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">January 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the Treaty concluded between the United States of America<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, concluded at Washington on the 8th day of May 1871, contains among other Articles the following, viz:
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<num value="XVIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XVIII.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">“It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that, in addition to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciting articles 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, and 32 of treaty with Great Britain, May 8, 1871, relating to common rights of fisheries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 8, p. 248.</p></sidenote> the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/838">838</page> in Article XXXIII. of this Treaty, to take fish of every kind, except<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">See articles 32 and 33.</p></sidenote> shell fish, on the seacoasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks, of the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the Colony of Prince Edward’s Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts and shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salmon and shad fisheries exclusively for British fishermen.</p></sidenote> the, sea fishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers are hereby reserved exclusively for British fishermen.</p></content>
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<num value="XIX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XIX.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">“It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that British subjects<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights in common of British subjects mid certain sea fisheries on certain coasts of the United States.</p></sidenote> shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII. of this Treaty, to take fish of every kind, except, shellfish, on the eastern seacoasts and shores of the United States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the said seacoasts and shores of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">See articles 32 and 33.</p></sidenote>the United States and of the said islands, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salmon and shad fisheries.</p></sidenote> the sea fishery, and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States.</p></content>
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<num value="XX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XX.</inline></num>
<content>“It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners appointed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain places reserved from the common right of fishing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1089.</p></sidenote> under the first Article of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of June, 1854, upon the coasts of Her Britannic Majesty’s Dominions and the United States, as places reserved from the common right of fishing under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner reserved from the common <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">See articles 32 and 33.</p></sidenote>right “of fishing under the preceding articles. In case any question should arise between the Governments of the United States and of Her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in places not thus <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to designate such places, if, &amp;c.</p></sidenote>designated as reserved, it is agreed that a Commission shall be appointed to designate such places, and shall be constituted in the same manner, and have the same powers, duties, and authority as the Commission appointed under said first Article of the Treaty of the 5th of June, 1854.</content>
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<num value="XXI"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXI.</inline></num>
<content>“It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain fish-oil and fish to be five of duty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">See articles 32 and 33.</p></sidenote> of this Treaty, fish oil and fish of all kinds, (except fish of the inland lakes, and of the rivers falling into them, and except fish preserved in oil,) being the produce of the fisheries of the United States, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of Prince Edward’s Island, shall be admitted into each country, respectively, free of duty.
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<num value="XXII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXII.</inline></num>
<content>“Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Tier Britannic Majesty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners to determine the compensation, if any, to be paid by the United States for privileges granted by article 18 of this treaty.</p></sidenote> that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII. of this Treaty are of greater value than those accorded by Articles XIX. and XXI. of this Treaty to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and this assertion is not admitted by the Government of the United States, it is further agreed that Commissioners shall be appointed to determine, having regard to the privileges accorded by the United States to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, as stated in Articles XIX. and XXI. of this Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII. of this Treaty; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award; when to be paid.</p></sidenote> Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.
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<num value="XXIII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXIII.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">“The Commissioners referred to in the preceding Article shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners; how to be appointed.</p></sidenote> appointed in the following manner, that is to say: One Commissioner shall be named by the President of the United States, one by Her Britannic Majesty, and a third by the President of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty conjointly; and in case the third Commissioner shall not have been so named within a period of three months from the date when this article shall take effect, then the third Commissioner shall be named by the Representative at London of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. In case of the death,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacancies.</p></sidenote> absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be tilled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The Commissioners so named shall meet in the City of Halifax, in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">When and where to meet.</p></sidenote> the Province of Nova Scotia, at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Their powers and duties.</p></sidenote>and carefully examine and decide the matters referred to them to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent for each government.</p></sidenote>attend the Commission as its agent, to represent it generally in all matters connected with the Commission.</p></content>
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<num value="XXIV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXIV.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">“The proceedings shall be conducted in such order as the Commissioners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings before these Commissioners; how to be conducted.</p></sidenote> appointed under Articles XXII. and XXIII. of this Treaty shall determine. They shall be bound to receive such oral or written testimony as either Government may present. If either Party shall oiler oral testimony, the other Party shall have the right of cross examination, under such rides as the Commissioners shall prescribe.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“If in the case submitted to the Commissioners cither Party shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Documents and papers.</p></sidenote> specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such Party shall be bound, if the other Party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that Party with a copy thereof; and either Party may call upon the other, through the Commissioners, to produce the originals, or certified copies of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance such reasonable notice as (he Commissioners may require.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The case on either side shall be closed within a period of six months<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cases to be closed in six months.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Awards.</p></sidenote> from the date of the organization of the Commission, and the Commissioners shall be requested to give their award as soon as possible thereafter. The aforesaid period of six months may be extended for three months in case of a vacancy occurring among the Commissioners under the circumstances contemplated in Article XXIII. of this treaty.</p></content>
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<num value="XXV"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXV.</inline></num>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The Commissioner shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Records.</p></sidenote> or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary, etc.</p></sidenote> appoint and employ a secretary and any other necessary officer or officers to assist them in the transaction of the business which may come before them.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Each of the High Contracting Parties shall pay its own Commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> and agent or counsel; all other expenses shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal moieties.</p>
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<num value="XXX"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXX.</inline></num>
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<p class="inline">“It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXX III. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">British subjects may carry in British vessels goods free of duty from certain ports of the United States to other such ports, if part of such carriage is through Canada by land and in bond.</p></sidenote>of this Treaty, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty may carry in British vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port or place within the territory of the United States upon the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to another port or place within the territory of the United States as aforesaid: Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Citizens of the United States may for the like period carry in United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciprocal privileges granted to citizens of the United States.</p></sidenote> States vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port or place within the Possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America to another port or place within the said Possessions: Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the territory of the United States by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The Government of the United States further engages not to impose<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions as to export duties on goods carried under this article.</p></sidenote> any export duties on goods, wares, or merchandise carried under this article through the territory of the United States; and Her Majesty’s Government engages to urge the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislatures of the other colonies not to impose any export duties on goods, wares or merchandise carried under this article; and the Government of the United States may, in case such export duties are imposed by the Dominion of Canada, suspend, during the period that such duties are imposed, the right of carrying granted under this article in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The Government of the United States may suspend the right of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Privileges granted by this article may be suspended by the United States if, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions of</p></sidenote> carrying granted in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty under this article, in case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the United States of the use of the canals in the said Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in Article XXVII.</p>
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<num value="XXXII"><inline class="smallCaps centered">“Article XXXII.</inline></num>
<content>“It is further agreed that the provisions and stipulations of Articles<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles 18 to 25 to extend to Newfoundland.</p></sidenote> XVIII. to XXV. of this Treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the Colony of Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial Parliament, the Legislature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the United States, shall not embrace the Colony of Newfoundland in their laws
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 8, 9.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/841">841</page> enacted for carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make provision by law to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> give it effect by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair any other articles of this Treaty.”</content>
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<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And, whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Article XXXIII. of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Due notice having been given by the United States to terminate said articles, etc.</p></sidenote> Treaty, due notice has been given to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty of the intention of the Government of the United States of America, to terminate the above recited Articles of the Treaty in question, on the 1st day of July, 1885;</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And, whereas, pursuant to the terms of said Treaty, and of the notice<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Said articles will terminate and expire July 1, 1885.</p></sidenote> given thereunder by’ the Government of the United States of America to that of Her Britannic Majesty, the above recited articles of the Treaty of Washington, concluded May 8, 1871, will expire and terminate on the 1st day of July, 1885;</recital>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Citizens of the United States warned that the privileges secured by articles will not exist after that date.</p></sidenote> of America, do hereby give public notice that. Articles XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXX., and XXXII., of the Treaty of Washington, concluded May 8, 1871, will expire and terminate on the 1st day of July, 1885, and all citizens of the United States are hereby warned that none of the privileges secured by the above recited articles of the Treaty in question will exist after the 1st day of July next; all American fishermen should govern themselves accordingly.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the City of Washington, this 31st day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<dc:date>January 31, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 9.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-01-31">January 31, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, satisfactory evidence has been received by me that upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> vessels of the United States arriving in ports of the Povince of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, or arriving at any port in the Island of Monserrat in the West Indies, or at Panama or Aspinwall, United States of Colombia, or at the ports of San Juan and Mayaguez in the Island of Porto-Rico, no duty is imposed by the ton as tonnage tax or as light money, and that no other equivalent tax on vessels of the United States is imposed at said ports by the Governments to which said ports are immediately subject, and whereas by the provisions of section fourteen of an act approved June 26, 1884 “to remove certain burdens<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 48th Cong., 1st sess., ch. 121, p. 57.</p></sidenote> on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,” the President of the United States is authorized to suspend the collection in ports of the United States from vessels arriving from any port in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, the West India Islands, Mexico and Central America down to and including Aspinwall and Panama, of so much of the duty at the rate of three cents per ton as may be in excess of the tonnage and lighthouse dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the Government of the foreign country in which such port is situated:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection of tonnage duty of three cents per ton sus-</p></sidenote> of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act and section hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby declare and proclaim that on
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/842">842</page>
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 9,10.</centerRunningHead> and after the first Tuesday in February one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">pended as to vessels arriving from ports in the Province of Ontario Dominion of Canada; Island of Monserrat, West Indies; or ports of San Juan and Mayaguez, in Porto Rico, and Panama and Aspinwall, on and after February 3, 1885.</p></sidenote> and eighty-five, the collection of said tonnage duty of three cents per ton shall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the United States from any port in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, or from a port in the Island of Monserrat in the West Indies or from the ports of Panama and Aspinwall, or the ports of San Juan and Mayaguez in the island of Porto-Rico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the City of Washington, this 31st day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<dc:date>February 26, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 10.</p>
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<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-26">February 26, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, satisfactory evidence has been received by me that upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> vessels of the United States arriving at the port of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) Nicaragua, no duty is imposed by the ton as tonnage tax or as light, money, and that no other equivalent tax on vessels of the United States is imposed at said port by the Government of Nicaragua, and whereas by the provisions of section fourteen of an act approved<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 48th Congress, 1st sess., ch. 121, p. 57.</p></sidenote> June 26, 1884, “<quotedText> to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” the President of the United States is authorized to suspend the collection in ports of the United States from vessels arriving from any port in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, the West India Islands, Mexico and Central America, down to and including Aspinwall and Panama, of so much of the duty at the rate of three cents per ton as may be in excess of the tonnage and lighthouse dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the Government of the foreign country in which such port is situated;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonnage duty of three cents per ton suspended as to vessels arriving from San J nan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua, on and after March 3, 1885.</p></sidenote> of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act and section hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby declare and proclaim that on and after the first Tuesday in March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the collection of said tonnage duty of three cents per ton shall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the United States from the port of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) Nicaragua.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>11</docNumber>
<dc:date>February 27, 1885</dc:date>
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<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 11, 12.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/843">843</page>
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<p class="centered">No. 11.</p>
<longTitle>
<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-02-27">February 27, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas objects of interest to the United States require that the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> Senate should be convened at twelve o’clock on the fourth day of March next, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special session of Senate to be convened March 4, 1885.</p></sidenote> have considered it to be my duty to issue this my Proclamation, declaring that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business, at the Capitol, in the City of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o’clock at noon on that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body, are hereby required to take notice.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Given under my band and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the twenty-seventh day of February in the year of Our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
<signatures>
<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<dc:date>March 13, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 12.</p>
<longTitle>
<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-03-13">March 13, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, it is alleged that certain individuals, associations of persons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain persons and associations alleged to be in unauthorized possession of, or preparing to make forcible entry and settlement on the Oklahoma lands;</p></sidenote> and corporations are in the unauthorized possession of portions of the territory known as the Oklahoma lands within the Indian Territory, which are designated, described, and recognized by the treaties and laws of the United States and by the Executive authority thereof as Indian lands;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, it is further alleged that certain other persons or associations within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States have begun and set on foot preparations for an organized and forcible entry and settlement upon the aforesaid lands, and are now threatening such entry and occupation;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, the laws of the United States provide for the removal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">And the laws of the U. S. providing for the removal of persons found without permission on Indian lands;</p></sidenote> of all persons residing or being found upon such Indian lands and territory without permission expressly and legally obtained of the Interior Department;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, for the purpose of protecting the public interests, as well as the interests of the Indian Nations and Tribes, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said territory where they will not be allowed to remain without the permission of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Such persons warned that they will not be permitted to enter or remain on said lands.</p></sidenote> authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby warn and admonish all and every person or persons now in the occupation of such lands, and all such person or persons as are intending, preparing, or threatening to enter and settle upon the same, that they will neither be permitted to enter upon said territory, nor, if already there, to remain thereon, and that in case a due regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws and treaties of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">If admonition not sufficient, military power will be invoked to abate possession and prevent or remove intruders.</p></sidenote> States, and if this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purposes and intentions of the Government as herein declared, the military power of the United States will be invoked to abate all such unauthorized possession, to prevent such threatened entry and occupation, and to remove all such intruders from the said Indian lands.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/844">844</page>
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 12–14. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>13</docNumber>
<dc:date>April 7, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 13.</p>
<longTitle>
<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-04-07">April 7, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, satisfactory evidence has been received by me that upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> vessels of the United States arriving at the Island of Trinidad, British West Indies, no duty is imposed by the ton as tonnage tax or as light money, and that no other equivalent tax on vessels of the United Sates is imposed at said Island by the British Government, and whereas by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamphlet laws, 18th Congress, 1st sess., ch. 121, p. 57.</p></sidenote>provisions of section fourteen of an act approved June 2C, 1884, “<quotedText>to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,</quotedText>” the President of the United States is authorized to suspend the collection in ports of the United States from vessels arriving from any Port in the Island of Trinidad, of so much of the duty at the rate of three cents per ton as may be in excess of the tonnage and lighthouse dues, or other equivalent of tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the Government of the foreign country in which such port is situated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection of tonnage duty of three cents per ton suspended as to vessels arriving from ports in island of Trinidad, British West Indies.</p></sidenote> America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act and Section hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby declare and proclaim that on and after this seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighty five, the collection of said tonnage duty of three cents per ton shall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the United States from a port in the Island of Trinidad, British West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>CHESTER A. ARTHUR.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<docNumber>14</docNumber>
<dc:date>April 17, 1885</dc:date>
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<p class="centered">No. 14.</p>
<longTitle>
<authority class="centered smallCaps">by the president of the united states of america.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1885-04-17">April 17, 1885</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote></authority>
<docTitle class="centered">A PROCLAMATION.</docTitle>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas, by an Executive order bearing date the 27th day of February<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain lands in Dakota, in the old Winnebago Reservation and the Sioux or Crow Creek Reservation, having been restored to the pub-</p></sidenote> 1885, it was order that “all that tract of country in the Territory of Dakota known as the Old Winnebago reservation, and the Sioux or Crow Creek reservation, and lying on the east bank of the Missouri River, set apart and reserved by Executive order dated January 11, 1875, and which is not covered by the Executive order dated August 9, 1879, restoring certain of the lands reserved by the order of January 11, 1875,
<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. No. 14. 1885.</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/845">845</page> except the following described tracts: Townships Number 108 north<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lic domain by Executive order, Feb. 27, 1885.</p></sidenote> range 71 west, 108 north range 72 west, fractional township 108 north range 73 west, the west half of Section 4, sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of township 107 north range 70 west, fractional townships 107 north range 71 west 107 north range 72 west 107 north range 73 west the west half of township 106 north range 70 west and fractional township 106 north range 71 west: and except also all tracts within the limits of the aforesaid Old Winnebago reservation, and the Sioux or Crow Creek reservation which are outside of the limits of the above described tracts, and which may have heretofore been allotted to the Indians residing upon said reservation, or which may have heretofore been selected or occupied by the said Indians under and in accordance with the provisions of Article Six of the Treaty with the Sioux Indians, of April 29, 1868, be, and the same is hereby restored to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1868, vol. 15. p. 637.</p></sidenote> the public domain.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, upon the claim being made that said order is illegal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Said order being illegal and in violation of treaty with the Sioux, April 29, 1868.</p></sidenote> and in violation of the plighted faith and obligations of the United States contained in sundry treaties heretofore entered into with the Indian tribes or bands, occupants of said reservation; and that the further execution of said order will not only occasion much distress and suffering to peaceable Indians but retard the work of their civilization, and engender amongst them a distrust of the national government, I have determined after a careful examination of the several treaties, acts of Congress and other official data bearing on the subject, aided and assisted therein by the advice and opinion of the Attorney General of the United States duly rendered in that behalf that the lands so proposed to be restored to the public domain by said Executive order of February 27, 1885, are included as existing Indian reservations on the east bank of the Missouri River by the terms of the second Article of the treaty with the Sioux Indians concluded April 29, 1868, and that<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">1868, vol. 15, p. 636.</p></sidenote> consequently being treaty reservations the Executive was without lawful power to restore them to the public domain by said Executive order, which is therefore deemed and considered to be wholly inoperative and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Is declared inoperative and void.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">And as laws of United States provide for removal of persons residing or being, without permission, on Indian lands;</p></sidenote> void.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And whereas, the laws of the United States provide for the removal of all persons residing, or being found upon Indian lands and territory without permission expressly and legally obtained of the Interior Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Now therefore, in order to maintain inviolate the solemn pledges and plighted faith of the Government as given in the treaties in question and for the purpose of properly protecting the interests of the Indian tribes as well as of the United States in the premises, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said lands where they will not be allowed to remain without the permission of the authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim the said Executive order of February 27, 1885, to be in contravention of the treaty obligations of the United States with the Sioux tribe of Indians and therefore to be inoperative and of no effect, and I further declare that the lands intended to be embraced therein are existing Indian reservations and as such available for Indian purposes alone and subject to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">The said described lands being in Indian reservations and for Indian purposes alone, all persons are forbidden to occupy, enter, or remain thereon under said Executive order of 1885.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Such persons already there to remove in sixty days.</p></sidenote> Indian Intercourse Acts of the United States. I do further warn and admonish all and every person or persons now in the occupation of said lauds under color of said Executive order, and all such person or persons as are intending or preparing to enter and settle upon the same thereunder, that they will neither be permitted to remain or enter upon said lands, and such persons as are already there are hereby required to vacate and remove therefrom with their effects within sixty (69) days from the date hereof; and in ease a duo regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws and treaties of the United States, and this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purpose and intentions as herein declared, all the
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<centerRunningHead>PROCLAMATIONS. No. 14. 1885.</centerRunningHead> power of the government will be employed to carry into proper execution<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power of Government to be employed to enforce the treaties and laws.</p></sidenote> the treaties and laws of the United States herein referred to.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In testimony thereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth.</p>
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<signature><name>GROVER CLEVELAND<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures.</p></sidenote></name> <role>By the President:</role></signature>
<signature><name><inline class="smallCaps">T. F. Bayard</inline>,</name> <role><i>Secretary of State.</i></role></signature>
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<heading class="centered">INDEX</heading>
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<label class="centered"><b>A.</b></label>
<headingItem>
<designator />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aberdeen, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, at</designator> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abingdon, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for public building at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for making public building at, fireproof</designator> <target>80</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Absence, Leave of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> granted to letter-carriers</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable Postmaster-General to carry out provisions of law granting</designator> <target>222</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Accounting Officers of Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to settle accounts of Commissioners of District of Columbia from July 1, 1878, for materials purchased</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to settle accounts of ex-Commissioners of District of Columbia accruing since 1878, and credit amounts heretofore disallowed</designator> <target>311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to close accounts of Reform School of District of Columbia</designator> <target>314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to settle claims of officers and men in Army, for private property destroyed; proviso</designator> <target>350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the, to adjust accounts of W. H. Garrett, late Indian agent</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Accounts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for examination of, of subsidized and land-grant railroad companies</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institution,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act providing for designation and appointment of, duties, etc</designator> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adams, Daniel W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adams, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adams, Gilbert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adams, Lewis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adams, Peter D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adjutant-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>179, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional clerks in office of</designator> <target>180, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of building, etc., for additional office room</designator> <target>180</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to issue certificates of discharge to certain soldiers charged with desertion</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adjutant-General’s Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Advertisement,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for purchase of Indian supplies</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for postal service</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchase of Indian supplies made under, exceptions</designator> <target>96, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of bids for rebuilding revenue steamer Richard Rush authorized</designator> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of contracts for construction of sewers in the District of Columbia authorized</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agee, John D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agencies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of pension</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs, etc., of buildings at Indian</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Indian, at agencies</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> compensation of, limited</designator> <target>77, 363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for special Indian</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salary of pension</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   compensation of, limited</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees of pension</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of postal</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of internal revenue; number of, limited, etc</designator> <target>172, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for special, to examine books, etc., of subtreasuries, etc</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, at seal fisheries</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of swampland</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for per diem pay to, under Quartermaster-General, in lieu of subsistence, etc</designator> <target>285, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Treasury to prescribe rule for government of, etc., in presenting or representing claims, etc., before his Department</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agnel, Emily (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension claim of, readjudicated; proviso</designator> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agreements,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> form of, for attorneys, in cases of pension and bounty, subject to approval of Commissioner of Pensions</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agricultural Colleges, State of Colorado may select lands, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> other than mineral lands, for</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>36, 353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for museum</designator> <target>37, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for laboratory</designator> <target>38, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture, repairs, etc</designator> <target>38, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for library</designator> <target>39, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Bureau of Animal Industry</designator> <target>355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for quarantine stations</designator> <target>207, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses</designator> <target>39, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>251, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agricultural Statistics.</i> (<i>See</i> Statistics.)</designator> <target>847</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Agriculture,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing annual report of Commissioner of</designator> <target>277, 520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ahnapee, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ahrens, Theo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aikman, William F. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Akin (or Eakin), Frank (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> northern judicial district of State of, certain counties added to the</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> division of northern district of</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of salary of clerk of the Court of, increased</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama River, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama, University of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to increase the endowment of the, from lands, etc</designator> <target>12</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for expenses of Government of</designator> <target>179, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of Indian schools</designator> <target>91, 38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for seal fisheries in</designator> <target>206, 49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., of agents at seal fisheries</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act making provisions for a civil government for</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of governor, etc., residence, duties, powers</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  clerk</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  district attorney</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  marshal, deputy marshals</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  commissioners</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Sitka made the seat of government, etc</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salaries of officers, etc</designator> <target>26</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> postal service in. Postmaster-General may contract, etc., for</designator> <target>157</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albany, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for customhouse and post-office at</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for completion of</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albright, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alburgh, Vt.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> and North Hero, authorized to construct bridge across Lake Champlain</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alden, Charles L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alden, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> return of steamer, to England authorized</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander, Catharine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander, E. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander, Maria Neely,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexandria Canal, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lessees of the, to keep spans of Aqueduct Bridge in repair to prevent leakage, etc</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexandria, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for protection of harbor at</designator> <target>14</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Algoe, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension</designator> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aliens,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> importation and migration of foreign emigrants or, under contract to perform labor in the United States, prohibited; proviso</designator> <target>322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allderdice, Winslow,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allee, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> restoration of, to pension-roll</designator> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allegheny River, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Amanda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Amanda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Amanda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Joseph T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Mary (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of eulogies upon the late; portrait of</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen, Willis H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alligator Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almier, Christiana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Altamaha River, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alton Harbor, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alvord, Emily L. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aly, Washington,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Archives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for arrangement of historical manuscripts for publication in the</designator> <target>394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Association of the Red Cross, New Orleans,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War authorized to loan tents, etc., to; proviso</designator> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Baptist Home Mission Society,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act releasing, from conditions of sale of marine hospital building, etc., Natchez, Miss</designator> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Ephemeris,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preparing for publication the</designator> <target>183</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing ethnological researches among the</designator> <target>214, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Seamen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> discharge and payment of</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reclamation of, deserters</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for relief and protection of</designator> <target>254, 260, 330, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Merchant Marine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> removal of certain burdens on the</designator> <target>53</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American Society of Civil Engineers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> may submit programme of tests to Chief of Ordnance, Army</designator> <target>112</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amos, Benjamin F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ammunition, Metallic,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for small-arms, etc</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Anacosta Bridge, District of Columbia, appropriation for care, etc., of</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anclote Keys, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighthouse at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Andalusia, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anderson, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anderson, John F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anderson, Josiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anderson, Levi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrews and Thornburg,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angel Island, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fog-signal at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angell, Martha (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angus, Gustavus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Animal Industry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing and distribution of annual report of</designator> <target>277, 520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Animals, Domestic,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act for suppression, etc., of pleuro-pneumonia among</designator> <target>31, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annual Report of Health Officer of the District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing and distribution of extra copies of, authorized</designator> <target>268, 335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annuities,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of, to Indian tribes</designator> <target>78, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> amount expended for ascertainment and payment of claims due Indian tribes for certain supplies furnished Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota to be charged to unpaid, of Sioux Indians</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anthony, Henry B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing of eulogies upon the late; portrait of</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Apache Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>78, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of, and others in Arizona and New Mexico</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Apalachicola Bay, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Apalachicola River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for range-lights for</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appeals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, section 764, relating to, to Supreme Court, amended</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> from the supreme courts of the District of Columbia or Territories, restricted</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Applicants for Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> presumed to have had no disability at time of enlistment</designator> <target>362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appling, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appointments,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in Marine Corps to be by promotion only until list of commissioned officers shall have been reduced, etc</designator> <target>293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appomattox River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations</i> (<i>see also</i> Deficiency Appropriation),</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for sundry civil expenses</designator> <target>194, 478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses</designator> <target>159, 388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for consular and diplomatic service</designator> <target>227, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for miscellaneous expenses at consulates and commercial agencies</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for postal service</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for support of the Army</designator> <target>107, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Military Academy</designator> <target>6, 298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for naval service</designator> <target>262, 287, 426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Naval Academy</designator> <target>262, 292, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for armories and arsenals</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Marine Corps</designator> <target>294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for fortifications</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for pensions</designator> <target>98, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Indian service</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for deficiencies, etc</designator> <target>16, 236, 446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public land service</designator> <target>209, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for support of District of Columbia</designator> <target>123, 310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for salaries and expenses of Territorial governments</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for engraving and printing</designator> <target>199, 486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public printing and binding</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> annual, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indians</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for interest on certain Indian trust funds</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Agricultural Department</designator> <target>36, 353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Coast Survey service</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Signal Service</designator> <target>107, 217, 357, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for increase of the Navy</designator> <target>292, 433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of United States courts</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>196, 479, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Department of Justice</designator> <target>223, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment of fees for service rendered by consular officers to American seamen</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for preparing and dispatching an expedition for relieving and bringing home Lieut. A. W. Greely and party</designator> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of sufferers from overflow of Ohio River</designator> <target>267, 268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for addition to contingent fund of Senate</designator> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for temporary support of the Government; provisos</designator> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for refund of fines and penalties collected from certain vessels and seamen</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for sewerage in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for heirs of officers and volunteers killed in service</designator> <target>66</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for increase of water supply in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Indian supplies immediately available; transfer of surplus of, for deficiency in subsistence</designator> <target>97, 384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  diversion of certain, authorized</designator> <target>97, 384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for establishment of branch homes for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of international conference for fixing a common zero of longitude, etc</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for statuary and historical tablets for Saratoga Monument Association</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for duplicates of French and American medals</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of Metropolitan Police of District of Columbia</designator> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses, etc., of messengers sent for electoral votes of Iowa and Oregon</designator> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for erection of compass-testing house, Navy</designator> <target>289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for completion of the Mohican</designator> <target>292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for care, etc., of ironclad monitors</designator> <target>292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pa</designator> <target>262, 295, 433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of ascertaining where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses Red River</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for removal of buildings from grounds to be purchased by United States; Springfield, Ill</designator> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for maintaining order, etc., in the District of Columbia, during inauguration of President, 1885</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for United States Geological Survey</designator> <target>212, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Government Hospital for Insane</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for care, etc., of buildings and grounds, Washington, D. C</designator> <target>216, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for completing the Washington Monument</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional, for ceremonies of completion of Washington Monument</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for national cemeteries</designator> <target>219, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for continuing publication of Records of the Rebellion</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for statue to General La Fayette</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>221, 508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for artillery school, Fortress Monroe, Va</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for maintenance of certain Indians, Montana</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of sale of Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation</designator> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for suppression of pleuro-pneumonia, etc., in domestic animals</designator> <target>33, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of committee on “Indian appropriations and improvement of Yellowstone Park”</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for compensation of civilians employed on board to examine fortifications, etc</designator> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for printing and engraving portrait of the late William A. Duncan</designator> <target>517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of John H. Evins</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for printing, etc., report of Bureau at of Animal Industry</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Commissioner of Agriculture</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of sufferers by loss of Government steamer J. Don Cameron</designator> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to heirs of Mary Jane Veazie, deceased, for property taken</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to John M. Dorsey for supplies to troops</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to William F. Shepard for supplies to troops</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Alexander D. Schenck for supplies stolen by commissary sergeant</designator> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for reimbursement to O L. Cochran</designator> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to John C. Herndon for hay lost</designator> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of John F. Severance for loss by robbery</designator> <target>676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Levi Harris for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to William Harris for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Henry Boyle for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to J. H. Babb for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of William H. Davis for wharf and warehouse burned</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Fendall Carpenter for cotton seized</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to John W. Martin for postal services</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to estates of Hugh and Byrd Douglas, deceased, for rent and damage of property</designator> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Nathan H. Dunphe for sugar seized by military authority</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to John Taylor and Son for lumber used by army</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to J. H. Hammond for loss of barge</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to Dr. Thomas J. Jones for medical services</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to the legal representatives of John G. Tod, deceased</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to heirs of Langley B. Culley, deceased</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment to legal representatives of A. J. Guthrie, deceased</designator> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> all estimates for, and for deficiencies in, to be transmitted to Congress through Secretary of Treasury only</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unexpended balance of naval, for six months ending December 31, 1884, reappropriated</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for marine hospital service chargeable to tonnage duties</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> expenditures of, under Light-House Board to be made by contract; exceptions</designator> <target>198</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain, for original service, limited</designator> <target>219</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions of act making, for investigation, etc., of contagious diseases affecting domestic animals, repealed</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of certain, to appropriations for Marine Corps, Navy</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lessees of Alexandria Canal to keep spans of, etc., in repair</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aqueduct, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs and maintenance of</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> redemption of certificates of indebtedness of</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aransas Pass and Bay, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arapahoe Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>78, 364, 369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for support of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment of damages from raids of</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> money to reimburse W. C. Oburn to be paid from moneys due the</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Architect of the Capitol,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Arickaree Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for subsistence of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arelitz, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Argentine Republic,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> agreement with the, to increase size and weight of packets of merchandise exchanged through the mails</designator> <target>748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arizona,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of government of</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>177, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for compensation of depositary at Tucson</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for survey of confirmed private land claims in</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for preliminary survey of unconfirmed private land claims in</designator> <target>211</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arkansas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of school lands in the State of, authorized</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> United States circuit and district courts in, to have jurisdiction of controversy between Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railway Company and certain Indians</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Arkansas City,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indian school near</designator> <target>91, 381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arkansas River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of obstructions, etc., from</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey of, from Little Rock to mouth of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improving, at Pine Bluff, Ark</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armaments,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for seacoast fortifications</designator> <target>159, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armfield, John, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armories,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armory Building, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preservation of collections of National Museum in the</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arms, army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for manufacture of, at national armories</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armstrong, Harriet (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armstrong, Henry A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Armstrong, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of the</designator> <target>107, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency appropriation</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Commanding General’s Office</designator> <target>107, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for recruiting</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Signal Service</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Pay Department</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for subsistence</designator> <target>108, 358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Quartermaster’s Department</designator> <target>108, 358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Medical Department</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Engineer Department</designator> <target>112, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Ordnance Department</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation, etc</designator> <target>110, 359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of claims of officers and men of, for private property destroyed</designator> <target>350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of extra-duty men, rating of pay, etc</designator> <target>109, 359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of indigent insane of the</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> extra duty pay for enlisted men detailed for ordnance service</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> officers of the, who may appoint courts martial</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain persons who served in the rebellion ineligible to appointment in the</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detail of officers of, as instructors increased not to exceed, etc</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sales of subsistence to officers, etc., at what price</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchase of supplies for the, how made</designator> <target>109</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Inspector-General’s Department, to consist of certain officers; proviso</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> retired-list for enlisted men of the, created</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  limited to twenty-five thousand men</designator> <target>357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> civilian employés in, number and grade of, limited</designator> <target>110, 359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of one General or General-in-Chief to retired list of the, authorized</designator> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> number of officers allowed to compose retired list of the, increased</designator> <target>435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the, not to be used for Signal Service except, etc</designator> <target>357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>221, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furnishing the</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintenance of</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army Officers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> one or more to be detailed by President of the United States to ascertain and mark where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses the Red River</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report his or their action to Secretary of Interior</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of</designator> <target>98, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army Volunteers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> extra pay to heirs, etc., of officers killed, etc</designator> <target>66</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arndt, Christian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arnold, Abby P. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arnold, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arrears of Pay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to heirs and volunteer officers, etc</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arrick, Clifford,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arsenals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for repairs, etc., of</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Rock Island, Ill</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   reappropriation for completing improvement of water-pool above dam at</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Springfield, Mass</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Benicia, Cal</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for San Antonio, Tex</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Art,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of works of</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Articles of War,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relating to courts-martial, amended</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Artificial Limbs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Artillery School,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, at Fortress Monroe, Va</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ashburn, Joshua T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ashby, H. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ashley, Chester,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of estate of</designator> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ashley River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ashtabula, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aspinwall,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assay Offices,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries, etc., in, at—</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  New York</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Helena, Mont</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Boise City, Idaho</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>238, 449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Charlotte, N. C</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Saint Louis, Mo</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for miscellaneous expenses of</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assinaboine Indians, Montana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Attorney-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of</designator> <target>185, 416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Commissioner, U. S. Fish Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> office of the, created</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Index Clerk, House of Representatives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Messengers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of, in legislative, executive, and judicial departments, limited</designator> <target>425</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Surgeons,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> two, not in line of promotion, after 15 years’ service entitled to receive as annual pay, etc</designator> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Assistant Treasurers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries in offices of</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> at Baltimore</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Boston</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Chicago</designator> <target>173, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Cincinnati</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  New Orleans</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  New York</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Philadelphia</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Saint Louis</designator> <target>175, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  San Francisco</designator> <target>175, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Association for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name changed to Washington Humane Society</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Astoria and McMinnville, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> forfeiture of lands granted for construction of railroad and telegraph line from Portland to</designator> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Atchison and Nebraska Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge across the Missouri River, Richardson County</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Nebraska</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aten, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Atlanta, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of site near, and erection of a ten-company post</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Atlantic Coast,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Attorney-General, appropriation for compensation of, for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to defend and prosecute suits in claims</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees, etc., to attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, etc., on account of postal service, subject to approval of the</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to enable the, to pay for support of United States convicts at asylum, Auburn, N. Y</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to resist, by legal defenses, claims presented to Court of Claims for spoliations committed by the French</designator> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress liability of United States and amount due under act March 3, 1875</designator> <target>451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Attorneys, District, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for investigation of official acts, etc., under direction of</designator> <target>223, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Attorneys-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for editing, etc., of seventeenth and eighteenth volumes of opinions of</designator> <target>511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Attorneys, Pension,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions regulating the practice of, etc</designator> <target>99</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Attwater, Susan Y., (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Auburn, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment to State asylum for insane criminals at, for support of the United States convicts</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Auditor of Treasury for Post-Office Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of</designator> <target>169, 399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augusta, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ault, W. K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Austin, Rowland payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for construction of courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>237, 255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Auxier, John B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Averitt Richard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Axline, Mary C. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ayers, Lewis N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ayers, William E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Babcock, Clark C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Babcock, E. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baer, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bailey, Annie E. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bailey, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baliffs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baity, Harriet M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker, Daniel H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker, Henry (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker, Irena,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker Salvage Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to partner of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baker, William S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Balances,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, due foreign countries</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Balch, Alfred N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baldwin, Capt. F. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to reimburse</designator> <target>366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baldwin, Charles W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baldwin, Joseph P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baldy, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ball, Daniel M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ballantyne, William Son,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ballentine, A. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bailort, Robert J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baltimore, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of assistant treasurer United States, at</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for public building, at</designator> <target>195, 479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for range lights for new cutoff channel at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bangor, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of stone abutments and piers for protection of public buildings at; proviso</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  term of district court of district of Maine, held at</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bank Plates,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for special examination of</designator> <target>170, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Banks, Biters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bankston, A. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bannock Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>87, 374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of, at Lemhi Agency</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barbadoes, West Indies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for special hurricane observer at</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barber, Isaac J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barbour, Elizabeth, A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barbour Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barger, Robert B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barker, James T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barker, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barlow, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barlow, K. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barnard, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barnes, Mary T. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barnes, Richard W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barnett, Nancy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barr, Susannah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bartlett, Samuel M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barracks and Quarters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs and rent of, for Marine Corps</designator> <target>243, 294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barrios, Antonio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> admission of, to Military Academy, West Point, authorized</designator> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authority to exhibit model of pedestal of the, in rotunda of Capitol granted</designator> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bash, A. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bass, Gilbert W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bastin, Martha,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bates, George T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baton Rouge, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction, etc., of road from, to National Cemetery near</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baughman, Albert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bauman, Christian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bauman, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baxter Springs, Kans., appropriation for erection of monument at,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to memory of Union soldiers</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bay City, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for deepening channel, etc</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baynard, Martha S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Black, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Courtableau, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou D’Arbonne, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou La Fourche, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Macon, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Pierre, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for examination and survey of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bayou Teche, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>B. Bendel and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beale, J. F, ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beaman, John TV.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beaman, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bean, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bean Pleasant, D ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bear,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of the steamer, to Treasury Department</designator> <target>433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bear, George B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beard, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beasley, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beatty, Decatur,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beattyville, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of lock and dam at</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beaufort, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beaumont, Fannie S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beck, Anna (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beckenbach, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beckman, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Becktel, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bedell, James, sr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beeler, Adam,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beeler, Mary F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Behan, Frank A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241, 242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Belcher, Ida P. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Belgium,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with, concerning trademarks</designator> <target>766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, Samuel E,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bell, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Belle River, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of iee-harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Belt, F. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bence, Socrates J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bendel, B., and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bender, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benicia Arsenal, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bennett, Frank T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bennett, Lemuel J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benning’s Bridge, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bensinger, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bentley, Watson S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Berry, Elouisa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Berry, Gale,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Berry, Margaret A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Betts, Allen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Beyer, Anthony,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blair, Appolline A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blair, Lewis J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blake, Charles M., post chaplain, U. S. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blasdel, Isaac N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blasdel, Reuben, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bledsoe, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bleecker, John V. B., paymaster, U. S. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blinkley, Henry J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blinn, Henry Z.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> honorable discharge of</designator> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bliss, E. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Block Island, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blood Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bloomington, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> National Bank of, to change name to First National Bank of; proviso</designator> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Blue Buck Bar, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Blunt, William E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Board of Education,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to receive propositions from managers of Veteran Home, Napa County, Cal., etc</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to inquire into the expediency of establishing branch, etc., in the State of Michigan</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Board of Visitors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to Military Academy</designator> <target>9, 301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boaz, Thomas H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Baddy, Louisa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bodkin, Mary A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bodkin, Meek,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boeuf River, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boggs, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boileau, Paul,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bois Blanc Island,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proceeds of sale of lands on, to be applied to the improvement of National Park</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boise City, Idaho,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at assay office</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for appropriation assay office at</designator> <target>238, 449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bolar, Andreze J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bolton, Isaac L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bolwork, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bond, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bond and Jenkins,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bonds, Notes, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to prevent and punish counterfeiting foreign, within the U. S</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bonds, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Book-keeping,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boon, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boone, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Borden, William W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bostater, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boston, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of United States assistant treasurer</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> old United States courthouse at, authorized to be sold at public auction</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bostwick, Judson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Botanic Garden,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Botanical Division, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boteler, J. W., Son,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bothner, Dorothea (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Botkin, A. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Botsford, C. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boundary Intercepting Sewer, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bounty,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, under act July 28, 1866</designator> <target>221</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bourquin, Jacob (or Burnquin),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boze, Jesse R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bowen, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bowman, Addison,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bowman, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bowman, T. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bozeman, William C. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Baxter, Thornton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyd, Elizabeth B. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyd, John L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyd, R. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyd, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyd, William A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyden, Leonora A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyett, Josiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyle, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyle, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Boyles, T. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bradbury, P. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bradford, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brent, Jane D. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brent, Merced G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Breton Bay, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Mississippi River, at Memphis, Tenn</designator> <target>333</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Broadhead, James O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Broadhead, Ross,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Broclcett, Benjamin F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brookings, Henry G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brooklyn, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown, George P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown, James W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown, Wilson W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brownell, Kady,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brownlow, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brown low, W. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brownsville, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brumblay, Davis M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Brumblay, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bryant, W. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bryson, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Buchanan, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Buck, Jesse C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Buckhannon River, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Buffalo Bayou, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   for distribution, etc., of educational documents</designator> <target>188</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Engraving and Printing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of</designator> <target>199, 401, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for compensation to discharged employes of</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reimbursement to appropriation, etc., for payment of persons employed in the</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> engraving and printing of stamps, Bureau of Internal Revenue, to be done in the</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> employes of the, to receive pay for certain holidays</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Ethnology,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of fourth and fifth annual reports of the Director of the, authorized; distribution</designator> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of sixth and seventh annual reports, etc</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>262, 289, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for the</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>17, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Internal Revenue,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for paper and stamps for the</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Labor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>208, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of the</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>262, 290, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Military Justice,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>180, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> consolidation of the, under title of Judge-Advocate-General’s Department</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of the Mint,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>175, 402</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Navigation, Treasury, U. S.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of, authorized</designator> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of Commissioner of the, authorized</designator> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>262, 288, 427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of</designator> <target>183, 401, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingencies of</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Ordnance, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>262, 289, 427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in</designator> <target>415, 184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>244, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>259, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Statistics,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>171, 401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>262, 291, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bureau of Yards and Bocks, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>262, 290, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year from appropriations for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burgess, D. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burgoon, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burkholder, Christian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burlington, Ft.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burnett, S. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burns, Alexander C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burris, Newton J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burrows, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burrus, S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burton, James P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Burton, Thomas P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bush’s Bluff, Fa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighthouse at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Buttermilk Channel, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byam, Ezekiel G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bybee, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byerley, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byers, Eliza M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byers, W. S., Co.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> grant of water right across Umatilla Reservation continued to; proviso</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered"><b>C.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cadets,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of, at Military Academy</designator> <target>7, 299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cahawba River, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cahill, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caine, T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cairo, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completing public building, etc., at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calcasieu River, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caldwell, Isaac R. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caldwell, Joseph T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>California,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   for contingent expenses, etc., of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey of private land claims in</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to State of, account of direct tax, etc</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for surveying private land claims in</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Callaway, Thomas H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caloosahatchie River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calumet, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calumet River, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of; proviso</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calvert, Madison B., assistant paymaster, U. S. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reimbursement to, of money stolen</designator> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cameron, Martin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, G. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, Isabel (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, Jas. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, James E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, L. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, Ludlow D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of survivors of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Campbell, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to estate of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Canady, Lewis L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Canarsie Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Canceling stamps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Candler, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cane River, Louisiana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caney Dork River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge over the, authorized</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cannon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> testing of rifled, authorized</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> smooth-bore, sale oi, for experimental purposes, authorized</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Canterbury, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cantilever Bridge, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> declared a post route</designator> <target>39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cantrell, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cape Ann Granite Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cape Charles Light Station, Virginia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for protection of site of</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cape Fear River, North Carolina.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, above Wilmington</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  below Wilmington</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishments of lights ou</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoying the</designator> <target>487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cape Henlopen Beacon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of, to Delaware Breakwater</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cape Spartel and Tangier Light,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for annual proportion of expenses of</designator> <target>324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Capitol,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing construction of terrace and grand stairways of</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for care and general repairs of</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for telegraph to connect, with Department, etc</designator> <target>217, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting the</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Capitol Grounds,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of; proviso</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting, etc</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Capitol National Bank, Lincoln, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, changed to</designator> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Capitol Police,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent fund of the</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency, for extra pay to the</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment of uniforms for</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> compensation for July, 1884, payment of, authorized, etc</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Captain and Co.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reimbursement to</designator> <target>370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cardwell, Thomas P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cargo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unlading, of coal, salt, railroad iron, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carleton, Moses F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be paid as second lieutenant</designator> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carlisle, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indian school at</designator> <target>91, 381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carlos’s Band of Flathead Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carroll, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carpenter, B. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Carter Winston,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cassatt, Solomon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Oaten, Moses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cates, Reuben L.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Caton, Noah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Caughron, Samuel D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cawthon, Hugh R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cayuse Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cayuse Indians, Ong.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cedar Keys, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cedar River, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cemeteries, National,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Central Pacific Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Central Superintendency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ceremonies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> February 21, 1885, date appointed for, upon completion of the Washington Monument</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Certificates of Indebtedness of Washington Aqueduct,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chadbourne, Adeline E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chadwell, Joseph T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaffin, G. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chain Bridge, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chalmers, J. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chalmers, James R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chambers, George, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chambers, Jefferson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chambers, Julia A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chander, Sarah L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chandler, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaney, Annie E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Channel between Staten Island and New Jersey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaplin, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaplain of House of Representatives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaplain of Senate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chapman, Edmon B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chapman, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Charge d’Affaires,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlevoix, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chase, John F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chaiard, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chatfield, Alonzo B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chattanooga, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chehalis River Washington Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chemical Division, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to pay expenses of delegates at Washington, representing the Eastern band of</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for negotiating with the, for opening unassigned lands in Indian Territory</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cheboygan, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cheshire, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chewning, Reuber J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cheyenne Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chicago and Central Kansas Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridges across Mississippi River</designator> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief of Engineers, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief Justice and Judges, United States Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief Justice Marshall,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Joint Committee on Library to make arrangements for, etc</designator> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc., proceedings relative to; distribution</designator> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief of Ordnance, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chief Post-Office Inspector,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Child,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction to be placed on word, in act of July 4, 1884, making appropriation for support of Indian schools</designator> <target>383</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> enforcement of laws relating to the protection of, in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction to be placed on word, in act of July 4, 1884, making appropriation for support of Indian schools</designator> <target>383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Children’s Hospital, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chilton, Laura M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chinese,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> immigration of, laborers suspended, etc</designator> <target>115</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> officers, exempt from act suspending immigration, etc</designator> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses arising under act relating to</designator> <target>20</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chinese Indemnity Fund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> conversion of, into coin authorized</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> balance of, after payment to Chinese Government to be covered into Treasury</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chipman, Sarah J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>27</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa Falls and Western Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct railroad bridge across Saint Croix River</designator> <target>14</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for installments, support of schools, etc., to, of the Mississippi</designator> <target>78, 365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of, of Lake Superior</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of Red Lake</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of Pembina tribe of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   at White Earth Reservation</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of Turtle Mountain band of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish Bands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa River, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge across the, in Wisconsin, authorized</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chisholm William A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chism, James T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chissem, Obediah (or Chisholm),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choctaw Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for permanent annuity, etc., to</designator> <target>79, 365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choctawhatchee River, Fla. and Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choice, Franklin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choptank River, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chowning, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christainsen, Thorlip Frederick (Esquimau),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> gratuity to family of</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Church Orphanage of D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>126, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cigarettes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of certain claims for drawback on</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cigars,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of certain claims for drawback on</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cilek, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cilley C. A.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cincinnati Industrial Exposition,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable certain departments of the Government to participate in the</designator> <target>207</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cincinnati, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge near</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of United States assistant treasurer</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for public building at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture, carpets, etc., for public building</designator> <target>206</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for customhouse and post-office at</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> grant of public books to Cincinnati law library</designator> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cinclair, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Circuit Courts, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of, for northern district of Iowa</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term of, held at Birmingham, Ala</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Revised Statutes, sec. 764, relating to appeals from decisions of, amended</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cissna, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Civil Commissioner,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment of expenses, etc., of</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Civil Service Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., under the</designator> <target>166, 39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> expenses of the</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous items</designator> <target>395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Civilian Employes, Secretary of Navy to submit estimates for,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fiscal year 1887 and thereafter</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of certain rebate for prosecution and collection of, due the United States</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for search of foreign records relating to French spoliation</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to ascertain and pay amounts of, due Indian traders for certain supplies furnished Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota; proviso</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for investigating certain Indian depredation</designator> <target>37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of, allowed by French and American Claims Commission</designator> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of, of colored soldiers and sailors</designator> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of, of officers and men in Army for private property destroyed; proviso</designator> <target>350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for defending, in suits against the United States</designator> <target>223, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency, for payment of, allowed by Court of Claims</designator> <target>240, 452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, certified by accounting officers</designator> <target>254, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by First Comptroller</designator> <target>254, 260, 470, 476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs</designator> <target>257, 261, 472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller</designator> <target>258, 472, 477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller</designator> <target>258, 261, 473, 477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller</designator> <target>259, 261, 475, 477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, allowed by Sixth Auditor</designator> <target>259, 262, 476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> under appropriations heretofore permanent</designator> <target>254, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> under appropriations balances of which have become exhausted, etc</designator> <target>254, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Treasury to prescribe rules for government of agents and others in presentation or representing, before Department</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> on account of Indian service, audited and allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller, deficiency appropriation to pay</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for collecting the revenue from customs, deficiency appropriation for payment of certain, expenses for; proviso</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> jurisdiction of certain, conferred upon Court of Claims</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allowance of certain, reported by accounting officers of Treasury</designator> <target>28</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama</designator> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> heirs of volunteer officers, certain, barred, etc</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions regulating practice of attorneys in pension, etc</designator> <target>99</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> amount of, due and allowed, etc., to be reported by Secretary of Treasury to Speaker of House and President of Senate at commencement of each session of Congress</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Belva A. Lockwood against Eastern band of Cherokee Indians to be heard by Court of Claims</designator> <target>381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark &amp; Given,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, James J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clark, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clarke, James L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clarksburg, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clemens, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clements, M. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clemons, L. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerk to Committee on Appropriations, Senate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerk of House of Representatives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for extra clerks in office of</designator> <target>392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerk of Legation, Spain,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>228, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of, at consulates</designator> <target>233, 325, 329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   additional compensation to</designator> <target>233, 329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of, to committees, House</designator> <target>164, 392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   Senate</designator> <target>161, 389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  per diem, Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees of, United States courts</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, in office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue limited</designator> <target>403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  in Pension Office limited</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerks to Committees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> House, time when pay of certain, shall begin</designator> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clerks to Senators,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>249, 468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cleveland Life-Boat Station,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to volunteer surfmen of the</designator> <target>238, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cleveland, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for customhouse at</designator> <target>195, 480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for furniture, carpets, etc., for customhouse</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clifford, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clinch, Duncan L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clinch River, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Clothing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for lost</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for indemnity for lost</designator> <target>261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Army</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for Navy</designator> <target>291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for Marine Corps</designator> <target>294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unloading cargoes of, imported, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coast and Geodetic Survey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries and expenses of the</designator> <target>202, 489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of buildings at Washington, D. C., for</designator> <target>208, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing the publication of observations, etc., made in the progress of the</designator> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs and maintenance of vessels used in the</designator> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency appropriation for, western division</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coast Survey Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coasters’ Harbor Island, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvements at</designator> <target>208</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for care, etc., of building on</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for naval training station at</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coble, Neely,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coble, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coffee, Wiley J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coffin, Lieut. Nathaniel Johnson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Colbert, Elizabeth J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coldwell, J. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cole, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cole, R. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cole, Russell G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cole, Wesley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coleman, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coleman, W. H. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Collet, Samuel B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Collins, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Collins, Thomas L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Collins, William P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Colony of Cape of Good Hope,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of surveyor-general</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> State of, to select lands, etc., for agricultural college purposes, other than certain mineral lands</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lands for school purposes for State of</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado River Agency, Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado River, Nev., Colo., and Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado and Utah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completing remarking of boundary line between</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colored Soldiers and Sailors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbia Hospital for Women, etc., D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbia Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  treaty, etc., with confirmed</designator> <target>79</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for annuity to</designator> <target>366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbia River, Oreg., and Wash. Ter.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, at Cascades</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, below Portland</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbus, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement and preservation of harbor at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbus, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for extension and completion of</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colville Agency, Wash. Ter.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Colville Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fulfilling treaty with the</designator> <target>79</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for annuity to</designator> <target>366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> treaty, etc., with, confirmed</designator> <target>79</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Comanche Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>78, 36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of</designator> <target>89, 37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Comer, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Comer, Jesse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commanding General’s Office, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>107, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commerce,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for collection of statistics for internal and foreign</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commerce and Navigation and Regulation of Steam Vessels,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, sec. 4434, relating to, amended; proviso</designator> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commercial Agents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Commercial Intercourse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> treaty relating to, with Corea</designator> <target>720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commercial National Bank, Chicago, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissary-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>180, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, to select lands, etc., for allotment to Indians in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commission on Dedication of Washington Monument,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing report of</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of secretary of</designator> <target>394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commission, Scientific,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of the; proviso</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authority, etc., of the</designator> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Agriculture,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations, to be expended by the</designator> <target>207, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to prevent spread of pleuropneumonia among cattle</designator> <target>31, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to organize Bureau of Animal Industry, etc</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make report on purchase and distribution of seed</designator> <target>38, 355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing copies of annual report of the, authorized; distribution; appropriation</designator> <target>277, 520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress expenditure of appropriation for Department for prior fiscal year</designator> <target>356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Customs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>168, 398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims allowed by the</designator> <target>257, 472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Education,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  printing and distribution of report of</designator> <target>274, 51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of General Land Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of, clerks, etc</designator> <target>186, 416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to prepare and publish new map of the United States</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys, etc</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency, for reproducing official surveys in office of</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Indian Affairs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of, clerks, etc</designator> <target>186, 416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Internal Revenue,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for persons employed in Bureau of, counting and redeeming checks, stamps, etc</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of clerks in office of, limited</designator> <target>403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress annually how money, appropriated for punishing violators of internal-revenue laws, has been expended</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Labor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> office of, established; organization, compensation, duties, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of the</designator> <target>208, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Navigation, Treasury, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, duties, salary, etc</designator> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional for clerk acting as</designator> <target>401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for salary of the</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  additional for clerk acting as</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Patents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of, and assistant, clerks, etc</designator> <target>187, 418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of defending suits against</designator> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointments in the office of the, limited</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses in office of</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioner of Railroads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of the</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioners, to visit Central and South America, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of; duties; compensation; appropriation</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  secretary to; compensation</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, for appraisement, etc., of Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian lands</designator> <target>351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to appraise and sell lots in Peru, Iowa</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioners of Civil Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries under the</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioners of District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of, Engineer Commissioner, and of secretary, clerks, etc., in office of the</designator> <target>123, 311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to maintain order during ceremonies of inauguration of President in 1885</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> may apply unexpended balances and special deposits in certain cases</designator> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make separate contracts for materials, labor, etc</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> accounts of, for materials purchased, etc., to be settled, etc</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to visit, investigate management of, and make report to Congress on all institutions of charity, etc</designator> <target>127</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to aid in enforcing laws relating to protection of children</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to regulate fares of public conveyances from February 22 to March 6, 1885</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress number of, and amount paid, temporary inspectors of servers</designator> <target>312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to apply material for permit work to improvement of alleys, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to make contracts for illuminating for period longer than one year</designator> <target>315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to deduct from pay of policemen and firemen, for relief fund</designator> <target>316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> requisitions by the, on United States Treasury, limited</designator> <target>319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to examine claim of Outerbridge Horsey, assignee</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Commissioners, Utah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of, appointed under act March 22, 1882; proviso</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of select, to be same as session clerks</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War authorized to loan flags, etc., to; proviso</designator> <target>183</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee on Indian Appropriations and Improvement of Yellowstone Park,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of the</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties and power of the, defined</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee on Military Affairs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing printing, etc., of extra copies of report of, on investigation of National Home for Disabled Volunteers</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee on Public Printing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for publishing catalogue of Government publications under direction of the</designator> <target>514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Committee on Steel-Producing Works of the United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Compass-testing House,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of</designator> <target>289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Comptroller of the Currency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>170, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Comstock, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reimbursement to, of custom dues</designator> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conanicut Island, Narragansett Bay, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighthouse on</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conchman, William D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Concord, N. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Condemnation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of materials for improvement of rivers, harbors, etc., how made; proviso</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conecuh-Escambia River, Fla. and Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Confederated Bands Cayuse, Walla-Walla, and Umatilla Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of the</designator> <target>91, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allotment, sale, etc., of lands to, in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Confederated Band of Ute Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>88, 376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Confederated Tribes of Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of, of Middle Oregon</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conger, Frank B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congo Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for agent to the States of the</designator> <target>235, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congo, International Association of the,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> declaration of friendship, rights, etc., by the</designator> <target>781</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing and binding for</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Commission, Joint,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to consider and report on the present organization, etc., of Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast Survey, and Hydrographic Office, of the Navy Department</designator> <target>219, 506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  time for making report extended</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Committee on Indian Appropriations and Improvement of Yellowstone Park,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of the</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties and power of the, defined</designator> <target>417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Committees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of current expenses of select and special</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Directory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compiling, etc., the</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Globe,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> distribution of, to certain Government offices and to libraries authorized</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Record,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act making provision for limiting the cost of indexing the, etc</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> distribution of copies of index to the</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing the</designator> <target>513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment to printers employed on the^</designator> <target>514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conn, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Connecticut River, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, below Hartford</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Connell, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conner, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Conner, Richard N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Connolly, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Connor, Elizabeth (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Constantinople,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for hire of steam-launch for use of legation at</designator> <target>330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Construction and Repair, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs of wooden ships</designator> <target>430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for preservation and completion of vessels, etc., under the Bureau of</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report to Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year for pay of Bureau of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries of</designator> <target>229, 233, 325, 329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional compensation to; proviso</designator> <target>233, 329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for allowance to</designator> <target>260, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of marshals at</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular and Diplomatic Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>227, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular and Diplomatic Appropriations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for International Prison Commission</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for pay of expenses of civilian experts to International Commission for Establishment of Electrical Units</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for repairs, etc., to monument to Benjamin A. Bidlack in cemetery at Bogota</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for agent to States of the Congo Association; duties</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for fees, etc., in extradition cases</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for diplomatic officers</designator> <target>228, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for consular officers</designator> <target>229, 324, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for contingent expenses at legations</designator> <target>234, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for actual expenses, transportation of prisoners</designator> <target>234, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for loss by exchange in remittance of money</designator> <target>235, 324, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable Secretary of State to comply with requirements of act regulating fees, etc., in extradition cases</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for rent of legation buildings, China</designator> <target>234, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for repairing legation buildings, Tangier</designator> <target>324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Cape Spartel and Tangier light</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for printing and distributing publications by Department of State; proviso</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for International Bureau of Weights and Measures</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of transportation of remains of ministers and consuls dying abroad</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for contingent expenses at consulates and commercial agencies</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for a boat and crew at Osaka and Hiogo</designator> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for launch at Constantinople</designator> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for interpreters, etc</designator> <target>233, 33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for rent of prisons, etc</designator> <target>234, 33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for relief of American seamen in foreign countries</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for hospital at Panama</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for expenses of acknowledgments for rescuing seamen and citizens from shipwreck</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for allowances to widows, etc., of deceased officers</designator> <target>234, 331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for search for evidence as to French Spoliation Claims</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the President of the United States to meet unforeseen emergencies and extend commercial interest</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular Fees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for services to American seamen prohibited</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular Officers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fees of, for services rendered to American seamen</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of, not citizens</designator> <target>233, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment to widows or heirs at law of, dying abroad</designator> <target>234, 331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment to certain</designator> <target>236, 447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, not citizens</designator> <target>254, 26</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties of, relating to wages, etc., of American seamen</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> settlement of accounts of certain, contingent expenses</designator> <target>236, 237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> settlement of accounts of certain, authorized</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> agreement with Roumania concerning rights, etc., of</designator> <target>711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consular Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>227, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of</designator> <target>260, 47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>25</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consulates and Consular Agents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>229, 325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consulates, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>254, 260, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consuls,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to receive salaries as secretaries or interpreters of legations</designator> <target>329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consuls-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries of</designator> <target>228, 229, 322, 323, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to receive salaries as secretaries or interpreters of legations</designator> <target>329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contagious Diseases,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act for suppression of, among domestic animals</designator> <target>31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> affecting domestic animals, provisions of act making appropriation for investigation, etc., of, repealed</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for investigating, of domestic animals</designator> <target>39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contested Elections, House,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of expenses of parties to</designator> <target>25</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contingent Expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Navy</designator> <target>262, 288, 426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Marine Corps</designator> <target>262, 294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for District of Columbia</designator> <target>124, 311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at legations</designator> <target>234, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for consulates and commercial agencies</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Agricultural Department</designator> <target>39, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Adjutant-General’s Department</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Army</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of pensions</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Indian service</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Library of Congress</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for State Department</designator> <target>166, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Treasury Department</designator> <target>403, 451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>451, 454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for War Department</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Navy Department</designator> <target>288, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Interior’ Department</designator> <target>189, 362, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Post-Office Department</designator> <target>423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Department of Justice</designator> <target>192,424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contingent Fund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for addition to the, of Senate</designator> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contracts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for sewerage in the District of Columbia to be advertised</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for work under act making appropriations for improvements for certain rivers and harbors, how made</designator> <target>147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Commissioners of District of Columbia to make separate, for certain materials and labor</designator> <target>125</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> made before emigration binding foreign emigrants to perform labor in the United States declared void and unlawful</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contractors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> moneys legally retained from, for work done in District of Columbia to be invested, etc</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contentnea or Moccasin River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Convicts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for care, etc., of military, confined in State penitentiaries</designator> <target>220, 508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for support of, transferred from the District of Columbia</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment to State Asylum, Auburn, N. Y., for support of United States, at</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, of sums reserved from vouchers</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, Holden,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, James D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, L. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, Lewis A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, Magdalena,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, Pleasant,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cook, R. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cooper, Alonzo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cooper, Polly (formerly Polly Bynum),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cooper, Samuel Z.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cooper, Maj. Wickliffe, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cooper, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Corbin, Ann (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornwell, Alonzo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Corsica Creek, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coughlin, John J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Counce, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Council Bluffs, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Court House, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Court Rooms, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Courts, J. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Courts-Martial, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cover, Abraham,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Covington, Isaac C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowan, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowan, R. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowan, William M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowardin, John L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowie, F. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cowlitz River, Washington Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cox, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cox, Moses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cox, Nancy A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Coyl, Martin H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Craig, George H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Craig, Joseph M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Craig, W. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cramp, William, and Sons,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crane, Sarah Nicoll,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cranston, L. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cravens, John N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cravens, Valentine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cravens, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crawford, Hugh F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crawford, J. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crawford, Medorem,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Creek Nation of Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Creighton, Elizabeth W. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crews, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cribbs, Cullen F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Criers, Court,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Croatan Light Station, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crocker, Uriel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cronin, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crow Agency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crow Creek or Sioux Reservation, Dakota,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Crown, Zedoc T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Culley, Langly B., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cullon, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Culp, J. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cumberland Sound, Ga., and Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cummings, Joseph M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cummins, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cunningham, Wirt F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Curran, Francis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Currituck Sound, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Custer, Reuben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs Revenues,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs-Revenue Laws,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Cutter, Amanda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cutis, M. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay the widow of the late</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Dagley, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daily, Margaret (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dakota Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of government of</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>189, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for legislative expenses of</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> legislature of the Territory of, to consist, etc</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of two additional associate justices of the supreme court of, authorized</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> courts of, redistricted and reorganized</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> division of, into council and representative districts, authorized</designator> <target>408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of suits in district courts of, to new judicial districts authorized</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President warning persons from settling on Old Winnebago and Sioux or Crow Creek Reservations in</designator> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dakota Indians.</i> (<i>See</i> Sioux).</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dakota and Montana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to complete survey of boundary-line between</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dale, Emetine H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dallas, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dam,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> across the Mississippi River, at Saint Cloud, Minn., authorized</designator> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/869">869</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Damages,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing suits for, where death ensues from wrongful act, etc., in the District of Columbia; proviso</designator> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dame, Harriet P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Damron, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dan River, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Danville, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Darby, Rezin W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>128</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>D’Armond, David F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Darrah, Chancy G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Darwin, James A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davenport and Rock Island Street Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted, over island of Rock Island and bridges leading to</designator> <target>435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge across the Mississippi River</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davidson, Christopher P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Andrew,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Dr. Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Harrisan,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis Island Dam, Ohio River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of</designator> <target>147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, James G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, John B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for mail transportation</designator> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Joseph W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Davis, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of, for wharf and warehouse destroyed</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dawson, E. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Day, Charotte,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Layton, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Day, William W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dayton, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>De Bow, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>De Knight, Clarence W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250, 469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dead-Letter Envelopes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deaf and Dumb Institute, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of; proviso</designator> <target>213, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dean, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dean, Sophia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dearstone, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dearth, Frederick P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Debates and Proceedings of Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing the</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for reporting the Senate</designator> <target>162, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deeds of Trust,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in District of Columbia, subjected to priority of mechanics’ lien</designator> <target>64</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deer Lodge, Mont.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of penitentiary at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deficiency Appropriations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act making certain</designator> <target>2, 236, 446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for certain urgent</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for examination of depth of water at South Pass Mississippi River</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> gauging the waters, etc., of Mississippi River</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in postal service for 1884, payable, etc</designator> <target>247, 248, 262, 464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for 1883</designator> <target>248, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for State Department</designator> <target>236, 446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Treasury Department</designator> <target>237, 448, 481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Internal-Revenue Service</designator> <target>237, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Independent Treasury</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for mint and assay offices</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Territorial government</designator> <target>238, 449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Life-Saving Service</designator> <target>238, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for engraving and printing</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for United States Fish Commission</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for National Board of Health</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Court of Claims</designator> <target>240, 452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for District of Columbia</designator> <target>251, 454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for War Department</designator> <target>242, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public buildings and grounds, Washington, D. C</designator> <target>242, 457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for increase of water supply of Washington, D. C</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Signal Service</designator> <target>243, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for National cemeteries</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for miscellaneous objects</designator> <target>238, 246, 458, 463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Navy Department</designator> <target>243, 459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Naval Service</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Interior Department</designator> <target>344, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public land service</designator> <target>245, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Tenth Census</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Indian service</designator> <target>246, 463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Post-Office Department</designator> <target>247, 464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Department of Justice</designator> <target>248, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for judicial expenses</designator> <target>249, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for public printing and binding</designator> <target>254, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Senate</designator> <target>249, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for House of Representatives</designator> <target>250, 468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for Agricultural Department</designator> <target>251, 470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for claims allowed by accounting officers</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> one-half of the, for District of Columbia to be paid by District</designator> <target>456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dehn, William (or Dehu),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delaware Breakwater, Del.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal of Cape Henlopen beacon to</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lights at</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delaware Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delaware River, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, from Trenton, N. J., to mouth of; proviso</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/870">870</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delegates from Territories,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation and mileage of</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delp, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delvaille, Aristides,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delvaille and Joubert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Demaranville, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Denham, John E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis Bourne, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> created a port of delivery</designator> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Denver, Colo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repair of mint building at</designator> <target>196, 204</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in mint</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing work on public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Departments.</i> (<i>See</i> also State, Treasury, etc., Departments.)</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Department of Justice,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>192, 424, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses and miscellaneous items</designator> <target>248, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for plumbing, etc., for buildings</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for judicial expenses</designator> <target>256, 261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for defending suits against the United States</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs and improvement of buildings under control of</designator> <target>193, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deputy Marshals, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fees and expenses of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Des Moines, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for extension and completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Des Mornes Rapids Canal, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of pier, etc., at; proviso</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Des Moines Rapids Canal, Iowa—</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for dry dock</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War to prescribe regulations for use, etc., of the</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deserters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reclamation of American seamen</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Desertion,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> charges of, removed from certain soldiers, etc</designator> <target>119</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destitute American seamen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty for refusal, etc., to receive, abroad</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destitute, Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of certain</designator> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destruction Island, Wash. Ter.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for light-house, etc., at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Destruction of Notes, Bonds, etc. , United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for operating macerating machines for the</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Detroit, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> release to Board of Education of any title of United States to certain land in</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building at, authorized</designator> <target>338</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Dickson, Mary Eliza,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Director of the Mint, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Discharge of American Seamen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for assistant</designator> <target>224</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees for, postal service</designator> <target>156</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of, and assistants</designator> <target>249, 466</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term of the, Birmingham, Ala</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for northern district of Iowa</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for district of Maine</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>131, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>251, 454</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous expenses of</designator> <target>130, 318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>252, 454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fire department, relief fund, etc</designator> <target>128, 316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>251, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Metropolitan police of; relief fund, etc</designator> <target>7127, 282, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>251, 454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for public schools and school buildings</designator> <target>192, 317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>251, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for health department</designator> <target>130, 318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for water department</designator> <target>131, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for increase of water supply in the</designator> <target>72, 457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for police court</designator> <target>129, 317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest and sinking fund</designator> <target>130, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for streets, etc</designator> <target>127, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for material for permit work</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for sewers, repairs to concrete pavements, etc</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing surveys, account of extension of avenues, etc</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for street lamps, price for lighting; proviso</designator> <target>127, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for telegraph and telephone stations</designator> <target>129, 317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Gamewell alarm telegraph and telephone police-stations</designator> <target>128, 316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for parking commission</designator> <target>127, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repair and care of bridges</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of assessment of real property in the</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for insurance of property of the</designator> <target>125, 312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for defending suits in claims</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintaining order in, during inauguration of President, 1885</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for charities, etc., in the</designator> <target>126, 313, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Washington Asylum</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for care and repair of school buildings in the for aqueduct</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for reform school</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to building</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Georgetown almshouse</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of insane of</designator> <target>126, 31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of paupers</designator> <target>126, 31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for relief of poor of, compensation of physician to the poor</designator> <target>126, 31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Columbia Hospital</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Women’s Christian Association</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional building for</designator> <target>314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Children’s Hospital</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Saint Ann’s Orphanage</designator> <target>126, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for National Homeopathic Hospital for Industrial School Home</designator> <target>126, 315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for warden of jail</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of convicts transferred from the</designator> <target>511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of city post-office</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for seweerage, etc., in the</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Church Orphanage of the</designator> <target>126</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for German Orphan Asylum Association; reappropriated</designator> <target>126</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  provisions incases of reduction in special assessments</designator> <target>132</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for justice and associate judges of supreme court of</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of addition to building for home for Little Sisters of the Poor in</designator> <target>222</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to police-court building</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to courthouse</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of United States courts in the</designator> <target>224</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for 1881</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for 1882</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for 1883–84</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses assessor’s office</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Washington Asylum</designator> <target>253, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for janitors of school buildings</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for judicial expenses</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for land taken, etc., on account of increased water supply; proviso</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for payment of taxes, etc., on property of Columbia Hospital for Women</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties of the Commissioners, etc</designator> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> mechanics’ lien in the, authorized</designator> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> vacation of alley in square 234, Washington City, authorized</designator> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, sections 545, 546, 547, 549, 551, relating to societies, corporations, etc., in the, amended</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> protection of fish in the</designator> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dorsey, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for supplies to troops</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Doss, Elanor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dougherty, Greet H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dougherty, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dougherty, Rose (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dougherty, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Douthit, Calvin Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Douglas County, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge across the Missouri River in, authorized</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Douglas, George C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Douglas, Hugh and Byrd, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to estates of, for rent and damage of property</designator> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dover, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for powder depot at</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dowell, Emma,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dowell J. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dowis, Aly,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Downing, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drafts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving, printing, and binding, for postal service</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for use of Treasurer, U. S</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Draper, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drawback,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay certain claims for</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allowed on articles used in construction of vessels for foreign account</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for allowance or</designator> <target>254, 260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dresser, George F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dresser, George T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drohen, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Droney, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drop Letters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of postage on, reduced</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Druid (Schooner),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> issue of register for the</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay claim of owners of the</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Drummond, Kate A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Du Pont, Rear-Admiral,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of unveiling, etc., statue of</designator> <target>216</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of statue, etc., to the late</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dubuque, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of circuit and district courts for northern district of Iowa, at</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act authorizing ponton wagon-bridge across Mississippi River at, amended</designator> <target>31</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of ice harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for customhouse and post-office at; proviso</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for approaches, etc., to customhouse at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duck, Akey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dudley, David T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duggan, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duke, Robert M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dulaney, Caroline R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duluth, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duncan, R. W. (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunean, William A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc., eulogies upon the late</designator> <target>517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunkirk, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunlap, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunlap, Zelica T. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunn, Benjamin F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunnell, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dunphe, Nathan H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for sugar seized by military authority</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dupasseur, Edward,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duplicate Checks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, section 3646, relating to issue of, amended</designator> <target>306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Durboraw, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Durfee, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>225</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>“During the Session,”</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> meaning of words</designator> <target>164</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Durrani, Allicia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dutiable Goods,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Newport News created port of entry for immediate transportation of</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act for the immediate transportation of, amended</designator> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Duties,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allowance of drawback on, paid for materials used in the construction of vessels for foreign account</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions of agreement with Spain relating to the reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating</designator> <target>750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duttera, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dutton, Edgar L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Duvall, Marius,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>D’Wamish Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dye, Asa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dye, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dyer, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dynamite,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for experiments in use of</designator> <target>159, 434</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>E. Wilder and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eades, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eads, H. L., trustee,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eagles, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eagleston, George G. (or Eagleson),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eagleton, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Earle, Louisa (widoiv),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Easley, Warham, Jr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge over Cumberland River</designator> <target>445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to construct bridge over Caney Fork River</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for industrial school for</designator> <target>92</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastern Band Cherokee Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unexpended balance of appropriation for expenses of, at Washington, reappropriated</designator> <target>380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for paying debts of, proviso</designator> <target>380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of former delegates of, at Washington</designator> <target>380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastern Shawnee Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for permanent annuity, etc., to</designator> <target>86, 374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastern Presbyterian Church, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> taxes remitted</designator> <target>618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eastport Harbor, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of rock from</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eclipse of the Sun,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay expenses of making observations of the</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eaton, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eaton, Mary K. S. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ebberman, Reuben J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edelin, Eleanor H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edenton Bay, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edings, J. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edisto River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edmiston, Ellen (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edmondson, Catharine S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Education, Bureau of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., of</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for books for library</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for statistics, etc</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for distribution, etc., of educational documents</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwards, J. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwards, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward, Janus (Esquimau),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwards, Jens,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for gratuity to family of</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Egan, Mary Ann,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Egan, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Egbert, Marion D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eichele, Augustus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> restoration to the, of regimental colors</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eisenhart, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>El Paso, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of deputy clerk of United States court at</designator> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elections, supervisors of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Electoral Vote,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> special messengers sent for certificates of, of Iowa and Oregon for President and Vice-President of the United States</designator> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Electors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of messengers, etc., for conveying votes of, for President and Vice-President</designator> <target>222</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elison, J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for widening channel of, etc</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elliott, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elliott, Thaddeus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellis County, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of portion of Fort Hays military reservation to, authorized</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellis, Nancy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellis, Robert De T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elrod, James C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Elrod, S. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ely, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ely, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Emigrants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> importation and migration of foreign, or aliens under contract to perform labor in the United States, prohibited; proviso</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emmons, Stephen M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emory, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Employes of Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of compensation of, for month of July, 1884, etc</designator> <target>27</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of salaries of, for month of December, 1883, on 22d of month, authorized</designator> <target>26</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Employes of the Government (per diem),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Employes, Special, of the Post-Office Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of, for delivering specially stamped letters</designator> <target>388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enclosure of Public Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> occupancy of or, unlawful</designator> <target>321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Engine-House,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for floor and repairs to, near Senate stables</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Engineer Department, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for depot at Willets Point, N. Y</designator> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Engineer Troops,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for instruction of, in use of torpedoes, etc</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>England,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> return of steamer Alert to, authorized</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>England, Eliza,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>England, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>English, W. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251, 253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>English, Wesley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Engraving and Printing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of clerks and employes in Bureau of</designator> <target>199, 401, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of work, etc</designator> <target>199, 48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for paper and printing stamps for internal revenue, under Bureau of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for checks, etc., for use of Treasurer United States and others</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  employes in Bureau of, to receive pay for certain holidays</designator> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enlisted Men, Army and Marine Corps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> retired list created for, having served as such for thirty years</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enlisted Men, Volunteers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> muster and pay of</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enloe, Thomas K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ensigns,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> graduates of Naval Academy to be commissioned as</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> grade of junior, abolished</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Entomological Division, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>37, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Envelopes, appropriation for manufacture of stamped,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> distribution, etc</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for register package and dead-letter</designator> <target>157, 38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty may be used, etc</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Envoys Extraordinary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>228, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Epidemic,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> the President authorized in case of, to use unexpended balance of certain appropriation</designator> <target>207</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Epidemic Diseases,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for suppression of</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Epperson, Reuben H,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Equipment, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>289, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Equipment and Recruiting, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for the Bureau of</designator> <target>262</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of</designator> <target>289, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>17, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erie Land Light House,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> re-establishment of the, authorized; proviso</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erie, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erving, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for duplication of French and American medals, presented to Congress by, for use of National Library</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enoin, J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Escambia River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eskridge, W. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eslick, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Estes, Louisa A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Estimates,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of appropriations and for deficiencies in appropriations to be transmitted to Congress through Secretary of Treasury only</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to be classified, compiled, indexed, and printed</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ethnology,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing researches in, etc</designator> <target>214</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of fourth and fifth annual reports of Director of Bureau of</designator> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing, etc., of sixth and seventh annual reports of Director of Bureau of</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eulogies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> on the life of the late Thomas Allen, to be printed with engraved portrait; appropriation</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Henry B. Anthony</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of William A. Duncan</designator> <target>517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of John H. Evins</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eurele, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evans, Charles H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>226</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evans, Charles H,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evans, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evans, William R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evans, William S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evins, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc., eulogies upon the late</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ewing, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ewing, George (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ewing, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ex-Commissioners, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> disbursements, etc., heretofore disallowed, to be credited to accounts of</designator> <target>311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Examinations and Surveys,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of certain rivers and harbors authorized</designator> <target>149</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Examiner of Drugs, etc., Boston, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of, specified</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Examining Surgeons, Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fees, etc., of</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees, etc., of</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> number of examinations to be made and fees of, limited</designator> <target>362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Excelsior Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Executive Departments,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> delivery of certain volumes of Congressional Globe to libraries of the, authorized</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Executive Expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the, of the Government</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Executive Mansion,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the, and green-houses, etc</designator> <target>216, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for annual repairs and refurnishing</designator> <target>503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting proviso</designator> <target>216, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations for the</designator> <target>242, 457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> library of the, delivery of certain volumes of Congressional Globe to the, authorized</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Executive, Office of the,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for employes in</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Exports,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Public Printer authorized to print certain documents relating to public; distribution</designator> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of, in Clerk’s office, House</designator> <target>392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of, in Second Auditor’s office</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Third Auditor’s Office</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Compensation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for one month’s, to employes of Senate and House</designator> <target>226</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to officers, etc., employed December 3, 1883</designator> <target>226</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Duty Men, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of, rating of pay, etc</designator> <target>109</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Duty Pay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, to enlisted men, etc</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Pay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to heirs, etc., of officers killed in service</designator> <target>66</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, to men enlisted under honorable discharge, Navy</designator> <target>288</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, to Senate and House officials and employes</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extra Wages,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of, to American seamen on discharge</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extraordinary Expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, Navy</designator> <target>288, 426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extradition Cases,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable Secretary of State to comply with requirements of act regulating fees and practice in</designator> <target>324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Extradition,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> treaty with Luxemburg concerning, of criminals</designator> <target>808</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ezell, Lavinia C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ezell, Margaret,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fahnestock, C. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, in full, for use of patent, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fairfax, Eliza M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fairport, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Falls of Ohio River, Louisville, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Falls of Saint Anthony, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs and preservation of</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Falls, W. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farlin, Miles B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farmer, Calaway,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farnsworth, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farnsworth, Olin J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farnsworth, William D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Farragut Prize Money,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay, etc</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fay, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>226</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Feather River, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of; proviso</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for dredge-boat</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of U. S. commissioners</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for justices of the peace acting as commissioners</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for jurors</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for witnesses</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of clerks of courts</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of U. S. marshals and deputy marshals</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examining surgeons, pension agents, attorneys, etc</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to inspectors of goods imported in sailing vessels, how payable</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to consular officers for services to American seamen, prohibited; how paid</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  collected by shipping commissioners to be paid into the Treasury</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payable by masters and owners of vessels engaged in domestic commerce, prescribed</designator> <target>132</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Indians accepting homesteads, etc., exempted from</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, for U. S. attorneys</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for clerks to courts, etc</designator> <target>249, 256, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for witnesses</designator> <target>249, 256, 261, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for jurors</designator> <target>249, 256, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for marshals</designator> <target>249, 256, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for district attorneys</designator> <target>256, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for U. S. Commissioners</designator> <target>256, 261, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for supervisors of elections</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examining surgeons, pensions</designator> <target>16, 261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for, and expenses of, gaugers</designator> <target>172, 238, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Feeser, Emanuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fellmy, Jacob M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Felony,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act of persons assuming, etc., to act under authority of United States a</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty, etc</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fenscke, John C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/876">876</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fentress County, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detached from middle district of Tennessee and attached to southern division of district of East Tennessee</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> processes issuing against citizens of, returnable before court at Chattanooga,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Tenn</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ferguson, Samuel B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ferguson, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fessenden, Cortez,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fifth Auditor, Treasury Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>169, 39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fink, Pious P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Finn, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fire Department, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>128, 316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief fund of; what shall constitute, how disbursed</designator> <target>128, 317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proceeds of sale of Georgetown fish wharf, disposal of</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fire Plugs, appropriation for extending, and repairs of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Capitol, Executive Mansion, etc</designator> <target>217, 50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Firemen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of, in legislative, executive, and judicial departments, limited</designator> <target>42</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Firemen’s Relief Fund, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Firm, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Assistant Postmaster-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for post al service under the</designator> <target>156, 38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>190, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Assistant Secretary of the Interior,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> office of the, created</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Auditor of the Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of the</designator> <target>168, 399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims allowed by the</designator> <target>257, 472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Comptroller of Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>168, 39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims allowed by the, per fourth section act June 14, 1878</designator> <target>260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Michigan Cavalry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for traveling expenses of</designator> <target>25</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Bloomington, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of National Bank of Bloomington, Ill., to be changed to</designator> <target>28</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Fort Worth, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to increase capital stock; limit of</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Hillsborough, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of Hillsborough National Bank to be changed to; proviso</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Larned, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of capital stock of, authorized</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Nashville, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of the capital stock of the, authorized</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First National Bank, Omaha, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of capital stock of, authorized</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> protection of, in waters within the District of Columbia</designator> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish Car, United States Fish Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of, for distribution of carp, etc</designator> <target>205</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish Commission Buildings, Wood’s Hall, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for increasing facilities for propagation of useful marine animals</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish Commission, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency, for</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of vessels of the</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for maintenance of vessels of the</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allowance for subsistence to officers and men serving under the</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of State of Michigan, lease of certain lands in State of Michigan to the</designator> <target>275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> office of assistant, commissioner created</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish and Fisheries,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President notifying termination of certain articles of treaty concerning, in British waters</designator> <target>837</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish Ponds, U S., Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish R. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fish, R. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fisher, A. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to the estate of</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fisher, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Fisher, Martha A. (formerly Martha A. Gattis)</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fishes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for propagation of, for food</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency, for</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fishing Battery Light House, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of channel to Susquehanna River</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fishing Vessels,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rules to be followed in navigation of</designator> <target>439</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fitch, Emeline L. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Filch, Thomas D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fitkin, Frank F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fitzgerald, Cornelius,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fixsen, Fedde,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flack, Robert M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Flagg, Ellen M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flags, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to mayor of Charlotte, N. C</designator> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to Portland Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to committee on inauguration ceremonies; proviso</designator> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flaherty, Margaret,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Flathead Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of employes, etc</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in Montana, for pay to, for right of way, etc., proviso</designator> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Carlos’s band of, appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flathead Indian Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of extra pupils at the Indian Industrial School for boys at</designator> <target>382</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/877">877</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flint River, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Florida,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>189, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act relating to sale of lands of military reservations in State of, repealed</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fluke, George H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Flushing Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fly, C. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fog-Signals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fogg, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Folding,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House of Representatives</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Folding-Room,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Foley, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Foley, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Foltz, Benedict,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fontanelle, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Food-Fishes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for collecting statistics of, seacoast and lake fisheries</designator> <target>205</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for illustrations for report on</designator> <target>205</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay liabilities, etc., account of propagation of</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for propagation of</designator> <target>255, 494</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Marine Corps</designator> <target>294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreign Lands, Notes, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to prevent and punish counterfeiting, within the United States</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreign Emigrants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreign Intercourse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations for</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreign Mails,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of Superintendent of</designator> <target>191, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>248, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transportation of, to be on American steamships</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreman, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forest Grove, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indian school at</designator> <target>91, 381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forestry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for investigation and report on, by Commissioner of Agriculture</designator> <target>391, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forrest, Douglas F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Belknap Agency, Mont.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of Indians at the</designator> <target>267, 516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Brown Military Reservation, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the Secretary of War to acquire valid title to the, for United States</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Dodge, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of courts for northern district of Iowa, at</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Gratiot, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Hayes Military Reservation, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional pay to Army officers in charge of prison at</designator> <target>358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of roads on</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Lyon Military Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain patents for lands of, confirmed</designator> <target>103</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Mackinaw Military Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proceeds of sale of lands near the, to be applied to improvement of National Park</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Madison, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Marion, saint Augustine, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the preservation of</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Myer, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for signal corps at</designator> <target>506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Peck Indian Agency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indians at</designator> <target>90, 378, 516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of destitute Indians at</designator> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Robinson Military Reservation, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted through, to Fremont, Elk Horn, and Missouri Railroad Company</designator> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Scott, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for road from cemetery, etc., to</designator> <target>219</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Smith, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Wayne, Ind.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195, 480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of appropriations for public building at</designator> <target>337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fortifications,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingencies of</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for preservation and repair of</designator> <target>474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fortress Monroe, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of buoy and supply depot at</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for artillery school at</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, Anna J. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, Daniel M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, G. C. and Martha A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to heirs of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, Grigsby,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, James L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foster, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/878">878</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foulk, William L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fourth Auditor of the Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>169, 399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State Troops,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fowie, Seth W., &amp; Son,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fowler, A. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fowler, Elizabeth (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fowler, Nancy B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fox, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fox Indians of Mississippi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for annuity, etc., to the</designator> <target>85</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of the Missouri</designator> <target>85</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frakes, William S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>France,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with, concerning extension of term of French and American Claims Commission</designator> <target>728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>France, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to reimburse, etc</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis, G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for</designator> <target>215</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frankfort, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for furniture, carpets, etc.</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for public building</designator> <target>206</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for paving, grading approaches, etc., to customhouse at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frankfort, Mich, ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin, Andrew (alias McKee),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin, John W., executor of estate of John Armfield, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, to fill vacancy in Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frazier, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick, B. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fredericks, J. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Free letter Delivery,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of</designator> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Freedman’s Hospital and Asylum, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> settlement of accounts of disbursing clerks of Interior Department for disbursements for support of the, authorized transfer of certain appropriations, etc</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted through Fort Robinson Military Reservation, Nebr., to the</designator> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French and American Claims Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of claims allowed by the</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with France for extension of the term of the</designator> <target>728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French and American Medals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for duplication of</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French Broad River, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French Spoliation Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for search of foreign records relating to</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  additional, for</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time for presentation of, to Court of Claims limited; proviso</designator> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fried, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fripp, Edgar W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fripp, J. E. Lawrence,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fripp, John E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fripp, W. O. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frisbee, J. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frizell, Lloyd,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> released from bond on payment of $1,000</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fry, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fryar, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frybarger, Maj. W. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frye, W. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>225</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>16, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for Marine Corps</designator> <target>294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fugate, Nancy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fulkerson, W. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fuller, Charles A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension of</designator> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fuller, N. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reimbursement to</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fullerton, J. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fultz, Francis M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Funkhouser, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Funston, E. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Furlong, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Furney, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Furniture,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for office, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, and repairs to, for public buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> now owned by United States, to be used, etc</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered"><b>G.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gaither, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gaither, Silas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galbraith, Rose Ann,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gale, Cordelia (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/879">879</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gallaher, Benjamin H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galloup, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galloway, G. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galt, Frank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>250, 613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galveston Bay, Tex,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of ship-channel in; proviso</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Galveston, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195, 480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for purchase of additional ground at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gamewell Alarm Telegraph and Telephone Police Stations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gammons, Nelson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gann, Ira,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gardens and Grounds, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the, etc</designator> <target>37, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gardner, D. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gardner, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gardner, John O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gardner, William M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garfield Hospital, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the, to provide treatment to transient persons unable to pay</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garfield, James A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for site, etc., for statue of the late President</designator> <target>216</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garrett, Mary J. (formerly Mary J. Winn),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garrett, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the accounting officers to adjust accounts of</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garrison, G. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garrison, George T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Garrison, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Garvey, William M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gasconade River, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gass, F. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gates’s, William, Sons,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gaugers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gauging Waters, etc., Mississippi River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of Lower Mississippi River</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of Columbia River, Oregon, etc</designator> <target>147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gault, H. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gay gin, Richard F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gearhart, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gedney’s Channel, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Geld, Morris,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>General Land Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maps prepared by</designator> <target>186, 416</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable Commissioner of the, to reproduce official surveys</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Generals (Army),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Genoa, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> limitation upon appropriation for school at repealed</designator> <target>382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Geodetic Survey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Geological Map of the United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Geological Survey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of Director of the</designator> <target>188, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., under the</designator> <target>212, 505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of national domain</designator> <target>212, 505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examination, etc., of coal deposit, White Mountain Indian Reservation, Arizona</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of annual reports of the, authorized distribution</designator> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing, etc., of extra copies of sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing, etc., of monograph 2 of publications of</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George, E. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georgetown Almshouse, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of inmates of the</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georgetown, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georgia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time for holding district and circuit courts for the northern district changed</designator> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gesner, Alonzo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gelman, Charles H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties refunded to, for lumber burnt; proviso</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gibbons, Francis A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gibbons, Francis A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims, in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gibbons, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gibson, J. Gregg,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gideon, Wayne,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert, Hiram,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert, Richmond,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Giles, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Giles, Lucy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gillan, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gillespie, John C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilley, William H. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilliam, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilliland, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilmer, Elizabeth H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ginn, Anna (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to,</designator> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Giron, Albino,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment to</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Glenn, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Glick, Catherine H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Globe Printing Company, Saint Louis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Glover, P. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goad, Reuben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goad, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goat Island,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted to Newport, R. I., across breakwater at</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Godley, Anderson F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goddard, Laura J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goings, Baldwin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gold Certificates,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Gold Coin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for recoinage of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of, from San Francisco to New York</designator> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gold and Silver,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Golden, S. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Golden, Temple,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gollahorn, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gooch, John N. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goodrich, C. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing printing of report of</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goodwin, Bailey P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Goodwin, Walton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gordon, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gordon, Thomas W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gordon, W. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gorman, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gossett, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gouger, Madison W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gould, William P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims, in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Government Hospital for Insane,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for buildings and grounds of</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> inmates of Soldiers’ Home, etc., may be admitted to</designator> <target>213</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Government Property,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Government Publications,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of catalogue of</designator> <target>517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Government Printing Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> employes of the, to receive pay for certain holidays</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Government in Territories,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gowanus Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Graham, James D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Graham, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Chain, Ohio River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Junction, Colo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Haven, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Marais Harbor, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Marais, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand River below Grand Rapids, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grand Ronde Agency, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Grant, Albert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gray, Frank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Great Britain,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Great Falls Manufacturing Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Great Kanawha River, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Great Pee Dee River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greely Expedition,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greely, Lieutenant,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greely Relief Party,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for organizing and dispatching a</designator> <target>267</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Green Bay, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintenance of channel between De Pere and; proviso</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Green, L. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Green, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greene, Mary A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greenfield, Mrs. J. H. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Greenough, Sylvester,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Greenport, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Greensborough, N. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for approaches, etc., to public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Greenville, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preservation of harbor at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gretr, J. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Greer, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gregory, B. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gregory, Gion,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grennon, Mary A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gresham, Richard P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grice, Wilson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gridley, Ann E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griffin, E. W. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griffin, Mary A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griffin, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griffith, W. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griggs, Berry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grimmitt, William G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gros Ventres Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for subsistence of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for subsistence, etc., of, in Montana</designator> <target>90, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gross, Peter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grounds, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of</designator> <target>216, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting</designator> <target>216, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grove, Thomas J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Growth of Industrial Art,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for reproduction and distribution of the</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grundy County, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detached from southern division of district of East Tennessee and attached to middle district of State</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> cases pending against citizens of, may be transferred to courts at Nashville, Tenn</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Guano Islands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions of law in regard to restrictions upon exportation of, suspended for five years, etc</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way through Indian Territory granted to the</designator> <target>69</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gulf of Mexico Coast,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gulledge, W. R. (or Gullage),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to guardian of</designator> <target>558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gunboats,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of</designator> <target>433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Guns,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relative weight of projectile to caliber, etc., of, authorized to be determined, etc</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion and test of</designator> <target>428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>“Gunpowder” and “Ordnance,”</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act determining meaning of the words, repealed</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gurthrie, A. J., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to legal representatives of</designator> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Guyandotte River, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered"><b>H.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hackett, Charlotte,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hackney, F. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haggard and McKinley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hague, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haldeman, Jacob S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hale, Jurene,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, G. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, G. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, G. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, Rebecca (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hall, Sarah C. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hallum, William Van Renselaer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Halpine, Margaret G. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamilton, J. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamilton, William L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamlin, Decatur,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hammer, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hammer, Maria L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hammond, J. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for loss of barge</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hammond, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamper, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hampton, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hampton, Martin F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hampton, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indian children at school at</designator> <target>82, 382</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for deficiency, for</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of pupils to and from school</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at</designator> <target>509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hanes, C. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hanger, Peter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hanks, Alfred A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannibal, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannum, William G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harbaugh, Yost,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harbert, Noah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harbeson, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harbor Defenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for torpedoes, etc., for</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for submarine mines for</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harbors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for construction, etc., of rivers and</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examinations and surveys of, etc</designator> <target>149</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> surveys of certain, authorized</designator> <target>149</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hardy, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> released from bond on payment of $1,000</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hargrove, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harkness, G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harlan and Hollingsworth Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to; proviso</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harmon, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harmon, James R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harold, John C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harper Albert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harper, J. Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harper, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harper’s Ferry, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of real estate and riparian rights at, authorized</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriman, Samantha (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, Christopher,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, Leri,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, Levid J., executor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, Merlin C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haris, Robert S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, Simpson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harris, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for improvements</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison, Helen M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison, Jeremiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison, Jonathan C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison, Joseph W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison, William F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrisonburg, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for approaches, etc., to</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for making public building at, fire proof</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrold, Jesse S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hartfield, L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hartford and New York Transportation Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to the</designator> <target>224, 496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hartley, Julia (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hartman, Henry J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harvey, James W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harvey, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haskell, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay the widow of the late</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing eulogies upon the late</designator> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haskell, Flavia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haskins, Laurena C. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hassell, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Haste, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henderson, Hiram C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henderson, John O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hendrix, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henning, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry, John F., and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry, John P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry, W. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hensley, Levi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hercher, Ferdinand,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herman, Bolter and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herndon, John C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herndon, Mary E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herriford, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herring, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Herron, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hershey, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hess, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Heth, Lavisa (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hewitt, Elbert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Heyl’s United States Duties on Imports,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiawassee River, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hickman, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hieronymus, T. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Higbee, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Higgins, Isabella,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Higgins, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hildman, Jacob S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hill, Gabriel H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hilliard, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hinds, Howard W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hixonf Lloyd W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Hopperton, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horan, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horgan, Ellen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horn, A. O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horn Island Pass, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hornaday, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hornback, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horner, Eli,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for cavalry and artillery service, appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>109, 358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, lost in military service, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>258, 261, 474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horses and Wagons,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Senate</designator> <target>162, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for State Department</designator> <target>166, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Treasury Department</designator> <target>173, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase, etc., of Department of Justice</designator> <target>193, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horsey, Outerbridge, assignee of T. B. Winter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horst, Abraham,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horst, Mrs. Salome,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hospital,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contribution for support of foreign, at Panama</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hospitals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of, for Navy</designator> <target>290, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction and repair of, for Army</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hospital Tax,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> assessment of seamen for, repealed</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hospital Supplies, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hostetter, Edmund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hot Springs, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Army and Navy hospital</designator> <target>321, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintenance of Army and Navy hospital at</designator> <target>504, 508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hot Springs Creek, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to complete improvement of</designator> <target>208, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hot Springs, Uncompahgre Park, Colo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> and lands, etc., at, reserved from sale by act June 15, 1880, restored to public domain</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hotchkiss, James G., Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hounchell, George (or George W.),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Housatonic River, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of the</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>House, Asbury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>House Executive Document Number Forty-seven,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay for manuscript and proofreading of, part four</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>House, G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>House of Representatives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates of</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for officers and employes of</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for extra pay to</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for reporting debates and proceedings of</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for miscellaneous expenses of</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/885">885</page>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to reimburse Clerk of, for postage</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for balance due pages of</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for index clerk for Southern Claims Commission</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of committee to inquire as to capacity of steel-producing works of the United States</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for session employes of</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contracts made for service for the, where horses are required, to include keeping of horses</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  time for payment of officers and employes of, for December, 1884</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, Charles H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> settlement of account of, Indian inspector</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, D. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, Hiram M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, Lewis A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard, Nehemiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howard University, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to building</designator> <target>501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for increase of library, etc</designator> <target>501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for repairs, etc., to</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howe, John T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Howe, Silas Q.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, surviving partner of William T. Pate &amp; Co</designator> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hoylman, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hualpais Indians, Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for subsistence for the</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unexpended balance of appropriation for support, etc., of, reappropriated</designator> <target>377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hudnell, Beverly,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hudson, Esther,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hudson River, N. Y.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for establishment of lights on</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoying the</designator> <target>487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hudson, William R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Huggins, Lydia S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hughes, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hughes, Martha (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Humboldt, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Humphrey, Mrs. E. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Humphrey, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunt, Clarinda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunt, Hotly,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunt, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunt, Louise F. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunter, Ann,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunter, Catherine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunter, Henry C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunter, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hunting Island, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for protection of site for lighthouse at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hurlburt, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hurley, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hurley, N. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Huron, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hurst, Perry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Husband, Mary Morris,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutchings, William D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutsell, Mary E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutsenpiller, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutton, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>176</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutton, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hutton, William T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hyannis Light Station, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for small beacon, etc</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hyatt, Fielding,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hyde, Thomas W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, to fill vacancy in Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hydrographic Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of branch offices, etc., of the</designator> <target>184, 414</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Idaho,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of the government of</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>189, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for legislative expenses</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Igon, Mary J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iles, William R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ingersoll, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Illinois,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of school lands in the State of, authorized</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Illinois River, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immigrants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> from Canada and Mexico, exempt from passenger tax</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immigration,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Chinese laborers suspended for ten years, etc</designator> <target>115</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty for violation of act relating to</designator> <target>117</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses to be incurred under act relating to Chinese</designator> <target>206</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/886">886</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Imports,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain, withdrawn from bonded warehouse free of duty</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> manner of unlading, etc., from vessels</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of certain documents showing, etc., from 1879 to 1882</designator> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Increase of the Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>292, 433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Increase of Water Supply of Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional appropriation for</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Independent Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries, etc., in</designator> <target>173, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for special agents to examine accounts of</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional compensation to depositary at Tucson, Ariz</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Index to Congressional Record,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties of Joint Committee on Printing in regard to the</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Public Printer</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of compensation for preparing semimonthly</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> joint resolution of February 8, 1881, to provide, etc., repealed</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Index, Journals of Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to assistant in preparation of</designator> <target>226, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to clerk,</designator> <target>391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Affairs,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Agencies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Depredation Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Farmers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Homesteads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be held in trust by the United States</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>186, 416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Police,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Reservations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey, subdivision, etc , of</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for irrigation, etc., of</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of Sac and Fox and Iowa, authorized</designator> <target>351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale and disposal of Government property on</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian School Buildings,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation. etc., to be expended by Secretary of the Interior in erection, furnishing, and repair of</designator> <target>268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Schools,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for buildings for</designator> <target>91, 381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of, etc., west of the Mississippi</designator> <target>92</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of, at Santee Sioux and Crow Agencies</designator> <target>375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of superintendent of</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Interior to make annual report of expenditures for support, etc., of</designator> <target>381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Scouts, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchase of horses for</designator> <target>109, 358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for general incidental expenses of</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for punishment of frauds in</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> diversion of certain appropriations for the</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims for supplies, etc., in, audited and allowed, etc.; deficiency appropriations to pay</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Supplies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchase of, to be advertised; exception</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for, immediately available</designator> <target>96, 384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for purchase, etc., of</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bids for, may be rejected; purchase of, in open market</designator> <target>97, 384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> false claims and vouchers for; penalty, etc</designator> <target>97</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchased for fiscal year 1886 not to be delivered prior to July 1, 1885</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way through, granted to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railway Company</designator> <target>69</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> controversy in certain cases, how determined</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way through the, granted to the Southern Kansas Railway Company</designator> <target>73</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> United States circuit and district courts to have jurisdiction, etc</designator> <target>74</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> negotiations to be opened with the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians for opening to settlement unassigned lands in</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation of the President warning persons not to move or to settle in the, etc</designator> <target>835</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President warning persons from settling on Oklahoma lands in</designator> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Traders,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to ascertain and pay amounts due to, for supplies furnished Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota; proviso</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Treaties,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fulfillment of</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Trust Funds,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for interest on certain</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indiana Chute, Ohio River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for stone pier, etc., on southern side of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for vaccination of</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, not having treaty stipulations</designator> <target>379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintenance of, at Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, and Blackfeet agencies in Montana</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to be subject to same laws for punishment of crimes as are all other persons</designator> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of cattle by, prohibited, etc</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of intoxicating liquors to, prohibited</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> benefits of homestead laws extended to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>96, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> census of, an agencies to be taken annually</designator> <target>98</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> agreement with Mexico for pursuit of hostile, across boundary line extended</designator> <target>734</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> protocol of agreement with Mexico for pursuit of hostile, across boundary line extended</designator> <target>806</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indians at Crow Agency, Mont.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>267, 516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indians at Fort Peck Agency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 378, 516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indigent Insane, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of the</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Industrial Farm and School,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reservation of certain lands in Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, for</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment, etc., of, in Umatilla Reservation; proviso</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Industrial Home School, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of the</designator> <target>126</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Industrial School Home,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> revenues derived from, to be credited to the United States and District of Columbia</designator> <target>315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ingham, Sallie (formerly Frary),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ingraham, Duncan N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inland Mail Transportation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty for not transporting mails on fastest trains, etc</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Insane,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of, of Army</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Navy</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Marine Corps</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Revenue-Cutter Service</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of, criminals</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of indigent, of the District of Columbia</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspecting Lights,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspector of Furniture, etc., for Public Buildings,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspector-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>180, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspector-General s Department, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to consist of certain officers; proviso</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspector of Public Buildings,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of an, authorized; duties, salary</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inspectors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Indian</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Instrument Shelters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for manufacture, purchase, and repair of</designator> <target>217, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Intercourse Acts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for detection, etc., of violations of</designator> <target>223, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interest,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, on Indian trust-fund stocks, etc</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, and sinking-fund for District of Columbia</designator> <target>130, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  balances of appropriations for, to be consolidated, etc</designator> <target>131</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for sinking fund on water-stock bonds</designator> <target>131, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interest Checks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interior Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the; Bureaus, buildings, etc</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery for the</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for building occupied by</designator> <target>208</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>244, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fuel, gas, and lights for</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to pay claims under the, allowed by the First Comptroller</designator> <target>255, 261, 471, 476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal Revenue,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of Commissioner</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appointment of clerks in, limited</designator> <target>403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., of collectors, agents, surveyors, gaugers, etc</designator> <target>172, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>238, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for punishment of violation of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>255, 260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appointment and salaries of, limited</designator> <target>404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees of gaugers</designator> <target>172</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>234, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations in service of</designator> <target>254, 260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of assessing and collecting</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries and expenses of collectors</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of agents and subordinate officers</designator> <target>255, 260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal Revenue, Bureau of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for paper and stamps for the</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal Revenue Laws,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act limiting time for prosecutions, etc., for violations of the; proviso</designator> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to apply to offenses committed by officers of the United States</designator> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for detection, etc., of violations of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>238, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Bridge and Tramway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct a bridge over the Rio Grand River between Laredo, Tex., and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico</designator> <target>30</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Bureau,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Weights and Measures, appropriation for contribution to the maintenance of the</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Universal Postal Union Convention, appropriation to pay expenses of</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Committee on Weights and Measures,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of American member to the</designator> <target>172, 402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Conference,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for fixing a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning, appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of delegates to the, to represent the United States, authorized</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Exchanges,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Fishery Exhibition, London,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay certain deficiencies, etc., for expenses connected with</designator> <target>237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> extra copies of Lieut. P. H. Ray’s report of, to be printed</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>International Prison Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contribution to the maintenance of the</designator> <target>235</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interpreters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries of, to legations, etc</designator> <target>228, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   salary of, prescribed</designator> <target>228, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of, at consulates; proviso</designator> <target>233, 234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Indian</designator> <target>77, 363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interpreters, Court,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inventions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for investigation of question of public use or sale of, for two years or more, etc</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of special messenger sent for certificate of electoral vote of, for President and Vice-President of the United States</designator> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of circuit and district courts for northern district of</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iowa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest, etc., to the</designator> <target>80, 368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest, etc., on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iron-Clad Monitors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of</designator> <target>292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of 1883 for engines and machinery for, reappropriated</designator> <target>291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iron Mountain Railroad,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act granting certain lands, etc., to, repealed</designator> <target>61</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iron, Railroad,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unlading of cargoes of, imported, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irvin, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irving, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isley, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment, to administrators of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Italy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> declaration with, concerning trademarks</designator> <target>726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Iverson, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ives, Phineas T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>J.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. Don Cameron (Government steamer),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for relief of sufferers by loss of</designator> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Amanda E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Andrew W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Archibald,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to heirs at law of</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Harlan,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> school building at, for education of colored people, to be constructed, etc</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture, carpets, etc., for public building</designator> <target>20</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for approaches, etc., to public building at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson, Wilson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacobs, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James G. Hotchkiss Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, deepening channel</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of the, changed to Merchants’ National Bank</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jamison, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jamison, Sewall R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Janes (or James), Isaac L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Janitors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for pay of, assistant custodians, etc</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Japanese junk,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay claim of owners of</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jaques, W. H,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jarrel, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jarrett Eveline,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeffers, Lucy Le G. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jefferson City, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jefferson, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claim of, referred to Court of Claims; proviso</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeffries, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jehle, Albert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jenkins, Daniel P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jenkins, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennings, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jewell, W. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jobes, Richard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Henry and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, A. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, D. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Mrs. E. J. (formerly E. J. Bridgewater),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Hiram,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Jennie E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Susanah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Thomas R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnson, Woodson V.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnston, James D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> disabilities removed</designator> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Johnston, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joint Committee on the Library,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of works of art by</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joint Committee on Printing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to make provision for issuing index, etc., to Congressional Record</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joint Committee on Public Printing.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to investigate printing of Congressional documents, etc., and the printing and binding for the Government, with a view to reduction of cost, etc</designator> <target>227</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joint Congressional Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to consider and report as to efficiency, etc., of the Signal Service, Geological, Coast and Geodetic Surveys, etc</designator> <target>219, 506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  time for making report extended</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time of, to consider and report on salaries and compensation of employes, etc., of the two houses of Congress, extended</designator> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Allen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Augustus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Charles L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, E. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Enoch</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, G. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, J. Pembroe,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, James G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, M. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Mary C. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Dr. Thomas J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for medical services</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, Thomas L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jones, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jopling, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jordan, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jordan, Rebecca,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joy, Morris,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judd and Detweiler,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judge-Advocate-General, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judge-Advocate-General’s Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of the; to consist of, etc</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> promotions in the, how made</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judges, U. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for circuit, etc</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for retired</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for district</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for associate, for District of Columbia</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judgments,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of certain, of Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims out of unexpended balance of Geneva award</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in the District of Columbia subjected to priority of mechanics’ lien</designator> <target>64</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment of, of Court of Claims</designator> <target>240, 452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judicial expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the, of the Government</designator> <target>192, 424, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judy, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Juneau City,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairing courtroom and jail at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jurors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fees for</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 256, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> grand and petit, sections 820 and 821 Revised Statutes, relating to oath, etc., of, repealed</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justice, Department of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justice, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justice, Joshua E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justices of the Peace,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> jurisdiction of, in Washington Territory,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  limited</designator> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>K.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kaler, Almira B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kaier, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kane, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kansas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of portion of Fort Hays military reservation in, authorized</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> United States circuit and district courts to have jurisdiction of controversy between Gulf, Colorado and, Santa Fé Railway Company and certain Indians</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Southern Kansas Railway Company</designator> <target>75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for interest, etc., to the</designator> <target>80</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian reservations in, authorized</designator> <target>351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kansas City, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for customhouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195, 480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture, carpets, etc., for public building</designator> <target>206</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad Co.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge over Missouri River at Sibley, Mo</designator> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kansas Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for interest to the</designator> <target>81, 368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proceeds of sale of lands of, to be applied to payment of scrip of the</designator> <target>368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kaskaskia Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kaufman, P. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kaw or Kansas Indian Scrip,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be redeemed by Secretary of Interior; proviso</designator> <target>368</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Kearley, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kearney, Edward S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for settlement and payment of accounts of</designator> <target>466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keaton, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keefauver, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keefer, J. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keen, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keepers of Life-Saving Stations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>198, 486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keepers of Light-Houses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kefftr, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keleher, T. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keller, Thomas A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kelley, Honora,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kellogg, Augustus G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kelly, John G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kelly, Martin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension</designator> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kelly, Samantha L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kennedy, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kennedy, Sarah (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kenney, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kenosha, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kent, Steamship,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> inspection of boiler of the, authorized</designator> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kentucky River, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keokuk, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building at, authorized</designator> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of site and completion of public building at_</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keorgeor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of Charles E. Hill for loss of steamer</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kepner, L. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kewaunee, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Key West, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for marine hospital</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for range-lights for Northwestern Passage</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keys,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kickapoo Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of the</designator> <target>81, 368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kidd, Edmund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kidd, Jefferson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kidder, Mary W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kilbourn, Hallet,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kile, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Killick Shoal, Chincoteague Bay, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of light and fog-signal on</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kilpatrick, Judson, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kilpatrick, Louisa V. de,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kincaid, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>King, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>King, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>King, Leonard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kinman, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kinney, Joel F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kinyon, Wright and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties refunded to, for lumber burnt; proviso</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kiowa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>78, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of the</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kirk, James D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kirtley, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kirwin, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> donation of certain United States lands in, for cemetery</designator> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kiser, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kislingbury, Douglas E. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kislingbury, Harry H. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kislingbury, Walter Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kislingbury, Wheeler Schofield,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kittrell, S. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Klamath Agency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Klamath and Modoc Indians at the</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Klamath Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to the</designator> <target>82, 369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of the</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Klin gel, Daniel H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knawber, Mary A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knick, Calvin L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knowles, R. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knotviton, Francis J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knox, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Knox, Samuel W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Konkle, Andrew J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kootenay Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment to, for right of way, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kraemer, Edward,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kreger, Martin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Krise, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kunkle, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kupp, Rebecca,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>La Compte, A., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, account of salaries, consular service,</designator> <target>237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>La Crosse, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>La Dow, George A., and others,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> water right granted to, across Umatilla Reservation, continued to W. S. Byers &amp; Co.; proviso</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>La Fayette, General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of statue to memory of</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>La Force, James L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Labor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>208, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of the Bureau of</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laboratory, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>38, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laborers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of, in legislative, executive, and judicial Departments limited</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lafferty, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lake Champlain, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of lights on</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lake Champlain, Vt.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge across, authorized</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lake City, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lake View, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for paving street adjacent to marine hospital at</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lambath, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lamb, Cornelius C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lambert, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lamon, George M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lamon, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lancaster, C. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow and son of</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lancaster, William L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land-grant Railroads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of, for Army transportation; proviso</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examination of accounts of</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for arrears of Army transportation due</designator> <target>258, 261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land Grants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act making, etc., to the Iron Mountain Railroad, repealed</designator> <target>61</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land, Mary A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land Offices,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., at district</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses at</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payments on account of contingent expenses at</designator> <target>245, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses of</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>255, 261, 471</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Land for School Purposes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> State of Colorado may select, etc</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for purposes of agricultural colleges, other than mineral lands</designator> <target>10</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of additional, for use of public building at New Bedford, Mass</designator> <target>308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the Secretary of Interior to survey, sell, etc., Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian</designator> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the President to negotiate with the Creek and ot her Indians for opening certain, in Indian Territory to settlement</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lea, George J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lee, Eugenia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lee, Maria L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leet, Sarah Bryan (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lee, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leftwich, Dr. J. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Legg, Edward,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Legislative Expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lehribeuter, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leigh, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leisher, David M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leissring, Otto,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leon, Santiago de,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leiter Balances,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis, Caroline (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis, Henry H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis, John B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Leivis, Simon E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis, Simeon B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Lexington, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Libby, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Librarian of Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Library, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Library, Surgeon-General’s Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Light, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lighter or Barge Pirate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> American papers to be issued to</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lightfoot, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lighting and Buoyage of Rivers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lights,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for inspection of, and other aids to navigation</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Capitol and grounds</designator> <target>208, 497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, for buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rules concerning, to be used in navigation</designator> <target>438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lily (Light-house Tender),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs to the</designator> <target>488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indian children at the</designator> <target>92, 382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of extra pupils at</designator> <target>382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lindemood, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lindsey, Tarkington,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Line, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Linton, Irwin B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Liquors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of intoxicating, to Indians prohibited</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Little, Joshua B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Little Kanawha River, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of; no tolls collectible, etc</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Little, Weare C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Livermore, Lot, and others,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> water right granted to, across Umatilla Reservation, continued to W. S. Byers &amp; Co.; proviso</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Livesey, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of Flags, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to mayor of Richmond, Va., authorized</designator> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to mayor of Charlotte, N. C</designator> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to Portland Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to committee on inauguration ceremonies; proviso</designator> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lockett, Samuel H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> removal of political disabilities of</designator> <target>525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lockhart, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lockridge, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Locks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for public buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>205, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lockivood, Belva A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claim of, against Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, to be heard and determined by Court of Claims</designator> <target>381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lockwood, Joseph S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loggy Bayou, Lake Bistenau, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Logue, Carnes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Logue, Tapley G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loncs, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Long, Ellen Call,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Long, Henry H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Long, Israel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Long, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Longevity Pay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allowed passed assistant engineers, U. S. Navy</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Longevity Pay, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, to professors, etc., at Military Academy</designator> <target>6, 299</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Longmire, Jordan F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lopp, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lorance, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisiana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of school lands in the State of, authorized, etc</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>189, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey of private land claims in</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisville, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation of May 25, 1882, for erection of public building at, limited</designator> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuation of public building at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisville and Portland Canal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War to prescribe rules, etc., for use of the</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lowe, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lowe, Wesley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lowell, Benjamin P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lower Mississippi River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for gauging waters of the, etc</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lower Pend d’Orvilles Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment to, for right of way, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lower Willamette River, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, below Portland</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lowrey, Mark,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lowry, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lubec Channel, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucas, Edmund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucero, Romulo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment to</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ludington, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ludlam’s Island, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of light on</designator> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ludlow, Maj. William, U. S. Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> leave of, extended; proviso</designator> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luhring, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lumphrey, Ann (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lunger, A. V.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for letters patent</designator> <target>386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luther Statue Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> incorporation of the, in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> property, etc., of, exempt from taxation</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luxemburg,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> treaty with, concerning extradition of criminals</designator> <target>808</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lyle, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lynch, Thomas J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lynchburg, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for enlarging plan of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lynn, D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lyon, Henrietta,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Macerating Machines,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for operating, for destruction of United States notes, etc</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>MacBlair, Mary P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Machine Guns,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>159, 361, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mack, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mackey, E. W. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay the widow of the late</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maclin, Andy (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Macnichol, Frank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Macon, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building, etc., at, authorized</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Madry, William S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Magee, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maginnis, Martin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maguire, Margaret A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mahan, Alfred T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mahan, Charles P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mail Bag Catchers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mail Bags,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mail Depredations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of chief of division of</designator> <target>191, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mail Matter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of postage on second-class</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mail Messengers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mails,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for transportation of</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act compelling carriage of, in American vessels, repealed</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rates of transportation of, over Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railway Company may be determined, etc</designator> <target>70</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Southern Kansas Railway Company</designator> <target>73</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> penalty for failure of railroad company to transport, on fastest trains when required</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transportation of foreign, to he on American steamships</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term of district court for district of</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maine, Clark G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Makah Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of the</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Malcolm, Andrew,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mallory, G. M. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mallory, Sallie,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Malone, Maria J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maloney, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manchester, Ann E. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manchester, N. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at; proviso</designator> <target>483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manchester, Thomas W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mandan Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manger, F E., and John Petrie, jr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manila,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to native authorities of</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manistee, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Manitowoc, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mankle, Louis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Manning, Van H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Mansfield, E. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Manzanares, F. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251, 253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Map of the United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for purchase of, for State Department</designator> <target>396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for United States and other, prepared in General Land Office</designator> <target>186, 416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for publication of, for War Department</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of, to foreign countries, through Smithsonian institution</designator> <target>220, 505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for post-route</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maps and Bulletins, Signal Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcum, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcum, Julia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcum, William K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marden, Ebenezer K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mare Island, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for navy-yard at</designator> <target>208, 496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maricopa and Moguls Pueblo Agency, Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marietta, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction, etc., of road from, to National Cemetery, near</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine Corps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>262, 293, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingencies of</designator> <target>262, 294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for insane of</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations for the</designator> <target>243, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointments in, to be by promotion only, until list of commissioned officers shall have been reduced, etc</designator> <target>293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> number of commissioned officers on active list, limited</designator> <target>294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> retired list for enlisted men of, created</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine Hospital Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of, chargeable to tonnage duties</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of Supervising Surgeon-General of the</designator> <target>171, 401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>257, 452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine Hospital, U. S., Chicago, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for shore protection of</designator> <target>206</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine Hospitals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs, etc., of</designator> <target>196, 482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for heating apparatus, etc., for</designator> <target>495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, at Memphis, Tenn</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of the indigent insane of</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marion County, Tennessee,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims of certain citizens referred to Quartermaster-General</designator> <target>163</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marquette Harbor, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marquette, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marsh, Frank S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marsh National Bank, Lincoln, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of, changed to Capital National Bank of Lincoln</designator> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marsh, Samuel N,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marsh, W. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marshall, George A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marshall, John T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marshall, Reuben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marshals, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>224, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of, at consular courts</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees for, postal service</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees, etc., of</designator> <target>256, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for investigation of official acts, etc., of</designator> <target>223</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees of, District of Columbia</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, Adrian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for postal services</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, Sedate P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, Charles C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, Elihu A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to; proviso</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, John T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, Theodorus B. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing printing of report of</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mason, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Massachusetts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claim of the State of, examination, etc., of authorized</designator> <target>204</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to reimburse the State of, for expenses incurred in raising volunteers</designator> <target>25</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Massey, Francis S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Massey, Jno. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Masters of Vessels,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to require and certify statement of services of consular officers to American seamen; penalty</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> may engage seamen for foreign voyage</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> trading between United States, Canada, and Mexico exempt from passenger tax</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> knowingly landing foreign emigrants or laborers under contract to perform labor, made previous to embarkation, guilty of misdemeanor</designator> <target>333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mathews, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matheys, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mattaponi Liver, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matthews, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maumee River, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for channel for</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maurice River, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maury, Dabney H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maury, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maury’s Pilot Chart,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for new edition of</designator> <target>184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maus, Levi D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maxwell, J. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maxwell, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>May, James L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>May, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mayaguez Island of Porto Rico,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mayer, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maynard, George C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maynard, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mayo, R. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McAdams, Dorcas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McAlpin, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> charge of desertion against, removed</designator> <target>689</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>McBlair, Charles H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McBride, John J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCall, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executrix of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCallen, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCallister, Calvary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCann, James P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCarley, Moses C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCamey, Ann,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCartney, Bryson R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCarty, Jeremiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McChesney, Thomas M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClanahan, S. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClellan, William A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClung, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClung, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClure, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McConnac, John D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McConnell, Arthur I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCoy, J. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCoy, William T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCullach, Martha B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClluey, J. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McCurry, Manlove D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDaniel, Charles B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDaniel, Goodson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDaniel, Nathaniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDaniel, Orin R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDermott and Brothers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDill, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDonald, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McDougal, Caroline M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>McMillan, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Mechanics’ Lien, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Menomonee, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Justice, Bureau of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Posts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>221, 508</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of certain, authorized</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Reservation, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> disposal of mineral lands on, subject to mineral land laws</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War authorized to permit extension of roads through, etc</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Stores,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Telegraph Lines,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance and repair of</designator> <target>217, 505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milk, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milkey, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mille Lac Band of Chippewa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lands of, reserved, etc</designator> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, George M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, Hamilton J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to sue in Court of Claims</designator> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, John, of J., Guardian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, Jordan,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, Morgan,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, Nancy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miller, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>119, 643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milliken, Pauline E. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mills, Anson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mills, Curtis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milwaukee Bay, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milwaukee, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Home for disabled Volunteer Soldiers at</designator> <target>509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Miner, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mineral Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> disposal of, on military reservations subject to mineral land laws</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ministers Plenipotentiary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries of</designator> <target>228, 322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ministers Resident,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>228, 322, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> at Hayti accredited as chargé d’affaires to Santo Domingo</designator> <target>228, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ministers, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency of appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minneapolis, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for post-office at</designator> <target>195, 481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minneapolis, Sault Sainte Marie and Atlantic Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge across the Saint Croix River</designator> <target>309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minnesota,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized 120 a appropriation for salaries in the office of Mis surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minor, Eloise J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mints and Assay Offices,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for miscellaneous expenses of the</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mints, Bureau of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>175, 402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mints, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Bureau of the, appropriation for; contingent expenses, etc</designator> <target>175</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Philadelphia</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for San Francisco</designator> <target>176, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for New Orleans</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Denver</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Carson</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for assay offices and</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for miscellaneous expenses of</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Misdemeanor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> persons violating provisions of act relating to Chinese immigration guilty of</designator> <target>117</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mission Agency, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians Mis at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi Chippewa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mississippi River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing the improvement of</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examination of depth of water, etc., at South Pass</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for gauging the waters of the</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for work on reservoirs at headwaters of the; proviso</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of, from Saint Paul to Des Moines Rapids</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for protection of bank of, at Winona, Minn</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of, at Des Moines Rapids, Iowa</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of, from Des Moines a Rapids to mouth of Illinois River</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   from mouth of Illinois River to mouth of Ohio River</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   from head of the passes to Cairo</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for protection of easterly bank of the, at Cairo</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal of snags, etc., from the</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examinations and surveys at South Pass</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for gauging waters of the lower, and a tributaries</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for surveys of the, for permanent improvement of entire river</designator> <target>147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoying the</designator> <target>487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> dam across the, at Saint Cloud, Minn., authorized</designator> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge over the, at Saint Paul, Minn., authorized</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  between Hastings and Red Wing; proviso</designator> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  between Hastings and Saint Paul; proviso</designator> <target>286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at Memphis, Tenn</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at Rock Island, Ill</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Missippi River Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River to be expended per plans, etc., of the</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations to be expended in accordance with plans, estimates, etc., of the</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., of the</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Misouri,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay State of, account of five, three, and two per centum fund, etc</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Missouri River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintenance of postlights and buoys on</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, from mouth to Sioux City, Iowa</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, from Sioux City, Iowa, to Fort Benton, Mont</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for snag-boat</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey of the, above Missouri River Falls</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal of snags from the</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge across the, in Richardson County, Nebraska, authorized</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at Sibley, Mo</designator> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  at White Cloud, Kans</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Nebraska Central Railway Company authorized to construct a bridge across the</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Missouri River Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to consist of, etc</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of commissioners, etc.; compensation, duties, powers</designator> <target>144, 145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell, Alfred H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell, Harrison,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell, W. H,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moile, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of river and harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moccasin or Cuntentnea River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moley, Enoch,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Modoc Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of the</designator> <target>90</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of, residing in the Indian Territory</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for installments, etc., to the</designator> <target>82, 369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of, of Klamath Agency</designator> <target>378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mohican,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> propriation for completion of</designator> <target>292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moties (customs-revenue),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation in lieu of</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for compensation in lieu of</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Mokelumne River, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Motel Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>82, 339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Molloy, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moner, William (or Mower),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monetary Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuance of negotiations with foreign governments respecting the establishment of a common ratio between gold and silver undelete</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Money-Order Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rent of building for</designator> <target>192, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for rent of</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Money-Order System,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of superintendent of</designator> <target>191</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monitors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of of 1883 for engines and machinery for, reappropriated</designator> <target>291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monongahela River, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monroe, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of wreck from harbor of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monserrat (Island of),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from ports of the</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of government of</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of for survey of boundary line between, and Dakota for completion of penitentiary at for maintenance of Indians at Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, and Blackfeet Agencies</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monteith, John B., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> credits in accounts</designator> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, A. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for tower clock and completion of approaches for public building at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for furniture, carpets, etc., for courthouse and post-office</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, R. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montpelier, Vt.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at; proviso</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monument,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for statuary and tablets for Saratoga, at Schuylerville, N. Y</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for erection of, at Baxter Springs, Kans., in memory of Union soldiers</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of Washington</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for ceremonies on completion of Washington</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moody, Robert E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Adam E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Addie L. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Allen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Franklin D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Jephtha H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Martha J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, Nancy J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moore, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moose-a-bec Bar, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morell, J. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morey, Henry L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morey, Pardon H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morford, Wesley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan, Ben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan, Pleasant,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan, Sophie A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan, Spencer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan, W. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mormon Sloughs, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morningstar, Jacob J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morris, William N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morrison, E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morrison, Thomas M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morrow, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mortgages,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in the District of Columbia subjected to priority of mechanic’s lien</designator> <target>64</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morton, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morton, J. C. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morton, Rose &amp; Co.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morton, T. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mosby, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mosley, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mosquito Inlet, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighthouse at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moss, Ray,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Motors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for testing, for movable torpedoes</designator> <target>158</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase, etc., of, for movable torpedoes</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mower, Betsy A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>62, 586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mowrey, A. H. (or Maury),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mueller, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241, 452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mulholland, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored</designator> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mullen, S. V.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mullendore, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mullins, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mulvihill, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mulvey, Ann W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murdaugh, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murdock, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murphy, Charles J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murphy, Edward,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murphy, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murphy, Patrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murphy, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Murray, Mary E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Muscatine, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>145</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Muscle Shoals, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Muse, William S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Museum,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the Agricultural Department</designator> <target>37, 354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs, etc, , of medical</designator> <target>112, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Muskegon, Mich., N appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Muskingum River, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of ice-harbor at mouth of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mutual Fire Insurance Company, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act supplemental, etc., to act incorporating the</designator> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> provisions relative to holders of policies of insurance in the</designator> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myers, Carlisle R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myers, Ephraim,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myers, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myers, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myers, John N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myles, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>576</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Naden, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nagle, David M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nantucket Island,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of signal stations on</designator> <target>217</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for signal station at</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nantucket, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Napa County, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claimants to lands of Rancho de Napa allowed one year in which to present claim</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Narragansett Bay, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nashville, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> city of, authorized to construct bridge across the Cumberland River</designator> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> cases pending against citizens of Grundy County transferred to district or circuit courts at</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Natchez, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preservation of harbor at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Academy of Sciences,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to hold bequests, endowments, etc</designator> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Association for Destitute Colored Women, etc., District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional building for</designator> <target>315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Bank, Bloomington, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to change name to First National Bank of Bloomington, Ill.; proviso</designator> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Bank of Middletown, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to change its name to the National Bank of Steelton</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Bank Notes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving and printing</designator> <target>199, 486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Banking Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving, printing, and finishing circulating notes for</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Banks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for special examinations of</designator> <target>170, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examination of accounts, etc., of, acting as depositories</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of currency of</designator> <target>170, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Board of Health,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of annual reports of the, authorized</designator> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of extra copies</designator> <target>335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>452, 496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care of and removal of Union soldier’s remains to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Cemeteries,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for maintaining and improving</designator> <target>219, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Currency,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of superintendent, etc</designator> <target>400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of</designator> <target>170, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for paper, etc., for the</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for support of</designator> <target>222, 509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of managers of the, to fill vacancies in the board of managers of the</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/902">902</page>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detailed statement of expenses of board of managers of the, to be submitted to the Secretary of War annually</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing printing of extra copies of report of Committee on Military Affairs on investigation of the</designator> <target>521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase or construction of building for</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Lafayette and Bank of Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to change name to “The National La Fayette Bank”; proviso</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Match Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Museum, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for paving, etc., south and east fronts of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for preservation of collections of the</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   in Armory building</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for heating, lighting, etc</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture for</designator> <target>214, 501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Park, Island of Mackinaw, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proceeds of sale of lands near Fort Mackinaw Military Reservation to be applied to improvement of the</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of lands on Bois Blanc Island</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Republican, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naugle, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to,</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nautical Almanac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the office of the</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for preparing the, for publication</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Navajo Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of, to be paid from moneys in Treasury belonging to</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval Academy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>262, 292, 4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs of, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>293, 431</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of board of visitors to the</designator> <target>293, 460</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  medicine and surgery</designator> <target>262, 290, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  provisions and clothing</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  construction and repair</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  steam engineering</designator> <target>262, 291, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  academy</designator> <target>262, 292, 430</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for extraordinary expenses of</designator> <target>262, 288, 427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of Naval Academy</designator> <target>262, 292, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of indigent insane of</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous expenses at yards aud stations</designator> <target>262</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Naval Training Station, Coaster’s Harbor Island,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Navigation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for salary of the Commissioner of</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  additional for clerk acting as Commissioner of</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> free, of rivers, etc., in the United States, to be maintained; duties of Secretary of War</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of, pensions</designator> <target>98, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for increase of the</designator> <target>292, 433</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain persons who served in the rebellion ineligible to appointment in the</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy hereafter to report at each regular session of Congress amount expended during prior fiscal year for pay of</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for professional books for library of the</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery, furniture, and other necessary expenses of the</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency for</designator> <target>244</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy-Yard, Mare Island, California,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy-Yard, New York,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for dredging</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy-Yard, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Navy-yards and Stations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>208</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs, etc., at</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Naylor, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neal, Harry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neal, Ralph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neat Cattle,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in, authorized</designator> <target>126</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations in, authorized</designator> <target>351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nebraska Central Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Nebraska City, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neches River, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Needham, Barton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neese, Madison,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Neuse River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nevada,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>209</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New Albany, Ind.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New Bedford, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New Castle, Del.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New England Soldiers’ Relief Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchasing hospital and other records of the war pertaining to</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New Haven, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New London, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New Mexico,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of government in</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for preliminary survey of unconfirmed private land claims in</designator> <target>211</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for legislative expenses of</designator> <target>2, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> legislature of the Territory of, term of, for 1884; for 1886</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New Orleans, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for preservation of the harbor at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of United States assistant treasurer</designator> <target>174, 405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in mint at</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>New York, deficiency appropriation to pay State of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in assay office at</designator> <target>176, 407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for dredging navy-yard at</designator> <target>207, 496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of Manufacturers’ National Bank of, changed to Manufacturers’ National Bank of Brooklyn; proviso</designator> <target>308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New York Herald,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newbauer, Herman W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newburyport, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newcomb, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newhall, Octavia A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newman, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newman John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newport News, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newport, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted to city of, across breakwater at Goat Island; proviso</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newspaper Wrappers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newspapers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newton, Frederick P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Newton Bay and Creek, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nez Perce Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal of, from Indian Territory</designator> <target>378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of, in Idaho</designator> <target>378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nez Percé Indians, Joseph’s band of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal, etc., of</designator> <target>90</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Niagara River, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for range-lights in</designator> <target>484</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Nicholls, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Nichols, Floyd,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nichols, Sarah F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nickel, Rachell (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nisqually Agency, Wash. Terr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nixon, James O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noblin, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noel, Peter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noland, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nootsack Snohomish River, Washington Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norfolk, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improving approaches to harbor of, and United States navy-yard</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norris, Elza J. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norris, Henrietta,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North American Ethnology,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians</designator> <target>214, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North Carolina Cherokees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for expenses of taking census of the</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North Hero, Vt.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> and Alburgh, authorized to construct bridge across Lake Champlain</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North Providence, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Slater National Bank of, to change name to Slater National Bank of Pawtucket, R. I.; proviso</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Northern Cheyenne Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of damages from raids of</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>82, 369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Northern and Northwestern Lakes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of the</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Northwest Passage, Key West, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for range-lights for</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Northwest Seal Rock Light-Station, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighthouse on</designator> <target>198, 485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norton, E. M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norwalk, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norwood, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Notes, Circulating,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of national banking associations, appropriation for engraving, etc</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Notes, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving, printing, and finishing</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for macerating machines for destruction of</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noxubee River, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nuestra Senora de Regla,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment, etc., in decree, case of Spanish ferryboat</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nutt, Haller,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executrix of</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nutt, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nyman, Lewis B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Oak Orchard, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oakland, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for condemnation of land, etc</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oakley, Merit M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oaks, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oaths,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> members of Congress authorized to administer, to witnesses, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> section 1756, Revised Statutes, relating to, repealed</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Brian, Ellen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Brien, M. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Brien, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oburn, W. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to reimburse, for cattle taken in Indian Territory by Indians</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Occupancy of Public Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> inclosure or, unlawful</designator> <target>321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ocean Cable,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time for laying, etc., extended</designator> <target>50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ocean Currents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of instruments for examination of, etc</designator> <target>184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ocker, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ocmulgee River, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oconee River, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oconto, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oden, Hezekiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Donnell, Connell,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Farrell, Charles T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Officers, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detail of, as instructors, etc., not to exceed, etc</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sales of subsistence to, at what price</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rank and precedence of, in Medical Department, how determined</designator> <target>111</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> who may appoint courts-martial</designator> <target>121</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> volunteers receiving a commission to be considered as of the grade named therein from date of commission, etc.; entitled to pay, etc</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Officers and Employes of Senate and House,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of compensation of, for July, 1884, authorized, etc</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time for payment of, for December, 1884</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Officers of Washington Humane Society,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> powers of, defined</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Offices, Signal Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, maintained in cities outside of Washington, D. C</designator> <target>505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Official Gazette, Patent Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for photolithographing the</designator> <target>418</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Official Oaths,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> section 1759, Revised Statutes relating to, repealed</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be taken in accordance with provisions of section 1757, Revised Statutes</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Official Postal-Guide,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for publication of copies of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for the</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Official Register, Interior Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for 1885</designator> <target>420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Official Reporters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of, of House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ogdensburgh, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Hair, Mary (or O’Hir),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to reimburse State of, for expenses of raising volunteers, etc</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ohio River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of the</designator> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoyage of the</designator> <target>200, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oklahoma lands, Indian Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President warning persons from settling on</designator> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Old United States Court-House, Boston, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to be sold at public auction</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Old Winnebago Reservation, Dakota,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President warning persons from settling on</designator> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Olympia, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for transcribing records, etc., in land office at; proviso</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Omaha Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>83, 370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable Secretary of Interior to sell lands of; proviso</designator> <target>370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for appraisement of land of</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Omaha, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> First National Bank of, authorized to increase capital stock</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Neal, Bernard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Neal, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Neil, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ontario,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from ports of Province of</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ontonagon, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ord, Edward O. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> removal of the remains of the late Major-General</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ord, Mary M. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ordnance Bureau, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of draughtsmen on gun construction in the</designator> <target>159, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ordnance Department, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses, etc., of</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for civilian clerks in the, limited</designator> <target>112, 361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> “Ordnance” and “Gunpowder,”</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act determining the meaning of the words, repealed</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ordnance, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>262, 289, 415, 427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ordway, Allert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oregon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of special messenger sent for certificate of electoral vote of, for President and Vice-President of the United States</designator> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to State of, account of direct tax, etc</designator> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> forfeiture and restoration to public domain of lands granted for construction of railway and telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville in</designator> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allotment, sale, etc., of lands in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> State of, entitled to select United States public lands in lieu of lands contained in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oregon Pacific Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridges across Willamette River, Oreg</designator> <target>52</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orton, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Osborn, Holland,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Osborn, Matilda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oskamp, Augustus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Osage Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest to</designator> <target>83, 370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay certain, for losses</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Osaka and Hiogo,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for boat and crew for official use of United States consul at</designator> <target>330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>O’Sullivan, Eugene,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oswego, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otis, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otoe and Missouria Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>83, 371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Interior to extend time for payment for certain lands of the; proviso</designator> <target>371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ottawa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otter, James B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otter Tail Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ouachita River, la. and Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ounalaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairing courtroom and jail at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ouray Agency, Utah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Overley, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Overby, Smith (or Overly),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Overmire, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>533</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pacific Coast,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pacific Coast Light-House Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of steam-tender on</designator> <target>198</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Packing-boxes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Senators</designator> <target>162</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> tor Representatives</designator> <target>165</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paducah, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Page, Charity,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Page, Fairchild and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties refunded to, for lumber burnt; proviso</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pages,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>164, 393, 512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for pay of</designator> <target>469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Palen, Vincent,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Palmer, Isabella,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Palmer, Juliet H. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Palmer, Sallie H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pamlico River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pamphlets,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for folding, for Senate</designator> <target>162, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for folding, for House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pamplin, Cinthia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Panama,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of foreign hospital at</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Panama Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pankey, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paper,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of, for checks, etc</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for Bureau of Engraving and Printing</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for national currency</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for United States securities</designator> <target>204, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for public printing</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parham, Isham W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paris, Charles F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Park, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, Almira K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, David H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, Jeremiah M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, Jesse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, Olive W. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parker, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> removal of disabilities of</designator> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parking Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parks, Andrew Jackson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parr, Enoch,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parr, Lucy (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parr, Mrs. Ruth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parrish, Sallie M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parry, Sarah (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parsley, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pascagoula River, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paschal, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pash, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pass Cavallo Inlet, Tex,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, Matagorda Bay</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pass, James U.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Passaic River, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, above Newark</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Passed Assistant Engineers, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> longevity pay allowed</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Passed Assistant Engineer, retired list, U. S. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of one, to be a chief engineer on the retired list</designator> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Passenger Elevator, appropriation for, for Winder’s Building,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Washington D. C</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pate, William T. and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of</designator> <target>607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patent Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc , in</designator> <target>187, 418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for purchase of books for scientific library</designator> <target>187, 418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patent Office Gazette,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for plates for the</designator> <target>187, 418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving certificates of letters</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patents, Publications of, appropriation for expenses of sending,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> abroad</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patterson, Eliza W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patterson, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patterson, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patton, F. McF.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of draft drawn by</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patton, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paul, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paulis, Frank (or Paulus),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paupers, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for transportation, etc., of</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of transient</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pawnee Indians</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for permanent annuity to</designator> <target>83, 371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pawtucket, R. I., Slater National Bank, of Providence, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to change name to Slater National Bank of; proviso</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pawtuxet River, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of obstructions at mouth of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for, in legislative department</designator> <target>160, 388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  in executive departments</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  in judicial department</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Army</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Navy</designator> <target>262, 287, 426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Coast and Geodetic Survey</designator> <target>200, 202, 489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Signal Service of Marine Corps</designator> <target>293, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of professors, etc., of Naval Academy</designator> <target>292, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Military Academy</designator> <target>6, 298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of enlisted men on retired-list of Army and Marine Corps</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, and laborers rated</designator> <target>193</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of employes for delivering letters specially stamped</designator> <target>388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of commissioners appointed to appraise and sell lots in Peru, Iowa</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> muster and, of volunteer officers, etc</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to be recovered back on account of defect in title, etc</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of appropriation of unexpended balance, etc., to appropriation for, for Army</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> limitation of, of pension agents</designator> <target>362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> per diem employes of the Government, to receive, for certain holidays</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paymaster-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paymasters, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> may be retired after twenty years’ service; proviso</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Payne, Louis F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peace, John G.,,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pearell, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pearl River, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pearman, Enos,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pearson, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pebly, Andrew, Peck, Campbell K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peck, Fred, C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peebles, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peelle, S. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peery, H. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peet, W. C. and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pegg, Rosella,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pelletier, Antonio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> protocol of agreement with Hayti for submission of claims of, to arbitration</designator> <target>78</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penalties,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for violation of certain provisions relating to American seamen</designator> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for purchase of cattle from Indians, etc</designator> <target>97</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for marking, etc., false claims in Indian service for violation of act regulating fees in pension claims</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for any person assuming to act as officer or employ of United States, etc</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penalty Envelopes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> use of, in postal service, etc</designator> <target>158</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penick, Henry L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penitentiary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of, for Utah Territory</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Montana Territory</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pendleton, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> water right granted La Dow, Livermore, and others of, continued to W. S. Byers &amp; Co</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penny, Elijah W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensacola, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensaukee, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pension Agents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>99, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary, etc., of, limited</designator> <target>362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pension Office Building,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of</designator> <target>209, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for introducing gas-pipes into</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pension Checks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pierce Lucinda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pierce, Melvin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pigg, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pike, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pillager Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pilot Vessels,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pima Agency, Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pipe Island, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pirate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pitman, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pittsburgh, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Plantation Inlet,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pleuropneumonia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Plumb, Sylvester J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Plymouth, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Point Barrow, Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pointer, Shelton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Polar, Mellissa G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of Capitol, District Columbia</designator> <target>162, 39</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Police Belief Fund, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pollard, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ponca Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ponca Indian Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pond, Nathaniel, jr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pond, Richard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pool, C. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pool, W. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Poor, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for relief of the</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Poose, Christian,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pope, John O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Popiper, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to have right of entry to certain lands Camp Douglas military reservation, Utah</designator> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Porch, Emma A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Pork Commissioners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of</designator> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> “ Port,” definition of the word</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Port Sanilac, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Port Townsend, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Port Washington, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Porter, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to; proviso</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Porter, J. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment io</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Portland, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Portland, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> forfeiture of lands granted for construction of railroad and telegraph line from, to Astoria and McMinville</designator> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Portland Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ports of Delivery,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Dennis Bourne, Mass,</designator> <target>155</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Tacoma, Wash. Ter</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Seattle, Wash. Ter</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ports of Entry, appointment of shipping commissioner at,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Portsmouth, N. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Posey, George R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Markinej Stamps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for rent of building occupied by the, Washington City</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Office Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Office Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations under the</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>190, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for compensation of officers and employes in</designator> <target>247, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery for the</designator> <target>247, 465</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Office Inspectors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rent of building on Capitol Hill for branch of the Washington post-office authorized</designator> <target>156</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post-Quartermaster-Sergeants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, authorized; duties, pay, etc</designator> <target>109</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of</designator> <target>358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post Route Maps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of, at cost, authorized</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge across Missouri River. Richardson County, Nebr., declared a</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be, constructed over the Missouri River at Sibley, Mo., declared a</designator> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be constructed over Mississippi River-at Saint Paul, Minn., declared a</designator> <target>105</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be constructed across the Cumberland River, Carthage, Tenn., declared a</designator> <target>445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be constructed across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Ill., and Davenport, Iowa, declared a</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be constructed across Saint Croix River between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls, declared a</designator> <target>310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge to be constructed across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., declared a</designator> <target>334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Post, Sarah M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Postage,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, on mail matter to Postal Union countries, Treasury Department</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of, on second-class matter</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> on first and second class mail matter reduced</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Portage Lake, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postage Stamps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for manufacture of</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, for Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>163, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Treasury</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for War Department</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Navy Department</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Interior Department</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Post-Office Department</designator> <target>424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Agricultural Department</designator> <target>39, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to reimburse postmaster of House for</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for manufacture of</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for mail depredations</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for advertising</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for paper, twine</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for making stamps, scales, etc</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent, light, and fuel</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for inland transportation of mails</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for post-office car service</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for special facilities on trunk lines</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for inland transportation by steamboat routes</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   by star routes</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for railway post-office clerks</designator> <target>157, 336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for mail messengers</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for mail locks and keys, bags, and mailbag catchers</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for manufacture of postage-stamps, etc</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, etc</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of postal cards</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   agents and assistants to distribute</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for registered-package envelopes, locks, and seals</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for ship, steamboat, and way letters</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for foreign mails</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for balance due foreign countries</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for deficiency in revenues in</designator> <target>157, 162, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of expenses of delegates to Universal Postal Union Convention at Lisbon, Portugal</designator> <target>157</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Cards,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for manufacture and distribution, etc</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for registered package</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Guide, Official,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for publication of copies of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Money-Orders,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with the ape of Good Hope,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> concerning</designator> <target>768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with Hawaii for exchange of</designator> <target>736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> with Queensland</designator> <target>754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with Windward Islands concerning the exchange of</designator> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with Sweden concerning exchange of</designator> <target>815</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Revenues,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> efficiency appropriation in the</designator> <target>262, 476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Ef ficiency appropriations for the</designator> <target>247, 464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent, light, and fuel</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for twine, etc</designator> <target>247, 464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for free delivery</designator> <target>247, 464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for inland mail transportation by railroad routes</designator> <target>247, 248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for postage-stamps</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for post-route maps</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for compensation of postmasters</designator> <target>247, 248, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for manufacture of postage-stamps</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for foreign mail transportation</designator> <target>248, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery</designator> <target>248, 465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for ships, steamboat, and way letters</designator> <target>248,465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for route agents</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for advertising</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of salaries readjusted, allowed, etc., to postmasters and late postmasters</designator> <target>248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for wrapping-paper</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salary of clerks to post-offices</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for office furniture</designator> <target>46</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for railway post-office car service</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for railroad transportation</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for revenues in the</designator> <target>259, 476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Telegraph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way for, reserved across bridges to be constructed over the Saint Croix, Wisconsin, and Chippewa Rivers</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> across bridge over the Missouri River, Douglas County, Nebr</designator> <target>44</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> across bridge over Missouri River, Richardson County, Nebr</designator> <target>46</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> over bridge across the Cumberland River, Tenn</designator> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> over bridge across the Missouri River at White Cloud, Kans</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> over bridge across the Saint Croix River, between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls</designator> <target>110</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> over bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tenn</designator> <target>445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postal Union Countries,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of postage on matter addressed to, by Treasury Department</designator> <target>172, 40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> by War Department and its Bureaus</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postmaster-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for miscellaneous items in office of</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for advertising</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>190, 385, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, to employ agents, etc., in manufacture post-office envelopes</designator> <target>191</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to assign clerks to duty in branch offices; proviso</designator> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to contract for transportation of foreign mails; proviso</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to designate special delivery offices for de livery of specially stamped letters</designator> <target>388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> may authorize sale of post-route maps</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to pay Panama Railway Company out of appropriation for transportation of foreign mails</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Postmasters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation to</designator> <target>156, 38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be designated as disbursing officers, etc</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to assign clerks to duty in branch offices; proviso</designator> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Potomac River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act for protection of fish in the, or tributaries within the District of Columbia</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, at Washington, D.C</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Potomac Water,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> supply of, in District of Columbia to be extended</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pottawatomie Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for permanent annuities, etc., to</designator> <target>84, 37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of Huron</designator> <target>84, 37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claims of certain individual members of the, referred to the Court of Claims</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Potter, Geo. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Potter, J. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to reimburse, late consul at Crefeld</designator> <target>23</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act authorizing construction of building at, amended</designator> <target>19</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ponton Wagon Bridge,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act authorizing, across Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa, amended</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Powder Depot, Dover, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Power, Thomas C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Powell, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Powers, Eliza Howard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prater, Henry T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pratt, R. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>91, 381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prescott, Moses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>President of the United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for compensation of officers, etc., in office of</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintaining order during ceremonies of inauguration of, 1885</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to meet unforeseen emergencies, arising in diplomatic and consular service, etc</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to negotiate with the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians for opening unassigned lands in Indian Territory</designator> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to have the frontier line between the United States and Mexico relocated</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to bestow testimonials upon officers and subjects of Russia for aid extended to survivors of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to unite with King of Spain in presenting to the several umpires in late Spanish and American Claims Commission suitable testimonials, etc</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to detail one or more Army officers to ascertain and mark where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses the Red River</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to take necessary measures to remove unlawful inclosures of public lands</designator> <target>322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to appoint one passed assistant engineer on the retired list, Navy, a chief engineer on retired list</designator> <target>340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to appoint commission to select lands, etc., for allotment to Indians in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to return steamer Alert to England</designator> <target>433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to appoint one General or General-in-Chief on retired list, Army</designator> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to appoint board to examine and report as to location and character of defenses needed for fortifications</designator> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to appoint commission to appraise and sell lots in Peru, Iowa</designator> <target>436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Price, M. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Price, Sarah E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Price, Sophronia E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prince, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prince, Sarah Jane (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Printers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, employed on Congressional Record</designator> <target>514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Printing,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Bureau of Engraving and</designator> <target>199, 486</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of cards of invitation for ceremonies upon completion of the Washington Monument authorized</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Printing and Binding,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>15, 46</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Printz, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prison, Military,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for United States, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>221, 50</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional pay to Army officer in charge of military, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prisoners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> muster and pay of certain, of war</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for support of, United States courts</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for commutation of rations to, of war in rebel States</designator> <target>258, 261, 475</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of United States</designator> <target>261, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prisons,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for rent, etc., of, for American convicts abroad</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Private Land Claims,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> expenses of survey of, to be refunded by owners</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prize Money,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for payment of Farragut</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Proclamation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Navy to make, etc., reward for rescuing, etc., the Greely expedition</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Proclamations by the President,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relative to World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans</designator> <target>833</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> naming Thanksgiving Day of 1883</designator> <target>834</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> commemorative of one hundredth anniversary of Washington’s surrender of his commission as Commander-in-Chief, etc</designator> <target>8</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relative to reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties, under memorandum of agreement with Spain</designator> <target>8</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> warning persons not to settle, etc., in the Indian Territory</designator> <target>8</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> advising sanitary measures against pestilence</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> naming Thanksgiving Day of 1884</designator> <target>8</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> warning persons of expiration on July 1, 1885, of certain articles of treaty concerning fisheries in British waters</designator> <target>8</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> remitting tonnage duty on vessels arriving from certain ports</designator> <target>841, 842, 844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convening Senate on March 4, 1885</designator> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> warning persons not to settle, etc., on Oklahoma lands, Indian Territory</designator> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  on Old Winnebago and Sioux or Crow Creek Reservations, Dakota</designator> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Proctor, John C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Proposals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for sewerage contracts in the District of Columbia to be advertised</designator> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Protection of Children,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> enforcement of laws relating to, in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> contract to be made with authorities of, for support, etc., of transient paupers</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Providence, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of Treasury authorized to convey certain land to, for widening street</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Providence River, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Provincetown, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Provisions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Navy</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Marine Corps</designator> <target>262, 294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Provisions and Clothing, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Bureau of</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>259, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prowell, Andrew J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Buildings,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of, appropriation for, etc., at—</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Carson City, Nev</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Waco, Tex</designator> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Augusta, Me</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Troy, N. Y</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Pittsburgh, Pa., appropriation increased</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Tyler. Tex</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Erie, Pa., appropriation increased</designator> <target>306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Chattanooga, Tenn</designator> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Keokuk, Iowa</designator> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Macon, Ga</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  La Crosse, Wis</designator> <target>335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Key West, Fla</designator> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Sacramento, Cal</designator> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Fort Wayne, Ind., appropriation increased</designator> <target>337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Detroit, Mich</designator> <target>338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Washington, D. C</designator> <target>339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Council Bluffs, Iowa</designator> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Aberdeen, Miss</designator> <target>345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Reading, Pa</designator> <target>346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Clarksburg, W. Va</designator> <target>346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Wichita, Kans</designator> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Port Townsend, Wash</designator> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Auburn, N. Y</designator> <target>348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Chicago</designator> <target>111, 349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Louisville , Ky., appropriation limited</designator> <target>349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for purchase of additional ground for, at Springfield, Ill</designator> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for repair, care, etc., of, under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>195, 479, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for fuel, lights, etc</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for care, etc., of certain</designator> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for continuing work on State, War, and Navy Department building</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for care of; proviso</designator> <target>257, 451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> inspector for inspection of all, authorized; salary, duties</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for pay of custodians and janitors of</designator> <target>16, 205</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for heating apparatus</designator> <target>205</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Buildings and Grounds, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses, etc</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Buildings and Grounds, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for additional pay to Army officers in charge of, at Washington</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement and care of</designator> <target>182, 413, 503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of for compensation of clerk, etc., in office</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of office for</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for lighting, etc., the</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Building and Wharf,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of, at Wilmington, N. C</designator> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Conveyances,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> regulation of fares of, in the District of Columbia from February 22 to March 6, 1885</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Land Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>209, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>245, 255, 461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of</designator> <target>209, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of depositing money received from sale of</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to meet expenses of protecting timber on</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for protection of, from illegal and fraudulent entry</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for surveys and resurveys of the</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for geological survey and classification of the</designator> <target>212, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations for, service</designator> <target>245, 255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  claimants to on Rancho de Napa, Cal., allowed one year in which to present claims</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> granted to the Iron Mountain Railroad restored to the public domain</designator> <target>61</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of, of abandoned military reservations</designator> <target>103, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> inclosure or occupancy of, without title unlawful</designator> <target>321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> maintenance of inclosures on, forbidden</designator> <target>321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Moneys,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for collection, safe-keeping, transfer, etc., of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for expense of depositing</designator> <target>16, 462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Printer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of clerks in office of</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of office of</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to purchase site and erect storehouse in connection with Public Printing Office</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for material, etc., for use of</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties of, relating to indexing, etc., of Congressional Record</designator> <target>6</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> prohibited from printing any matter not authorized by law</designator> <target>227</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to pay Albert Ordway, etc</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to print certain documents relating to customs revenues and domestic exports; distribution</designator> <target>270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to deliver volumes of Congressional Globe to Department of the Interior, etc.; distribution</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to print additional copies of certain publications of Tenth Census, when, cost, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to have supervision o execution of illustrations to accompany annual report of Bureau of Animal industry</designator> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Printing and Binding,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the distribution</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Printing Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the Public Printer to purchase site and erect storehouse in connection with</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Roads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> all, declared post-routes</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Schools, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries of superintendents, teachers, etc., of</designator> <target>129, 317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for erection, rent, etc., of; proviso</designator> <target>130, 318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for support of the</designator> <target>251, 455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unexpended balance for contingent expenses of the, reappropriated</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> part of proceeds of sale of Holmead Cemetery transferred to contingent expense of the</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Publications,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of postage on</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Publications of Department of State,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing and distribution, of consular and other reports; proviso</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pueblo Agency, N. Mex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Purman, W. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pyramid Lake Agency, Nev.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>Q.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quackenbush, Stephen P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quapaw Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for education, etc., of</designator> <target>84, 372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quarantine Stations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment and maintenance of</designator> <target>207, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quarles, Richard C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quartermaster and Commissary Depot, Saint Paul, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building for</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quartermaster-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>180, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional clerks in office of</designator> <target>180, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for per diem pay to agents, etc., in lieu of subsistence</designator> <target>180, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to transport property, etc., for surveys and Departments at Washington</designator> <target>111</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quartermaster’s Department, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for supplies, etc., of the</designator> <target>108, 388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for extra-duty pay to enlisted men</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for regular supplies for</designator> <target>258, 474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses</designator> <target>258, 474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous items of the</designator> <target>456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> draught and pack animals for the, number limited,</designator> <target>109</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of post quartermaster sergeants in the, authorized</designator> <target>109</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> grade of sixth-class clerk in the, abolished</designator> <target>110</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> purchase of supplies by, to be advertised</designator> <target>110</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of civilian employes of the, limited</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Queen, Rachel A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored to</designator> <target>704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Queener, Caswell,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Queensland,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with, concerning exchange of postal money-orders</designator> <target>754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quil-leh-ute Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quillin, Anderson C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>90, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quincy Bay, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Whipple Creek, in</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quincy, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for post-office and courthouse at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quincy, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of Mississippi River at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quinn, Edward P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>R.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Raby, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Racine, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Radich, Marcus (deceased),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of the estate of</designator> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ragsdale, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bahai, Wenzel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Raible, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Raiford, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rail, Eugene B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> released from bond, on payment of $1,000</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railroad Companies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of, to be reduced for refusal to transport mails on fastest trains</designator> <target>386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railroad and Telegraph Line,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> forfeiture of lands granted for construction of, from Portland to McMinnville in Oregon</designator> <target>296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railroads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of the Commissioner of</designator> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examining accounts of subsidized and land-grant</designator> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railway Post-Office Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Railway Postal-Car Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ralston, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rambo, J. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ramsay, Eliza H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ramsdell, Isabella J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rancho de Napa, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claimants to, allowed one year in which to present claim etc</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Randall, Elizabeth A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of enlisted men on retired list. Army and Marine Corps</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rankin, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rappahannock River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Raritan Bay, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Raritan River, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rathbon, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rathbun, E. W., and Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> duties refunded to, for lumber burnt; proviso</designator> <target>668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rating Stamps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, to prisoners of war and furloughed soldiers</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rawlins, J. O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> release of the sureties of</designator> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ray’s, Lieut. P. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> extra copies of, report of International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, to be printed</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rea, Andrew,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of, Army</designator> <target>107, 357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Red Cross Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Red River of the North, Minn, and Dak.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redd, Alfred (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redemption Checks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redfield, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redman, H. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redmond, Sarah A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Redwood, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reece, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reed, Chari is H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Reed, Isaac. relief of</designator> <target>534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reed, James L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reed, Peter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reed, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reed, Webber H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reeser, Cyrus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Referees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reform School, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs, etc., to the</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> accounts of, ordered closed</designator> <target>314</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Regan, Mathew O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reger, David B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Register of the Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Registration of Letters, Postal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> by executive departments, without registry fee, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>158</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Registered Package Envelopes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Registers of Land Offices,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries and commissions of</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Registers and Receivers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reichert, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reid, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reinhardt, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Relief of American Seamen Abroad,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Relief of Settlers Within Railroad Limits,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reneau, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Renfro, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rent,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of topographer’s office, Post-Office Department</designator> <target>192</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  building for money-order office</designator> <target>192</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  rooms for Bureau of Labor</designator> <target>208</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  buildings for consular and diplomatic service</designator> <target>134, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of prisons in foreign countries</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for premises to be used as post-offices</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Senate committee rooms</designator> <target>390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional folding room</designator> <target>393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of buildings under Treasury Department</designator> <target>173, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of buildings for War Department</designator> <target>182, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Office of Public Buildings and Grounds</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of buildings for Interior Department; proviso</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of buildings for Post-Office Department</designator> <target>192, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of legation buildings at Tokio</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for office of Fish Commission</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for United States courtrooms</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for building occupied by city post-offices</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reporting,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of House</designator> <target>164, 393</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Signal Service</designator> <target>505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Commissioner of Agriculture</designator> <target>277, 520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Bureau of Animal Industry for 1885</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of, and maps to foreign countries</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of preliminary examinations and surveys of rivers and harbors to be made to Secretary of War</designator> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing and distribution of extra copies of annual, of health officer of the District of Columbia</designator> <target>935</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of extra copies of, of International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, authorized</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing and distribution of, of Commissioner of Education</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of sixth and seventh annual, of Director of the United States Geological Survey</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of sixth and seventh annual, of Director of the Bureau of Ethnology</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  on the British naval and military operations in Egypt</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  on the operations of the French navy during the recent war with Tunis</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  on the war on the Pacific coast of South America, etc</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of Committee on Military Affairs</designator> <target>521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> annual, of Smithsonian Institution, to be printed at Government Printing Office</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Representatives in Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation and mileage</designator> <target>162, 391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rescuing American citizens from Shipwreck,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for acknowledging services of masters, etc., of foreign vessels for</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Republic of Texas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to enable Treasurer United States to redeem promissory note of the late</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Republican River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for replacement of bridge across the, near Fort Riley, Kans</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ressler, Anna Maria (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Resurvey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of public lands</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Retired List.</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of one general, or general in chief, to the, Army</designator> <target>434</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Revenue-Gutter Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rebuilding revenue steamer Richard Rush</designator> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support of the insane of</designator> <target>213, 500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revenue-Marine Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> detail of men of, for duly under Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, authorized</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revenues,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for collection of, from sale of public lands</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Review Board, Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of the</designator> <target>186, 417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> laws inconsistent with the, repealed</designator> <target>442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revised Statutes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Section 764, amended</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  821, repealed</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1218, amended</designator> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1225, amended</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1556, amended</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1680, repealed</designator> <target>323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1681, repealed</designator> <target>323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  1756, repealed</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  2527, amended</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  2743, amended</designator> <target>40</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  2776, amended</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  2872, amended</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  2966, amended</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  4223, repealed</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  4586, repealed</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  4587, repealed</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  4785, amended</designator> <target>99</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  4786, amended</designator> <target>99</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  547, amended</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  549, amended</designator> <target>13</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reynolds, L. K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reynolds, Moody (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Reynolds, Otha A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rhett, Mary W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rhodes, Charles W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rhodes, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rice, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rice, F. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rice, S. F,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rich, Frederic S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard, Elijah H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>“Richard Rush,” Revenue Steamer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge over the Missouri River in, authorized</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Richardson, Murray,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Richmond, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for clerk hire</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> loan of flags, etc., to the mayor of, authorized</designator> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rickards, John D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ridenour, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rider, N. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ridge, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ridge, Jordan,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ridgway, Lindsay,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ridley, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Riffle, Lucinda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rifled, Cannon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> testing of, authorized</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Riggs, E. Francis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of Way,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Riley, Bernard, Administrator of Thomas Gorman,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Riley, Rosanna,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ringwait, Margaret A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rio Grande Bridge and Tramway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge, etc., over the Rio Grande River, between Eagle Pass, Tex., and Piedras Negras, Mexico</designator> <target>29</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ripley, Lucretia G. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ripley, Sarah Denny (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ritchie, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>River and Flood Reports,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rivers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lighting and buoyage of certain</designator> <target>200</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rivers and Harbors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for certain</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examinations and surveys of</designator> <target>149</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental repairs, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>153</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roach, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Roads,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War to give permission for extension of, through military reservations</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roanoke River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robberts, Nelly,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robbins, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roberson, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roberson, Rufus B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roberts, Clark,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roberts, Mrs. Jane,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roberts, William, B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robertson, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robeson, J. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> settlement of accounts of, authorized</designator> <target>237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robinson, Albion H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robinson, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robnett, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rochester, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rock Island Arsenal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> reappropriation for completing improvement of water-pool, above dam at</designator> <target>502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rock Island Bridge,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rock Island, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way granted over island of</designator> <target>435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rockland, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rockport, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rockwell, F. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Roden, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rodenback, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rodgers, Samuel A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rodman, Sally (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Roeber, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rogers, French H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rogers, J. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rollins, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Romer Shoal, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Romerly Marsh, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rondout, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of the harbor of</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roney, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rootes, Thomas R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rose, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross, Felix G., Williams W., and Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross, Felix G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross, Julia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross, Mrs. Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>225</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ross Shea,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Roumania,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Round Valley Agency, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rouse, J. D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Rouse, James A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rouse’s Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of breakwater at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rouse, William T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Royal, Mary (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Royce and Marean,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>459</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruddick, Lindley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rudisell, Andrew (or Rudisill),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rudisell, Emanuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rugg, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruggles, Solomon K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rule, Caleb,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rule, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rule, Samuel A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Runnions, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Runyan, Aaron A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Russia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> declaration with, concerning the admeasurement of vessels</designator> <target>789</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Russian officers and subjects,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the President to bestow testimonials upon, for aid to survivors of Jeannette Arctic Expedition</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rust, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rutherford, J. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ryan, Hugh,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ryan, Peter,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>566</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sabine Pass, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saco River, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of breakwater at mouth of</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sacramento River, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of; proviso</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for dredge-boat</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sacramento, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building, etc., at, authorized</designator> <target>336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of site and completion of public building at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the, of the Mississippi</designator> <target>85</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of the Missouri</designator> <target>85</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the Secretary of Interior to survey, sell, etc., lands of the</designator> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac and Fox Indians of Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> hereafter, to have their per capita proportion of money appropriated for fulfillment of treaties</designator> <target>373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for permanent annuity to; proviso</designator> <target>85, 372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest, etc., to</designator> <target>83, 373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Safes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for public buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>205, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saginaw River, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sailing ship,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> term, defined</designator> <target>438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rules to be followed in navigation of</designator> <target>438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sailors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased for loss of arm at shoulder joint</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Bernard, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>26</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Cloud, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of dam across the Mississippi River at, authorized</designator> <target>154</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Croix River, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, below Taylor’s Falls</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge across the, between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls, Minn</designator> <target>309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Francis River, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for snag-boat for</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Ignatius Mission School, Montana,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of Indian pupils at</designator> <target>381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Jerome’s Creek, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at entrance of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint John’s River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of channel over the bar at mouth of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for establishment of lights on</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoying the</designator> <target>487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Joseph, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Joseph, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for post-office at</designator> <target>195</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for post office and courthouse at</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Louis, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of Assistant Treasurer United States at</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries and expenses of assay-office at</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for paying in front of old customhouse at</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for laundry house, etc., for marine hospital at</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  deficiency appropriation for furniture, carpets, etc., for customhouse and post-office</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of customhouse at</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Louis Wine Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> remission of certain taxes, interest, and penalties of</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Mary’s Falls Canal, Secretary of War to prescribe rules, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for use of the</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Mary’s River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for range-lights for</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saint Paul, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building for quartermaster and commissary depot at</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sale and Murphy’s Canal, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to close outlet of river known as</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saline River, Ark ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Salkehatchec River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Salor, N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Salt</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unlading cargoes of imported, etc</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sammons, Richard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sampson, Sarah S. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sams, Warren,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored to</designator> <target>643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>San Francisco, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of United States assistant treasurer</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, in office of mint</designator> <target>176, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses at mint</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>San Joaquin River, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>841</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>San Juan, Island of Porto Pico,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>842</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sand Beach, Lake Huron, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sand Island Light-Station, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for protection of site, etc., of lighthouse at</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanders, E, B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanders, Henry C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanders, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sands, Henrietta M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sands, Joshua R., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sandusky City, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of national harbor of refuge at; proviso</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sane, John (or Sayne),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanford, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanford, Willis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sansom, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santa Ft1, N. Mex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for establishment of Indian industrial school at</designator> <target>38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santee River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santee Sioux Indians, Nebr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santee Sioux Indian Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for construction of bridges on the</designator> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saratoga Monument, Schuylerville, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for statuary and tablets for</designator> <target>27</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sargent, Maria H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Satt, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saugatuck, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saugerties, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sault Salute Marie, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to village of</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saunders, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saunders, Alfred J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Savannah, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Savannah River, Ga.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lighting and buoying the</designator> <target>487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saville, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> engineer United States Navy, placed on retired list</designator> <target>45</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sawyer, Felix J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sawyer, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saybrook Beacon Light, Conn., appropriation for erection of beacon light,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> etc</designator> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saylor, Levi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Saylor, Wilson B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Scales,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schaffer, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schenck, Lieut. Alexander D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for stores stolen by commissary sergeant</designator> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schneider, C. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schneider, Phillip W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schnetburg, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Scholl, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to the widow of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>School Lands, sale of, in States of Illinois, Arkansas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Louisiana, and Tennessee, authorized</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schools, Catharine (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schoonover, Marshall,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schroder, Henry C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Schultz, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Schuyler, Eugene,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Schuylerville, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Schuylkill River, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Schwatka, F. G., and wife,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scientific Library, Patent Office,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scituate, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, Francis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, Julia T. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, M. T,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, Moses D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, Sarah A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott, William C. and Washington W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scoville, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scranton, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scribner, James N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scrip,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scruggs, Moses, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scruggs, Theodrick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Scuppernong River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sea Otter Hunting Grounds,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seal Fisheries, Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for protection of</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Seals, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seamen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> shipment of, for foreign voyage</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> refund of tines and penalties collected from</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  discharge of American, and payment of</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sears, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seattle, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of deputy collector at</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Seavey, Wealthy H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored to</designator> <target>651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Seay, E. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Second Assistant Postmaster-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>190, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Second Auditor Treasury Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing adjustment of accounts of Soldiers’ Home by the</designator> <target>168, 398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of additional rooms for office of</designator> <target>403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Second Comptroller Treasury Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing adjustment of accounts of Soldiers’ Home by the</designator> <target>168, 398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Second Secretaries of Legations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  not to receive compensation above salary as, for acting as charge d’affaires temporarily</designator> <target>323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secret Service, Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of the Interior,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the office of the</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to ascertain and pay amounts due for certain supplies furnished the Sioux or Dakota Indians in Minnesota; proviso</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to sell, survey, etc., Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation</designator> <target>353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to sell certain lands of the Omaha Indians; proviso</designator> <target>370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to continue the work of the Tenth Census</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to pay certain Osage Indians</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to issue patents to city of Fort Smith, Ark.,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for certain lands in military reservation donated, etc</designator> <target>20</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to distribute proceeds of payment for right of way for railroad, etc., through Indian Territory</designator> <target>71, 74</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make regulations governing practice of attorneys, agents, etc</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to select building for pension office</designator> <target>189</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to detail clerks in his Department for service on committees of House</designator> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to expend certain appropriation for civilization, etc., of Indian children in erecting, furnishing, and repairing school buildings, etc</designator> <target>268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make report to Congress of list of libraries, etc., to which volumes of Congressional Globe have been supplied</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to cause survey to be made of certain parts of Camp Douglas Military Reservation, Utah</designator> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress report of commission appointed to ascertain where the one hundredth meridian of longitude crosses the Red River</designator> <target>297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to determine disputes arising between Indians of Umatilla Reservation as to allotments, etc</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to fix salaries of commissioners appointed to select lands, etc., for allotment to Indians in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to purchase lands for Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians</designator> <target>352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to apply net proceeds of funds arising from sale of Kansas Indian lands to redemption of Kaw or Kansas Indian scrip; proviso</designator> <target>368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to extend time for payment for certain lands of the Otoe and Missouri Indians; proviso</designator> <target>371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to cause list of Indian depredation claims to be made and present same to Congress</designator> <target>376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make annual report of amounts expended for support, etc., of Indian schools</designator> <target>381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to fix per diem expenses of inspectors detailed for special duty</designator> <target>416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make annual report of number and salaries of employes in Bureau of Labor</designator> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to appoint clerks for completion of the Tenth Census</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report expenditures for collection of revenues from public lands</designator> <target>498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> all appropriations for surveys, etc., of public lands to be under control of the</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretaries of Legations,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation fur salaries of</designator> <target>228, 229, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for second</designator> <target>228, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> compensation to, when acting as chargé d’affaires prohibited, etc</designator> <target>228</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> not to receive compensation above salary as, for acting as chargd d’affaires temporarily</designator> <target>323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of the Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of the, assistant, clerks, etc</designator> <target>183, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to make proclamation, etc., and offer reward for rescue of Greely expedition</designator> <target>11</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make annual report of amount expended during prior fiscal year for pay of Navy, etc</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to submit estimates for civilian employes for fiscal year 1887 and thereafter</designator> <target>295</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to transfer steamer Bear to Treasury Department</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to transfer a sailing vessel from Navy to the United States Fish Commission</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of the Senate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>160, 38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians under the</designator> <target>214, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of State,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of the, assistant secretaries, clerks, etc</designator> <target>166, 39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to pay expenses for Siamese embassy</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of international conference for fixing a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning, to be expended under</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to obtain dies, etc., of the seal of the United States</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for compensation of pork commissioners, to be expended by the</designator> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to procure duplicates of medals presented by George W. Irving</designator> <target>279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to comply with requirements of act regulating fees and practice in extradition cases</designator> <target>324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for pay of stenographer to the</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> judgments of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims to be reported by, to Secretary of the Treasury</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to procure evidence and documents relating to French spoliation claims</designator> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional appropriation to procure evidence as to French spoliation claims to be expended by the</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to pay executors of Charles E. Hill for loss of steamer Keorgeor</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of the Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of the, assistants, clerks, etc</designator> <target>167, 39</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to be expended under the</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to enable the, to pay for extra work done in his Department</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to release, etc., marine hospital aud grounds, Natchez, Miss., to the American Baptist Home Mission Society; proviso</designator> <target>21</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to adopt measures, etc., to prevent exportation of live stock affected with pleuro-pneumonia</designator> <target>32</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to advertise for bids for rebuilding revenue steamer Richard Rush</designator> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to fix pay for labor, etc., in Bureau of Engraving and Printing</designator> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to report to the Speaker and President of Senate, at each session of Congress, amount due and allowed to claimants, etc</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to prescribe rules for agents and others presenting claims, etc</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to convey certain land to the city of Providence, R. I., for widening street</designator> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to pay to “Old Settlers or Western Cherokee Indians” amount due them under act September 13, 1850</designator> <target>367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to sell certain property, etc., at Detroit, Mich</designator> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to sell at public auction old United State court-house, Boston, Mass</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   at Philadelphia, Pa</designator> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to transfer certain appropriations</designator> <target>451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to transport silver coin free of charge when requested; proviso</designator> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to detail men from Revenue Marine Service for duty under Fish Commission</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to transfer certain balances to pay for extra work in Division of Warrants</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to pay certain judgments of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims out of unexpended balance of Geneva award</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> all estimates for appropriations and for deficiencies in appropriations, etc.,</designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be transmitted to Congress through the, only</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be classified, compiled, indexed, and printed</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to report to Congress number of special employes in Supervising Architect’s office</designator> <target>398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to regulate per diem expenses of internal revenue agents</designator> <target>404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> plans of construction of abutments for protection of public buildings at Bangor, Me., to be approved by</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Secretary of War,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of the, assistant secretary, clerks, etc., in office of</designator> <target>179, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of navigation of Mississippi River to be expended under direction of the</designator> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of office, bureaus, etc., of the</designator> <target>181</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Signal Service, to be expended by the</designator> <target>217, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for relief of sufferers from overflow of Ohio River, to be expended under direction of</designator> <target>267, 268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable the, to acquire title to Fort Brown Reservation, Texas</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to approve plans, etc., for bridge over Saint Croix River, Wisconsin</designator> <target>14</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of bridges across the Wisconsin, Saint Croix, and Chippewa Rivers, in Wisconsin</designator> <target>42</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of bridge across the Missouri River, Douglas County, Nebraska</designator> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of bridge across the Missouri River, in Richardson County, Nebraska</designator> <target>46</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of bridge over the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tenn</designator> <target>47</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of bridge across Lake Champlain, Vermont</designator> <target>49</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridge across the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridges authorized to be constructed across the Willamette River, Oregon</designator> <target>53</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridge over the Missouri River at Sibley, Mo</designator> <target>67</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, Minn</designator> <target>105</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridge from Tonawanda Island to North Tonawanda</designator> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bridge over the Missouri River at White Cloud, Kans</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of bridge across the Mississippi River, between Hastings and Red Wing</designator> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of bridge across the Mississippi River, between Hastings and Saint Paul</designator> <target>286</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to approve plans, etc., for construction of Se bridge across the Saint Croix River</designator> <target>309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to grant permission for the extension of roads, etc., through military reservations</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to remove charges of desertion from records of certain soldiers, etc</designator> <target>119</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   to mayor of Charlotte, N. C</designator> <target>271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   to Portland Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to prescribe conditions for construction, etc., of sewer across breakwater at Goat Island; proviso</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make annual report of number of persons detailed for Signal Service</designator> <target>411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make rules for collecting and fix amount to be collected from the Davenport Se and Rock Island Street Railway Company</designator> <target>435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to correct record of War Department relating to Major Wickliffe, deceased</designator> <target>307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to settle accounts for arms between South Carolina and the United States</designator> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to restore regimental colors to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery Association</designator> <target>518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to detail limited number of commissioned officers for service in Signal Corps</designator> <target>505</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to loan tents, etc., to American Association of the Red Cross, New Orleans</designator> <target>183</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>See Randolph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Seed, Division, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seeds, Agricultural Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seetye, Mrs. Sarah E. E. (alias Franklin Thompson),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Selden, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Select Committees Clerks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Select Committees, Senate,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Self, Claiborne,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sell, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sellars, John J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sellers, Joseph B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seminole Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seminole Indians, Florida,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for reporting debates and proceedings of the</designator> <target>162, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for addition to contingent fund of the</designator> <target>269</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous items</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fuel, etc</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for folding documents</designator> <target>249, 467</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous expenses of the</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> time for payment of officers and employes of, for December, 1884</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President convening, on March 4, 1885</designator> <target>843</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Senate Stables,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Senators,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries of clerks to</designator> <target>162, 390</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seneca Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seneca Indians of New York,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Senter, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sergeant-at-Arms,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for postage for, Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sessinghaus, G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Severance, John F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seward, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seward, Henry J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Seymour, Mary E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shadowan, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shaffer, Baliard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shankland, Alexander B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shannon, Thomas B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharp, Isaac J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharp, Mrs. Mincey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharp, Nathan J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharpe, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharpe, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sharp’s Island Light-Station, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shaw, Haley,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shawnee Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  Eastern</designator> <target>86, 374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Shealey, Eliza A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheboygan, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheepeater Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheets, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shell, Lewis C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shellabarger &amp; Wilson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shelley, Charles M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shepard, William F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shephard, George L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shepherd, Joshua H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shepler, P. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheridan, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sherrod, James J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sherwood, Alice T. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheuber, John G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sheward, Caroline,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shields, Michael,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shields, Milton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shields, Oliver,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shields, R. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shifter, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ship Owners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Ship, Steamboat, and Way Letters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shipe, Nancy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shipping Commissioners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shobe, Caroline E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shober, F. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shoemaker, Pierce,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shoemaker, Thomas B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for support, etc., of, in Nevada</designator> <target>91, 378</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Shuckers, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Siam,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sibley, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sidebolham, R. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sight, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Signal Corps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for the, to be expended by Secretary of War</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Siletz Agency, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Silk Culture,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for development of</designator> <target>39, 356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silver Certificates,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for engraving, printing, and finishing</designator> <target>199, 487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silver Coin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for transportation of subsidiary</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   between subtreasuries</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for recoinage of</designator> <target>204, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simmons, Albert D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simmons, G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Simmons, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simmons, Margaret,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simmons, Martha,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simonds, Solon L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simons, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simom-on, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simpson, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment, to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sims, Mrs. Amanda J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sinclair, Lelia I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sinclair, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sinfield, Mrs. Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Singleton, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment lo administrator of</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sinking Fund,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest and, for District of Columbia</designator> <target>130, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sinsel, Elijah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sioux City, Iowa,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of courts for northern district of Iowa at</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sioux or Crow Creek Reservation, Dakota,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President warning persons from settling on</designator> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to ascertain and pay amounts due Indian traders, for certain supplies furnished the; proviso</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sioux Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>87, 375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Santee, of Nebraska</designator> <target>87, 375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Lake Traverse</designator> <target>91, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Devil’s Lake</designator> <target>91, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sioux Indians, Yankton Tribe,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to the</designator> <target>88, 375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sites, Light-house,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for examination and survey of, etc</designator> <target>200</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sitka, Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fitting up temporary jail at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairing Government building at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of district court at</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Six Nations of New York,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for annuity, etc., to the</designator> <target>87, 375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skaggs, Sterling,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skaggs, Sydney L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skagit River, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skamaina County, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> fourth judicial district of Washington Territory to include</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skinner, Thomas G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Skinner, T. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>S’Klallam Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for subsistence, etc., of</designator> <target>91, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Slater National Bank, North Providence, R. I.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized lo change name to Slater National Bank of Pawtucket, R. I.; proviso</designator> <target>281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Slavens, Rachel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sloan, William L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sluss, Eliza (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Small, Priscilla J. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored to</designator> <target>663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smalls, Robert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smartt, Samuel G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Archibald N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> released from bond on payment of $1,000</designator> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Charles T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Mrs. D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Ephraim K.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Henry H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, J. Gray,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Lois B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Mrs. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Middleton,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>212</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Noah E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Rachel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Reuben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Richard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Thomas, J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Van C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, W.J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Walter H. (of Washington, D. C.),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>467, 512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, Wesley H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, William C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smith, William W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithpeter, Alfred,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithson, Tandy (or Taney or Tarry) S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Smithsonian Institution,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment to, for freight on Observatory publications</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for International exchanges</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for continuing ethnological researches among American Indians</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completing and furnishing building for the</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of maps, etc., to foreign countries</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of international exchanges under the</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act to provide for the appointment of acting secretary of the; duties</designator> <target>20</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment to fill vacancy in Board of Regents of the</designator> <target>269, 272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> annual reports of, to be printed at Government Printing Office</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Smooth-bore Cannon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of, for experimental purposes authorized</designator> <target>159</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snake River, Oreg, and Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snider, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snoqualmie River, Wash ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snuff,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment of custom claims for drawback on</designator> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snuffer, Issaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snyder, Fred.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Snyder, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Soldiers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain, relieved from the charge of desertion</designator> <target>119</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Soldiers’ Home,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Solicitor-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solicitor of Internal Revenue,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>192, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solicitor of Treasury, appropriation for compensation of, assistant,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sommerville, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sooner, James K. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sound Signals,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rules concerning, to be used in navigation</designator> <target>440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Carolina, deficiency appropriation for payment, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of proceeds of leases and sales of lands in the State of, to the governor of</designator> <target>240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Secretary of War authorized to settle accounts for arms between, and the United States</designator> <target>320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Fork Cumberland River, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Forked Deer River, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Haven Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Pass Mississippi River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for examination, etc., of depth of water at,</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examination and surveys of</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Southern Exposition, Louisville, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable certain Departments of the Government to participate in the</designator> <target>207</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Southern Kansas Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way through Indian Territory granted to the</designator> <target>73</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Southern Claims Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for index clerk of the</designator> <target>470</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> agreement with, relating to reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties</designator> <target>730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation of the President relative to the reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties under memorandum of agreement with</designator> <target>835</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spanish-American Claims Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of agreement, etc., relating to</designator> <target>732</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spanish Ferry-Boat Nuestra Senora de Regia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spann, Richard H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sparks, William (deceased),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sparr, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Speaker of House of Representatives,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spears, George C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Special Agents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Special Examiners, Pensions,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for per diem pay in lieu of subsistence to</designator> <target>187, 418</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Special Messengers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Special Postage-Stamp,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Special and Select Congressional Committees,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spencer, Elmina P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spencer, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spence, Sallie A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sperber, Andrew,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spirituous Liquors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spokane County, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> fourth judicial district of Washington Territory to include</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Spotts, Elizabeth H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Springfield, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for removal of buildings on ground purchased</designator> <target>298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for paving in front of public building at</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Springfield, Mo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of; proviso</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Springfield, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Springstead, Elizabeth A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Spur gin, George R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Spurgin, William P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>St. Croix River, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge across the, authorized</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>St. Jones River, Del.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>St. Joseph’s Band of Nez Perces Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>St. Paul, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge over the Mississippi River at, authorized</designator> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stack, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stamps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for postage</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for redemption of internal revenue</designator> <target>254, 260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Standard of Time,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Standard Weights and Measures,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of American member to conference of International Committee on</designator> <target>172, 402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Standeford, Aquilla T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanfield, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanley, Cornelia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanley, Jackson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stannard, George J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stansberry, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanton, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Staples, Millia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Star Routes, Postal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stark, Alexander W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State Asylum, Auburn, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the</designator> <target>166, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for proofreading laws, stationery, etc</designator> <target>166, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for lithographing, etc</designator> <target>167, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for editing the laws of first session Forty-eighth Congress</designator> <target>167</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for editing and distributing laws second session, Forty-eighth Congress</designator> <target>396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   Statutes at Large</designator> <target>167, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of international conference for fixing a common zero of longitude, etc., to be expended under Secretary of State</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and distribution of publications, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for search of records relating to spoliation claims under direction of the</designator> <target>331, 446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of awards of French and American Claims Commission</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for relocating boundary between Mexico and the United States</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for testimonials to certain Russians for aid rendered to survivors of Jeannette Arctic Expedition</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for furniture</designator> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses</designator> <target>236, 446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of claims, etc</designator> <target>254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  to pay claims of the, allowed by First Comptroller</designator> <target>260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of scientific commission for conduct of national conference of electricians at Philadelphia</designator> <target>194</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State National Bank of Boston, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claim of, referred to court of Claims</designator> <target>161</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State Penitentiaries,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of military convicts confined in</designator> <target>220, 508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>State, War, and Navy Department Building,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for officer and employes in charge of</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction, etc., of the</designator> <target>217, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fuel, lights, etc., for</designator> <target>243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Staten Island, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of channel between New Jersey and</designator> <target>134</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>States of the Congo Association,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of agent to the</designator> <target>235, 323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stationery,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Senate</designator> <target>161, 390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for House</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Navy Department</designator> <target>185, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for State Department</designator> <target>166, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Treasury Department</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for War Department</designator> <target>182, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Interior Department</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Post-Office Department</designator> <target>192, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for Department of Justice</designator> <target>193, 424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statistics,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in Bureau of</designator> <target>171, 401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for collection of, relating to commerce</designator> <target>171, 401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, relative to production of precious metals in United States</designator> <target>175</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statuary, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Statue,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of, to memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Staunton River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steam Engineering, Navy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>184, 415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for</designator> <target>202, 291, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Bureau of</designator> <target>262</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repair of machinery in wooden vessels, limited</designator> <target>430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unexpended balance reappropriated for</designator> <target>291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steam Launch,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for use of legation at Constantinople</designator> <target>234, 330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steamboat Inspection Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Steamboat Route Service, Postal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stearns, Lina J. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Steed, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Steedman, James B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Steele, Mary L. (formerly Mary L. Pilkington),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steele, Moses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrators of</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steering and Sailing, Rules,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> for navigation of vessels</designator> <target>441</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steffen, Lizzie,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stegall, R. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steigelman, Frederick W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stillwell, James O.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stockholm, Lake Pepin, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stockton, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stockton Sloughs, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stolz, Ella,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stoncypher, Daniel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stone, N. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stone Samuel W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stonington, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stotlemeyer, Devolt,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stott, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stotts, Mary J. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stough, Capt. Israel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stough, Elenor (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strange, A. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stratton, Ruth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stratton, Thomas T., assignee of W. B. Waldran,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strauss and Sons, L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Streeter, O. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> claim of, to be examined and adjusted; proviso</designator> <target>618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Streets and Avenues, District Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stribling, Andrew H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Stribling, Martha T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strickland, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strickland, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strobach, Paul,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Strobach, Paul J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to; proviso</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge at entrance of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Subsidiary Silver Coin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for transportation of</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Subsistence, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>108, 358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sales of, to officers may be made at last invoice price</designator> <target>108</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers from Overflow of Mississippi,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for relief of the</designator> <target>269, 273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sufferers’ Overflow of Ohio River,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for relief of</designator> <target>267, 268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sullivan, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sullivan, William G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suits,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for defending, against Commissioner of Patents</designator> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for defending, in claims against the United States</designator> <target>223</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suits for Damages,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sunday Chronicle, Washington,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sunday Herald, Washington,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sundry Civil Expenses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for, of the Government</designator> <target>194, 478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Superintendent,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of, in office of, of State, War, and Navy building</designator> <target>182, 413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Superintendent of the Census,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to continue work on Tenth Census until further action of Congress; proviso</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Superintendents,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of national cemeteries</designator> <target>219, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Indian school</designator> <target>77, 364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Superior Bay and Harbor, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for channel of Saint Louis River through</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supervising Architect of Treasury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat Inspection Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>171, 402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supervising Surgeon-General, Marine-Hospital Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>171, 401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supervisors of Elections,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supplies,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> medical and hospital, deficiency appropriation for purchase, etc., of</designator> <target>243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for telegraphing and purchasing Indian supplies</designator> <target>247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for transportation of Indian</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suppression of Epidemic Disease,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supreme Court, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for chief-justice and associate judges of</designator> <target>103, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for engraving, etc., for the</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supreme Court, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for marshal of</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of the</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>226, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of additional associate justices of the, for Territories of Dakota and Washington, authorized</designator> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> clerk of the, to report to Secretary of Treasury return of all costs, etc.; deduction of compensation, etc</designator> <target>224</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> delivery of certain volumes of Congressional Globe to library of the, authorized</designator> <target>273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, section 764, relating to appeals to, amended</designator> <target>437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surfmen, Volunteer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for extra pay to</designator> <target>238, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surgeon-General, Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>181, 411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for library in office of</designator> <target>112</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surgeon-General’s Office, U. S. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for books for library of the</designator> <target>360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surgical Appliances,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for disabled soldiers</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Survey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of the public lands</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for purchase of iron monuments for public; proviso</designator> <target>211</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of northern and northwestern lakes</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, etc., of abandoned military reservations</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completing the, of boundary between Dakota and Montana</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for Coast and Geodetic</designator> <target>200, 488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for coast and geodetic, western division</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for examinations of public</designator> <target>255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of certain rivers and harbors authorized</designator> <target>149</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> expenses of, of private land claims to be refunded by owner</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surveyors,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of, internal revenue</designator> <target>172, 404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surveyors-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for salaries in offices of</designator> <target>189, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses, etc</designator> <target>209, 420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surveys of Light-House Sites,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for</designator> <target>488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susquehanna River, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, above and below railroad bridge</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suttles, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Suwanee River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Swamp Lands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., of agents employed in adjusting claims for, etc</designator> <target>210, 498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Swatzell, Jeremiah P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Swearer, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sweden,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Sweeney, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sweeney, John M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sweet, David,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sweet, Usebus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Swift and Courtney and Beecher Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sybrant, John D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Syracuse, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tacha, Franz,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tacoma, Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> port of delivery, established at</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay of deputy collector at</designator> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tallahatchee River, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tallapoosa River, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tailman, Charles E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tampa Bay, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>135</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tangier,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for proportion of expenses of light at</designator> <target>235, 324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tangipahoa River, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tedford, John N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tedford, Phoebe M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for connecting Capitol with Departments and the Government Printing Office</designator> <target>217, 503</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Telegraph and Telephone Service, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Telegraphic Reports, Signal Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>217, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Telephone Line,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> right of way reserved for, over bridge across the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kans</designator> <target>52</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> over bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, Minn</designator> <target>105</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Templeton, Jesse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Temporary Clerks, Post-Office Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salary of</designator> <target>400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Temporary Support of the Government,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for the; provisos</designator> <target>276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tennessee,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> sale of school lands in the State of, authorized, etc</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Grundy County added to middle judicial district of State of</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Fentress County added to southern judicial division of district of East</designator> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tennessee and Arkansas Bridge Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tennessee River, Tenn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> below Chattanooga</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tensas River, La.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tenth Census,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for the</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing copies of Compendium of; distribution</designator> <target>212</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> monograph reports; distribution</designator> <target>212</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for payment of outstanding liabilities of the office of</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Public Printer authorized to print additional copies of certain publications of the; when; cost, etc.; proviso</designator> <target>274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> abolishment of office of</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unfinished work of the, transferred</designator> <target>462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Superintendent of the Census authorized to continue work on, until further action of Congress; proviso</designator> <target>516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tents, etc.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> loan of, to American Association of the Red Cross, New Orleans; proviso</designator> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Terre Haute, Ind.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of public building at</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Territorial Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of, in Utah</designator> <target>223, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>249, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Territorial Governments,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriations for expenses of</designator> <target>177, 408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Territorial Legislatures,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Revised Statutes, sec. 1889, relating to powers of, to grant charters and privileges, amended</designator> <target>348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Territorial Supreme Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appeals from, restricted</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Terry, Catherine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Test Weights,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Testing Machine, Watertown Arsenal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, and operating; proviso</designator> <target>112, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tetrick, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Texas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act fixing place and time for holding terms of United States courts</designator> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at Galveston, Tyler, Jefferson, Dallas, Graham, Waco</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> United States circuit and district courts of, to have jurisdiction of controversy between Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railway Company and certain Indians</designator> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Southern Kansas Railway Company</designator> <target>75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Texas Pacific Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lands granted to, declared forfeited</designator> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thames River, Conn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of the</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thanksgiving,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation of President designating November 29, 1883, a day of</designator> <target>834</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  of President naming November 27, 1884, as a day of</designator> <target>9, 837</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thatcher, Joseph L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thayer, George A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thayer Thaddeus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theobald, John</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thesis,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> steamer, to be used in the Navy</designator> <target>433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Third Assistant Postmaster-General,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, in office of, for postal service under the</designator> <target>157, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries in office of the</designator> <target>191, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Third Auditor, Treasury Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>169, 399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of clerks in office of the, for extra work</designator> <target>448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, Alexander B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay</designator> <target>18</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, Ausbin (or Azisburn).</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>45, 569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, Cordelia Brainerd (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, Frances L. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas, William W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for coupons on lost United States bonds</designator> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, Franklin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to Mrs. Sarah E. E. Seelye, alias</designator> <target>598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, J. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, J. T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, John G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, M. W. and G. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, Phoebe A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, Samuel A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, Col. Samuel M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, Thomas F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomson, C. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomson, William J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thorburn, Robert D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> remove the disabilities of</designator> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thornburg, Eliza W. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Thornton, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thurmond, A. P. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tidwell, Mathew,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tilgham, Agnes R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Timber,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Time, standard of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> establishment of, in District of Columbia</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tindall, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tobacco,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Toby, James P. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Todd, Capt. John G., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to legal representatives of</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation</designator> <target>692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Todd, Nicholas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Togus, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tokio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tolbert, Malinda (formerly Malinda Hammond),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Toledo, Ohio,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for customhouse and courthouse at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for completion of</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Toler, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Tolls,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> levying or collection of, on vessels, dredges, etc., through canals for improvement of navigation, etc.; prohibited</designator> <target>147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tomlinson, H. B. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tomlinson, Lucy,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonawanda Island Bridge Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct a bridge from Tonawanda Island to North Tonawanda</designator> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Toney, Sebert,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonkawa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>91, 378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonnage duty,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending, on vessels arriving from certain ports</designator> <target>841, 842, 844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonnage Tax,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for marine hospital service chargeable to</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rerating of</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> suspension of, by President, etc</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Transportation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of mails</designator> <target>156, 386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, of foreign mails</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of the Marine Corps</designator> <target>262, 294, 432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of Army</designator> <target>110, 359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of Indian supplies</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of patent publications</designator> <target>188, 419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of reports and maps to foreign countries</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   of silver coin</designator> <target>204, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, subsidiary silver coin</designator> <target>15</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for expenses of, of enlisted men, boys, etc., in the Navy</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of live stock affected with pleuro-pneumonia, etc., by railroad or otherwise, prohibited</designator> <target>32</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act compelling, of mails in American vessels repealed</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of property, etc., for surveys and the Departments at Washington</designator> <target>111</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rate of pay for, to land-grant railroads; proviso</designator> <target>111, 360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of foreign mails to be bid for, and carried on American steamships</designator> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Topeka, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Topper, Jesse P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pay men t to administrators of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Topographer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> of Post-Office Department, appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>191, 423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Torpedo Corps,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>289, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Torpedoes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for submarine movable, etc</designator> <target>158, 434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Totty, M. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Towles, Arthur,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Townsend, Eugene L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Townsend, W. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Townsley, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Toy, William D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trade-marks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> treaty concerning, with Italy</designator> <target>726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  with Belgium</designator> <target>766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tradewater River, Ky.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Transfer checks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for printing, etc</designator> <target>175, 406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Transient Paupers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of, at Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Transit of Venus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completing reductions of observations of</designator> <target>184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Travers, Miles F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Treasurer, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of</designator> <target>169, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to destroy eight per cent, certificates of indebtedness and coupons of bonds of District of Columbia due prior to July, 1878, etc</designator> <target>131</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to invest balances of certain appropriations in bonds, etc</designator> <target>132</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to make estimates of amounts necessary to refund amount, etc., advanced for increase of water supply</designator> <target>132</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to reserve from moneys due to State of Kansas amount sufficient for bridge, etc., across Republican River</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to enable the, to redeem promissory note, etc., of the late Republic of Texas</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Treasury Building, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for annual repairs to the</designator> <target>196, 482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to roof</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Treasury Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries in the</designator> <target>167, 396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous objects under the</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of the</designator> <target>172, 403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>238, 451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for special examinations of national banks</designator> <target>170, 400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repair, care, etc., of public buildings under control of the</designator> <target>195, 479, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fuel, lights, furniture, etc</designator> <target>206, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fuel, light, and water</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for miscellaneous expenses of the</designator> <target>255, 448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriations under the</designator> <target>254, 460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of steamer Bear to the, authorized</designator> <target>443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Treaties,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fulfillment of Indian</designator> <target>76, 362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Treckell, Caroline (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trent River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trewhitt, W. R,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trigg, Andrew J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trimmer, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trinidad, Island of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President suspending tonnage duty on vessels arriving from port of</designator> <target>844</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Troy, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building, etc., at, authorized</designator> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Trunk Lines,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for special facilities for mail service on</designator> <target>386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tucson, Ariz.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for compensation of depositary at</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tug Fork, W. Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of, Big Sandy River</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tule River Agency, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tullock, Seymour W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for settlement of accounts of</designator> <target>465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turner, Isabella (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turner, Jack C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turner, James A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Turner, Leonard,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turner, Martha (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, for services of husband as pilot</designator> <target>677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turrell, Salmon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Turtle Mountain Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to enable the, to visit Washington, D. C</designator> <target>380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Twine,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for postal service</designator> <target>249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tivo Rivers, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tyler, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tyler, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building, etc., at, authorized</designator> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>483</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered"><b>U.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Uintah Valley Agency, Utah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ullery, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pensionto</designator> <target>545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Umatilla Tribe of Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for subsistence of,</designator> <target>91, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Umatilla Reservation, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allotment, sale, etc., of Indian lands in</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> disposition of funds arising from sale of Indian lands in</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Underwood, Enoch,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Union Pacific Railroad Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to account of the</designator> <target>452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257, 459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Union Soldiers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of monument at Baxter Springs, in memory of</designator> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Circuit and District Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to have jurisdiction of certain matters in controversy in Indian Territory</designator> <target>72, 75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Commissioners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for investigation of official acts, etc., of</designator> <target>223</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for fees of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Court-Rooms,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for rent of</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Courts,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency for</designator> <target>256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Custom-House, Richmond, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for enlargement of the</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Fish Commission,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of the</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of vessels for the; proviso</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of vessel from the Navy to the, authorized</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Geological Survey,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of the annual reports of the, authorized; distribution</designator> <target>276, 519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> printing of monograph of publications of</designator> <target>519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States and Mexico,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for relocating frontier line between</designator> <target>478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Prisoners,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support of</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Universal Postal Union Congress,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to pay expenses of delegates to the, at Lisbon, Portugal</designator> <target>157</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>University of Alabama,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of endowment of the, from lands, etc</designator> <target>12</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Upper Columbia River, Oreg, and Wash.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>144</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Upper Saint John’s River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Upshaw, Priscilla M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ussery, Daniel G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Utah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expense of government of</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., of commissioners appointed in reference to bigamy; expenses, etc</designator> <target>178, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of Territorial courts in</designator> <target>223, 510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>249, 256, 467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction and completion of, penitentiary</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for survey of boundary between, and Colorado</designator> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain parts of Camp Douglas Military Reservation, restored to public domain</designator> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Utah Indians, Tabequache Band,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>88</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ute Indian Reservation,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for survey of</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ute Indian Reservation, Colo.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> restoration to the public domain of certain lands, etc., in Uncompahgre Valley on the</designator> <target>22</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ute Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of damages from raid of</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for installments, etc., to</designator> <target>88, 376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Utes, Confederated Bands of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for installments, etc., to the</designator> <target>88, 376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal of</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Utica, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation to supply deficiencies, etc., in construction of public building at</designator> <target>237</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>V.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vaccination,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, of Indians</designator> <target>94, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Buren, Thomas B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Haesen, Francis B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Hausen, Sergeant A. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> silver cup to be delivered to, by collector of port at New York</designator> <target>707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Huss, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Loan, Mark Spencer,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Norton, Caroline (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Trees, H. E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vance, Ellen A., ,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vance, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Vance, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of estate of</designator> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Van Wick, Francis P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for removal, etc., of remains of, late U. S. consul at Turk’s Island</designator> <target>236</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vance, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of estate of</designator> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vancleve, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vanderhoof, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vangender, A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to,</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vaughan, John R. (or Vaughn),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vaughn, Mary J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vaughn, Sarah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vaults,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for public buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>205, 495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Veazie, Mary Jane, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to heirs of, for property taken</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  appropriation for</designator> <target>674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Venable, Jane (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vernon, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Verplank, Isaac A., deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> repayment to administratrix of, of income tax unconstitutionally assessed</designator> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vessels,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preservation, repairs, etc., of</designator> <target>262, 291, 429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for additional, for increase of the navy</designator> <target>433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs, etc., of, used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey</designator> <target>204, 493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for maintenance of, of the U. S. Fish Commission</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for construction of sailing, for use of U. S. Fish Commission; proviso</designator> <target>494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> masters of, to require and certify statement of services of consular officers to American seamen; penalty</designator> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> articles and supplies for American, withdrawn from bonded warehouse free of duty</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> built on foreign account, drawback allowed, etc</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> individual liability owners, etc., of, limited</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> tonnage tax of, rerating</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> suspension of, by President, when</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> American, exempt from compulsory laws for carrying U. S. mails</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> manner of unlading imported merchandise, goods, etc., from</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> masters of, trading between the United States, Canada, and Mexico exempt from passenger tax</designator> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional fees for inspection, etc</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> fees to inspectors of goods imported in sailing, how payable</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> refund of fines and penalties collected from, importing goods, etc</designator> <target>59</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> unlading coal, etc., imported</designator> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> declaration with Russia concerning the admeasurement of</designator> <target>789</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> who may command U. S. merchant marine, in foreign carrying trade</designator> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> crews of whaling, excepted from certain provisions affecting American seamen; penalties, etc</designator> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> forfeiture of, the penalty for violation of Chinese immigration, etc</designator> <target>117</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of, may be changed by the Commissioner of Navigation</designator> <target>119</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> in domestic commerce, fees payable by owners and masters of, prescribed</designator> <target>132</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> rules for navigation of</designator> <target>438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vice-Consuls,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries of</designator> <target>229, 325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vice-President, United States,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation tor compensation of</designator> <target>166, 395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Salaries in office of</designator> <target>160, 388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vicksburg, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for preservation of harbor at</designator> <target>146</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Victor, Warder,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor and executrix of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Victry, William R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Violations of Internal-Revenue Laws,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> act limiting time for prosecutions on account of; proviso</designator> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Voluntary Service,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> acceptance of, by the United States prohibited; exceptions</designator> <target>17</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volunteer Officers, etc., Army,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> muster and pay of</designator> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for bounty to, soldiers</designator> <target>220</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for pay of two and three year</designator> <target>221</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  extra pay, etc., to heirs of, officers killed in service</designator> <target>66</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for pay of, Mexican war</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for mounted riflemen, under John C. Fremont</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of California and Nevada</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for collecting, drilling, and organizing</designator> <target>258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for refunding to State of Ohio for expenses of raising</designator> <target>259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volunteer Surfmen, Cleveland Life-Boat Station,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation to pay</designator> <target>238, 450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volunteers,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for pay of, who served in the war of the rebellion</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for bounty for</designator> <target>458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volusia Bar, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Voorhees, J. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>225</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>W.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wabash River, Ind.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation of, by lock and dam at Grand Rapids</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for, between Vincennes and Terre Haute</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waccamaw River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waco, Tex.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of United States courts at</designator> <target>48</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at</designator> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waddy, J. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wade, O. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executor of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Wade, W. G. payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walcott, Rebecca,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension restored to</designator> <target>626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waldran, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to assignee of</designator> <target>637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, C. C. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Ella,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/937">937</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, H. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, James M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Lovel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Mary L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker River Agency, Nev.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Salome Ann,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to widow of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walker, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walkup, John D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wall, Theophilus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walla Walla Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>91, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> allotment, etc., of lands to, in Umatilla Reservation</designator> <target>341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace, J. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace, John R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace, Jonathan H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace, Reuben,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace, Taliaferro,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter, T. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallis, J. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walsh, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walton, John B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waltz, Edgar A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wappoo Cut, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>War Department,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in the</designator> <target>179, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of buildings for the</designator> <target>182, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for stationery</designator> <target>182, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for postage stamps for, under postal union</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses</designator> <target>181, 412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">   deficiency for</designator> <target>456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for armories and arsenals</designator> <target>215, 502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for Signal Service under the</designator> <target>217, 504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for publication of maps for use of</designator> <target>220, 507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing and binding for</designator> <target>227, 513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, Erasmus C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, James E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, Rowland,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ward, W. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> political disabilities removed</designator> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warden of Jail, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>193, 425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warcham, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Warley, A. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Warrants,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren, H. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warrior River, Ala.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Washburn, George A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairs and maintenance of</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for redemption of certificates of indebtedness of</designator> <target>313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Asylum, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, repairs, etc., for the</designator> <target>125, 313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for the</designator> <target>456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington City, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for enlarging courthouse</designator> <target>208</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for repairs to courthouse at</designator> <target>510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for building at, for library and museum of Medical Department, U. S. Navy</designator> <target>389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for statue to General La Fayette at</designator> <target>508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for rent of building for post-office at</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional appropriation for increase of water supply of</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> branch post-office for, Capitol Hill, rent of building for, authorized</designator> <target>156</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Gas-Light Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> centennial celebration of surrender by, of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the forces of America</designator> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation by President United States, in commemoration of surrender by, of his commission as Commander-in-Chief, etc., requested</designator> <target>265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Humane Society,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of Association for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals changed to</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> operations of the, extended to protection of children</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to be aided by Commissioners of the District of Columbia in enforcing laws relating to protection of children</designator> <target>302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> powers of officers of, defined</designator> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Journal, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Monument,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for printing report of commission on ceremonies for dedication of</designator> <target>344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional, for ceremonies upon completion of the</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> ceremonies in relation to the dedication of the, on the 22d February, 1885, authorized</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of commission to make arrangements for dedicatory services, etc</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> date for completion ceremonies, February 21, 1885</designator> <target>515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Post, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington Territory,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for expenses of government of</designator> <target>179, 409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/938">938</page>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salary of additional associate justice of supreme court of</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for compensation of members and officers of legislative assembly of</designator> <target>238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of an additional associate justice of the supreme court for, authorized</designator> <target>102</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> courts of, redistricted and reorganized</designator> <target>102</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> certain defective acts of the legislative assembly of, cured and made valid</designator> <target>122</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> jurisdiction of justices of the peace in, limited</designator> <target>287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of suits in district courts of, to new judicial districts authorized</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Skamania and Spokane Counties made part of fourth judicial district of</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watchmen,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> salary of, in legislative, executive, and judicial departments, limited</designator> <target>425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for increase of supply of, in the District of Columbia</designator> <target>72, 457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for, for buildings under control of Treasury Department</designator> <target>16</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to amend act for increase of supply of, in District of Columbia</designator> <target>332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water Department, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>131, 319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water-Pipes,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for extending and repairs of, for Capitol, Executive Mansion, etc</designator> <target>503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water-Right,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> across portion of Umatilla Reservation reserved</designator> <target>343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water Stock Bonds, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest and sinking-fund on</designator> <target>319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Water Supply, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest and sinking-fund on account of increase of</designator> <target>319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> additional appropriation for increase of the</designator> <target>457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wateree River, S. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waters, Richard L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watertown Arsenal,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for care, etc., of testing machine at; proviso</designator> <target>502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watmough, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watson, Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Watson, Theresa Crosby,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waukegan, Ill.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Way Letters,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>157, 387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wea Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of interest on nonpaying stocks held in trust for</designator> <target>96, 383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weach, Adolph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weakley, Hick (or Hickman),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wear, J. S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executrix of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weaver Isabella Bertha,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Webster, Cyrus (colored),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Webster, Julia A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Webster, Sarah E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> administratrix of I. A. Verplank repayment to, of income taxes unconstitutionally assessed</designator> <target>687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weddingfield, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wehrle, Werk and Son,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weide, Alexander,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Welch, Aristides,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Welch, John H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Welling, James C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appointment of, to fill vacancy in Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution</designator> <target>272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wellington, N. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wellington, Vitus,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wells, J. H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weitz, Pierre S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wert, Adam,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West, Eliza H,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West, George F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West, Patrick M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>West Waterville National Bank, Oakland, Me.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> name of the, changed to Messalouskee National Bank</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Western Shoshone Agency, Nev.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at</designator> <target>93, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wetherbee, Lydia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wheeler, Hugh L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wherry, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whipple, Chloe A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitaker, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitcomb, Asahel D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitcomb, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White Cloud, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridge over the Missouri River at, authorized</designator> <target>113</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, Elizabeth,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, Jane R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White Oak Point Band of Chippewa Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> lands of, reserved, etc</designator> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White River, Ark.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>142</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White River, Ind.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/939">939</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White River, Mich.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>136</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, R. G. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, Robert F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, Sarah A. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, Thomas G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241, 242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>White, William L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitehorn, Jacob H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitlock, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitt, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitworth, Willis W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Whitzell, Jesse,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Why land, Albert E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wichita Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the support of</designator> <target>89, 377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wichita, Kans.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> erection of public building, etc., at, authorized</designator> <target>347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for</designator> <target>482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wicker, F. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wickwire, George W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wicomico River, Md.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>138</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wiener, Jacob,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wiest, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wiggins, Margaret,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wiggins, Phillip,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilburn, Josiah,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilcox, Edward,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilcox, James, deceased,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to heirs-at-law of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilder, E., &amp; Co.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wildman, Benjamin,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilhelm, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilkerson, Drury,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilkerson, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilkins, Edward M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Willamette River, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> construction of bridges across the, authorized</designator> <target>52</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Willet’s Point, N. Y.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Willey, Robert L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williams, Ann J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williams, H. G.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Williams, Major D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> restoration of, to pension-roll</designator> <target>530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williams, R. J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williamson, David J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williamson, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williamsport, Pa.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for courthouse and post-office at</designator> <target>196, 482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Willoughby, Aaron A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Willoughby, Matilda,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wills, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilmington, Cal.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilmington, Del.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor for erection of public building, etc., at; proviso</designator> <target>483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilmington, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilmoth, Isaac,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, A. M.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Benjamin D.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Charles E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Frank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Frank,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, James S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Jane C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Jas.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, John A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to; proviso</designator> <target>606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>71</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Joseph F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> land warrants to be issued to</designator> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> patents allowed to</designator> <target>690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Joshua,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Solomon,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Thomas or (Willsen),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, Thomas E.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension</designator> <target>544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson, William B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winder’s Building, Washington, D. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for passenger elevator for</designator> <target>196</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Windward, Islands,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> convention with, concerning the exchange of postal money-orders</designator> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wing, Louise R. S. (widow)</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winn, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winnebago Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for interest, etc., to</designator> <target>88, 376</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Winona, Alma and Northern Railway Company,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorized to construct certain bridges, etc., in Wisconsin</designator> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winona, Minn.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for erection of public building, etc., at; proviso</designator> <target>483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winston, James, jr.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>57</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winter-Quarter Shoal, Va,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for lightship at</designator> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wire-wound gun,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for completion of</designator> <target>428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wise, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wise, John S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wisconsin River, Wis.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> bridge across the, authorized to be constructed</designator> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>14</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Witherspoon, Thomas,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Withlacoochee River, Fla.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>140</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Witmer, John B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Witnesses,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for fees for</designator> <target>224, 511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for fees of</designator> <target>249, 256, 46</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Witt, Clayton H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Witt, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolf, Anna Mary,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolf, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administratrix of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolf, John George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolf, W. B.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolff, Samuel,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wolters, A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Women’s Christian Association, District of Columbia,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for the</designator> <target>126, 314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wonson J. Warren,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> issue of register for schooner Druid, to</designator> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, Harrison,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, Johnson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, Joshua,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, S. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood, W. P.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood William A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woodbury Albert A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wooden Ships, Navy, limit of amount to be used for repair of,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> and repair of machinery in; proviso</designator> <target>291, 430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woods, Miles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wood’s Holl Harbor, Mass.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for constructions, etc., at, for propagation of useful sea-fishes</designator> <target>205, 494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>133</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woodward, James H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> relief of</designator> <target>526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woodward R. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woody, John J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Woolsey, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Works of Art,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for purchase of</designator> <target>165, 394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, appropriation, etc., to aid in the celebration of the, at New Orleans</designator> <target>28</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> to enable certain Departments of the Government to participate in the, New Orleans</designator> <target>207</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for final aid to</designator> <target>512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for woman’s department of</designator> <target>513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> transfer of appropriation for expenses of Executive Departments at, authorized</designator> <target>467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> proclamation of the President relative to the</designator> <target>833</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Worsham, George S.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Worthington, James,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wrangel, Alaska,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for repairing Government building at</designator> <target>479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> terms of district court at</designator> <target>24</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wrapping Paper,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, for postal service</designator> <target>156, 385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wray, Anderson J.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, Fisher M., U. S. N.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> authorizing printing of report of</designator> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, John W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, Mrs. S. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to, in full for use of patent, &amp;c., proviso</designator> <target>605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, Sampson,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, Samuel C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright, W. W.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wunsh, Mrs. Katharine T.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wyatt, Joseph,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wynne, Mrs. Harriet,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wyoming,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in</designator> <target>93, 380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for expenses of government of</designator> <target>179, 410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in office of surveyor-general of</designator> <target>190, 422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for contingent expenses of</designator> <target>210</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wyrick, William H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered"><b>Y.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yadkin River, N. C.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for right of way, etc., for removal of dams in the</designator> <target>148</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yakamas and other Indians,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for support, etc., of</designator> <target>91, 379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yallabusha River, Miss.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yaquina Bay, Oreg.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of harbor at</designator> <target>137</target></referenceItem>
<page identifier="/us/stat/23/941">941</page>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yards and Docks,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>262, 290, 428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">  for salaries, etc., in Bureau of</designator> <target>183, 414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> deficiency appropriation for Bureau of</designator> <target>460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yates, John,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to administrator of</designator> <target>571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> Yazoo River, Miss. appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>141</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yellowstone National Park,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for protection and improvement of the</designator> <target>211, 499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yellowstone River, Mont, and Dak.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>143</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>York River, Va.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for improvement of</designator> <target>139</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Yorktown Monument,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for, to be used for railing around</designator> <target>504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, A. A.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, Charles,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, Capt. H. D. F.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, J. Fenwick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, J. R.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, Jane,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, John (deceased),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to John Miller of J., guardian of heirs and widow of</designator> <target>581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, Polly (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to, increased</designator> <target>672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Young, William,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to executors of</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered"><b>Z.</b></label>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zaiss, Clara,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zaiss, Frederick,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> appropriation for payment of judgment of Court of Claims in favor of; proviso</designator> <target>241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zalinski, E. L.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zavala, Jose Victor,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> admission of, to Military Academy, West Point, authorized</designator> <target>266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zeigler Emma O. (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zeigler Joseph H.,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zeilin, Virginia (widow),</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> increase of pension to</designator> <target>601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ziefle, George,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> pension to</designator> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zimmerman, Henry,</i></designator> <target /></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right"> payment to</designator> <target>582</target></referenceItem>
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